NADCE (National Association of Directors of Christian Education)

 Welcome to the  Lent / Easter podcast series from the National Association of Directors of Christian Education. This year we have invited our Board of Directors and other DCEs from around the United States to share with you their thoughts on the Psalms of Lent and Easter.  Today's devotion is shared by Sarah Dibbern from Woodbury Lutheran in Woodbury, MN. Throughout this season we ask you to consider the message of our suffering Savior and his road to Calvary.  As we journey toward the cross and empty tomb, we pray that you are blessed by these devotions.

 Welcome to the  Lent / Easter podcast series from the National Association of Directors of Christian Education. This year we have invited our Board of Directors and other DCEs from around the United States to share with you their thoughts on the Psalms of Lent and Easter.  Today's devotion is shared by Abby Schult from St. John Lutheran in Arnold, MO. Throughout this season we ask you to consider the message of our suffering Savior and his road to Calvary.  As we journey toward the cross and empty tomb, we pray that you are blessed by these devotions.

 Welcome to the  Lent / Easter podcast series from the National Association of Directors of Christian Education. This year we have invited our Board of Directors and other DCEs from around the United States to share with you their thoughts on the Psalms of Lent and Easter.  Today's devotion is shared by Lindsey Schmidt from Woodbury Lutheran in Woodbury, MN. Throughout this season we ask you to consider the message of our suffering Savior and his road to Calvary.  As we journey toward the cross and empty tomb, we pray that you are blessed by these devotions.

 Welcome to the  Lent / Easter podcast series from the National Association of Directors of Christian Education. This year we have invited our Board of Directors and other DCEs from around the United States to share with you their thoughts on the Psalms of Lent and Easter.  Today's devotion is shared by Katie Baumann from Good Shepherd Lutheran in Chattanooga, TN. Throughout this season we ask you to consider the message of our suffering Savior and his road to Calvary.  As we journey toward the cross and empty tomb, we pray that you are blessed by these devotions.

 Welcome to the  Lent / Easter podcast series from the National Association of Directors of Christian Education. This year we have invited our Board of Directors and other DCEs from around the United States to share with you their thoughts on the Psalms of Lent and Easter.  Today's devotion is shared by Allie Parkhurst from Peace Lutheran in Eau Claire, WI Throughout this season we ask you to consider the message of our suffering Savior and his road to Calvary.  As we journey toward the cross and empty tomb, we pray that you are blessed by these devotions.

 Welcome to the  Lent / Easter podcast series from the National Association of Directors of Christian Education. This year we have invited our Board of Directors and other DCEs from around the United States to share with you their thoughts on the Psalms of Lent and Easter.  Today's devotion is shared by Kristin Harman from St. Paul Lutheran in Decatur, IL. Throughout this season we ask you to consider the message of our suffering Savior and his road to Calvary.  As we journey toward the cross and empty tomb, we pray that you are blessed by these devotions.

 Welcome to the  Lent / Easter podcast series from the National Association of Directors of Christian Education. This year we have invited our Board of Directors and other DCEs from around the United States to share with you their thoughts on the Psalms of Lent and Easter.  Today's devotion is shared by Beth Stephens from Trinity Lutheran in Mission, KS.  Throughout this season we ask you to consider the message of our suffering Savior and his road to Calvary.  As we journey toward the cross and empty tomb, we pray that you are blessed by these devotions.

 Welcome to the  Lent / Easter podcast series from the National Association of Directors of Christian Education. This year we have invited our Board of Directors and other DCEs from around the United States to share with you their thoughts on the Psalms of Lent and Easter.  Today's devotion is shared by Amy Hubach from Concordia University Nebraska. Throughout this season we ask you to consider the message of our suffering Savior and his road to Calvary.  As we journey toward the cross and empty tomb, we pray that you are blessed by these devotions.

This month’s episode, hosted by Katie Morgan, features a discussion with DCE Jeremy Hetzel (Family of Christ, Colorado Springs, CO) about working too much and steps he has found to avoid burning out while serving in the crucible of ministry.  Jeremy defines workaholism as going over the boundary line of putting energy and effort into your ministry so much that it consumes you.  Sometimes church workers care too much and don’t want to let the smaller things slide.  They don’t realizing that it’s God’s church and we church professionals are there to serve and facilitate the ministry, not be the ministry.  In his own ministry experiences Jeremy came back from a youth trip on a Friday to lean that he would filling part of a pastor who had left his position. This including preaching on the coming Sunday.  Through this experience and others Jeremy found some effective tools to create margin in his life and ministry including starting a prayer journal and spending a significant amount of team each day (at least 30 minutes) in God’s word where he rests in Jesus.  He does this in the morning when he gets to church and recommends everyone find a time to fit this in that works for them. Because of his newfound healthy self care practices Jeremy has found he is able to stay healthier in many areas of his life and is more open to the Spirit’s leading because he starts every day in a place of peace. He attributes this to praying out his worries and concerns knowing that he has feed himself spiritually and can then go out and serve other throughout the day. His advice for new DCEs is to mark down daily when you arrive and leave your church (to the nearest quarter hour) to know when you’ll need some comp time because some seasons of the church busier than others. Also, list weekly what you have to get done and what it would be nice to be done.  

Books referenced:

·        Spiritual Formation of Leaders

·        9 Pathways to Connect to God

·        Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

 Welcome to the  Lent / Easter podcast series from the National Association of Directors of Christian Education. This year we have invited our Board of Directors and other DCEs from around the United States to share with you their thoughts on the Psalms of Lent and Easter.  Today's devotion is shared by Brandy  Simmons from Lamb of God Lutheran in Flower Mound, TX. Throughout this season we ask you to consider the message of our suffering Savior and his road to Calvary.  As we journey toward the cross and empty tomb, we pray that you are blessed by these devotions.