Kindred Spirit’s vision is to reach out to pregnant teens that need a safe place to live to during pregnancy, extend God’s unconditional love, and welcome them into a healing home.

At the center of Kindred Spirit, is a residential home for pregnant teens. Insufficient residential facilities for pregnant teens exist, locally and nationally. While a few homes provide services for pregnant teens in Atlanta, Christian homes are almost non-existent. The Christian community of Atlanta has the opportunity to ensure young women see the love of God lived out daily in a family style home. Kindred Spirit receives only private funding. Living in community, caring for our neighbors, demonstrates God’s gracious care for all humanity. Touching the lives of pregnant teens for the kingdom is heart of Kindred Spirit; prayer is the foundation.

Learn more at http://www.kindredspiritfamily.org/

Dub Anderson, a thirty year veteran of the marketing world, will be sharing his insights. He has owned three agencies, and worked with companies like AFLAC, Coca Cola, and Hardees. He is also the author of three books.

If you’d like to attend, email me at chris@leadatl.org for details.

• believe in the organization’s mission
• want to help the organization advance its mission
• want to use their gifts and talents to make their community and the world a better place, and maybe even
• see board service as an avenue to fulfill a Biblical mission or mandate.

These are all great motivators, but unfortunately many board members discover the reality of board service is somewhat different from they expected and in some cases even a big disappointment.

Does it have to be that way? ABSOLUTELY NOT!

Join us on Saturday, January 28, 2012 for an exciting and interactive session exploring structure, strategies, and actions that Build BOLD Boards that Produce Extraordinary Results. This session is for board rookies, veterans, or wannabes.

The class will be from 9am to 3pm at Peachtree Presbyterian Church.  Cost is $50 per person, and this will include lunch.  Please email Chris York at chris@leadatl.org if you’d like to reserve your spot.

Kevin Monroe is part of the LEAD Atlanta faculty and also heads X Factor Consulting, a local firm that equips organizations (and their boards) to produce extraordinary results. He provides training, consulting, and coaching to nonprofit boards both locally and nationally. Some of the local organizations he has served include the Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Children and Clifton Sanctuary Ministries (both LEAD graduates). Nationally he has worked with groups including the Meals on Wheels Association of America,  the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. In this session he’ll pull lessons from all of these experiences and maps out a better way for board service.

On October 26, we added eight more ministries to the list of graduates of the LEAD program, for a total of forty over the last four years.

Our graduates appreciated the feedback from our panel of Jackie Stradley (Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation), Anne Irwin (One Hundred Shares), Jeff Reams (Dunwoody Baptist) and Phil Cobb (North Avenue Presbyterian).

For more photos, check out our LEAD Institute Face Book Page here

Dan Hayes will present “How to More Effectively Build the Critical Core of Ministry: Your Prayer Base

In a time of seemingly scarce resources available to move our ministries forward, we have been given access to the unlimited and infinite resources of God – which can be our key to gaining everything else we need: people, time, creativity, finances, and ministry fruitfulness.

Come join Dan Hayes, Executive Director and Founder of Atlanta Community Ministries (ACM), as he lays out ways to create or improve the Prayer Team Component of your ministry. From ACM’s beginning as an idea 16 years ago to its 26 ministries filling 4500 volunteer opportunities annually today, ACM has made its Prayer Team a central core; and, as Dan Says, “That has made all the difference!”

Come find out how more focused prayer can accelerate your ministry in all ways on Friday, October 28 at 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM in The Lodge at Peachtree, 3417 Roswell Rd., Atlanta, GA   30305 starting at 9 am and ending at 10:30 am.

This is a free event, please join us.

Ever wonder what the most effective leaders are doing to fully fund their ministries?  We’ve identified the 10 habits that stand out as the keys to what other Christian leaders are doing to fund their work.  Don’t miss this engaging and empowering workshop that will help you raise more funding for your ministry!

On Sep 30, Kevin Monroe will speak on “The Sustainability Quest- Principles and Practices that Pave the Way to Sustainable Impact.”

On Oct 28 Dan Hayes will present “Building/Expanding Your Prayer Base and Strategy-The Key to All the Other Needed Resources.”

All events will be in the Lodge at Peachtree, 3417 Roswell Rd.,Atlanta, GA   30305 starting at 9 am and ending at 10:30.

If you are interested in attending, please let me know, using the contact us form.

In the morning, it was emphasized that we need to look at people as investors, not donors.  This is a change in the giving community that makes for changes in how we do business.

It is important that you track your outcomes, not just your activities; that you know the return on investment from your programs; and that your results provide systemic change.

In the afternoon the focus was on the ten principles of sustainability… more can be found on this at the website… www.xfactorllc.com

Thanks again Kevin for an interesting and educational day.

On May 20  Randy Walton will speak on Using Social Media in Your Ministry.  Randy will be talking about using blogs, Facebook, and Twitter in publicizing your ministry.  He’ll show you how easy it is to get started in social media, for free.  Randy is the Executive Director of Barnabas Group and Managing Partner of the Walton Group, a Management and Strategy Consulting company.

This will be in the Lodge at Peachtree, 3417 Roswell Rd, Atlanta, GA, 30305 , starting at 9:00 am and end at 10:30 am.
If you are interested, please let me know asap, as seating is limited.

As a Not For Profit, you post challenges, and volunteers provide solutions.

The skills available include marketing, social media, web development, branding… the list goes on and on.

I’ve used them to develop our new logo, and encourage you to give them a try soon

http://www.sparked.com/

Atlanta Day Shelter for Women and Children: Offers shelter, training, food and care

Broken Voices:  Faith based outreach to teens and students

Find a Way Home: Housing for those in need in Roswell

First Team America: Providing services and coaching to Atlanta youth

Intown Collaborative Ministries: an inter church food pantry for Atlanta

LaAmistad: offers mentoring and coaching to Latino children

OFH: Clothing for a Cause: thrift shop generates funds to support Atlanta and world ministries

Pittsburgh Resurrection: Improving the Pittsburgh community of Atlanta

Stirred Up Ministries: Christian organization working with inner city youth