Resources e-letter 26:3 - August 2026
A new DIY Workshop, W6 on leading effective meetings, is headlined in this issue with details of its four parts. This is followed by a listing of other resources available on the theme of meetings.
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NEW: How to lead effective meetings
This is the eighth DIY Workshop to be published on this website and sets out the training I have led on this topic over many years. My plan is to make most of my former training events available to everyone with guidance for a leader/enabler and a set of handout sheets for participants.
This new workshop offers a half- or full-day training session for Ministers or ministry leaders of any kind in a church or mission agency. There are four parts.
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Understanding meetings
An overview of various types of meeting and a warning of their time-costs -
Clarifying purpose
Back to basics to examine purpose plus a range of practical issues -
Building the team
Though not a technical ‘team’ the group that meets needs to play like one -
Sitting in the chair
The role of Chair likened to an orchestral conductor
Use this material and its 10 handout sheets of headings and exercises to offer an informative and attractive session on understanding how to chair a meeting which gets the business done in a Christian context.
DIY Workshop W8, How to lead effective meetings, is now available without charge on the DIY Workshops index page of this website.
Other resources on meetings
Articles https://www.john-truscott.co.uk/Resources/Articles-index
A5 How to chair meetings
An orchestral approach
A20 Annual meetings can be different
Ideas to experiment with
A24 Mission-shaped Church Councils
Three ways forward
A40 Going deeper into meetings
Planning issues
A41 Going deeper into meetings
People issues
Training Notes https://www.john-truscott.co.uk/Resources/Training-Notes-index
TN8 Major decisions: a new approach
TN13 A purpose statement for those who chair
TN45 Are you sure it’s minutes you need?
TN61 Mapping out a meeting (agendas)
TN71 Seatings for meetings
TN97 How to minute a meeting
TN118 Why, exactly, are we meeting?
TN125 How to take major decisions
TN128 Effective staff meetings
TN147 The role of the PCC
TN150 Prayer at church business meetings
Please ensure all these materials are widely promoted in your church. Thank you for your interest in my website.
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