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Celebrating the Launch of Semper Vita Institute

We love to see missional endeavors at work.

A new chapter begins

Two days ago, I announced that we've been working hard behind the scenes on two endeavors.

• The first was the NW Ministry Conference. I'll be presenting a workshop on Missional Volunteering today. (More on that soon.)
• The second big project entailed creating a sister company, called Semper Vita Institute, to handle the training. 

Today we celebrate the launch of this new company.

What does this mean for Semper Vita?

By helping to start Semper Vita Institute, we are now able to outsource our training. SVI, as its called internally, provides quality training to both non-profits and for profit corporations to help people discover their unique wiring. The training includes Gallup's Clifton StrengthsFinder, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and one-on-one coaching.

By partnering with Semper Vita Institute we are doing a couple of things:

• We are able to focus on our core purpose of connecting people to meaningful volunteer opportunities in their local community.
• We can provide quality training to non-profits now.
• We can go missional faster.

Through this new resource, we can immediately partner with non-profits and help them discover how to work more efficiently and maximize their team efforts. We can serve churches and allow them to help their people understand their unique wiring for volunteering and beyond. Semper Vita Institute has several trained coaches that can work with individuals, teams, departments and organizations.

Check it out for yourself

Semper Vita Institute launches its new website today. Check it out at www.sempervitainstitute.com. Congratulations Semper Vita Institute. Go get 'em.

Semper Vita at the NW Ministry Conference

We are introducing Semper Vita and presenting a workshop on missional volunteering.

A Semper Vita-based workshop

I am presenting a workshop on Friday morning, March 27, 2009 at the NW Ministry Conference. The title of my workshop? "Missional Volunteering: Let's take the church out of its box."  It will be my third (and final) workshop at this year's conference.

The NW Ministry Conference

What is the NW Ministry Conference? It's an annual conference for pastors, leaders and workers from churches and faith-based organizations. This conference is the premier event for equipping church staffs and ministry organizations. They offer workshops for pastors and leaders, worship and drama, as well as for adult, youth and children's ministries.

Two workshops for women leaders

My first two workshops are pre-conference intensives on Thursday, March 26. One is about the biblical basis for women in church leadership. It's called, "She Serves: What did Jesus really say about women in leadership?" The second is all about leadership, especially as it pertains to women leaders. It's entitled, "She Leads: Women leading in the church and in the community."

Semper Vita presents

Tamara Dull has been working hard to help me get ready. She's the mastermind behind the visual aspects of the three presentations. I couldn't have done this without her. "Thanks Tamara for helping me and Semper Vita look our best."

In addition to the presentations we will also have our official business card with new logo. Thanks to Craig McBreen and Jacqui Lott. "A big thank you to you both!"

What's Going on With the Semper Vita Blog?

Or, why haven't you written for a while?

45 days is a long time

Wow. Has it really been 45 days since we met in this space? It's hard to believe but true. You might be wondering what Semper Vita, the team and I have been up to? Some may even ask, "Are you OK?"

More than OK. We are excellent!

Though this blog has been silent, we've been hard at work. Specifically, we've poured our efforts into two initiatives. What are they?

1. We've been preparing to unveil Semper Vita and the concept of missional volunteering at the Northwest Ministry Conference. This conference is held at Overlake Christian Church, March 26-28, 2009. I will be leading workshops on Thursday and Friday.
2. We've created a sister company to handle the training. More on that Friday!

What else?

We are now ready to focus on moving Semper Vita forward. We are looking for partners both in the church world and in the non-profit realm. We need volunteers. Mostly, we need your ongoing prayer support.