The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele

From stress and burnout to surviving and thriving with Valerie Ling

Dominic Steele Season 2 Episode 10

What are the issues facing church leaders in regards to stress, thriving, surviving and burnout?

Psychologist Valerie Ling, from the Centre For Effective Living, counsels and trains ministry workers on these issues. 

There are important issues for those in solo ministry, serving as team members and as team leaders. 

Valerie says she sees person after person suffering from burnout, and yet it is so preventable. 

How can we move beyond surviving to sustainable leadership, clarity of purpose, intentional living, a sense of self, supportive relationships, and mismatch areas in ministry? 


Further reading:

Thriving and burnout https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1uHSdK4d5FjbIri9hFVYlplqVcKlIQ5D7/view?usp=sharing

Spiritual Foundations https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1uD6GwViQfejhxKEmyAIW4YLEC1iwxppx/view?usp=sharing

Clarity of purpose https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1u83cZ2vymdr0V3NACxcxRge9sbrDarBi/view?usp=sharing

Sense of Self https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1uAtGIbpCswyXvvj7571oGt3Rfmel1C3S/view?usp=sharing

Integration https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1uC2OWR1ltmiw2flQIwPnpJSgNHvBseyn/view?usp=sharing

Supportive relationships https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1u1Rg9QOkSnragNYsEXBXTCOtVAkcHcM6/view?usp=sharing


Church Suite Taster Days in Sydney and Brisbane
Check out the new church management software ChurchSuite.  Gavin and Luke are hosting five taster days in Sydney and Brisbane in November

Assistant Minister role at Village Church Annandale, Sydney
Village Church is looking for an assistant minister.  Perhaps it’s you or you know someone?  Could you lead our mission outreach and the ministry aspect.  Plus help set vision and in preaching and pastoral care.  For more info or to have a coffee email dominic@villagechurch.sydney




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