Life Together Groups
One of the greatest gifts God has given me in all my years of ministry in the Church has been to be on mission with those I love. I have been so blessed by multiple relationships with men and women who I can truly call safe-place people in my life. And having those relationships has given me a place to share the issues of life and ministry I’m facing and receive help to navigate those issues in healthier and more effective ways rather than trying to go it alone.
I have often experienced a coming together of these safe place people in what I call a Life Together Group. A Life Together Group is designed to provide a safe place for loving, connecting, and caring for leaders. Among the benefits in being part of a Life Together Group are the following:
- Building friendships that are authentic and safe
- Being connected, refreshed, and ministered to
- Helping one another be attentive to God’s presence, voice, and activity
- Helping one another experience God’s work of growing us up to live healthier and more mature lives
I’ve been teaching on and coaching others in starting up Life Together Groups for over three decades now. If you’d like to arrange a training seminar live or via Zoom for your district, fellowship, or region, contact me at mike@lcmc.net.
Author
Mike brings 40 plus years of leadership and ministry experience, having served in Lutheran congregations in Nebraska (Christ Lutheran Church) and South Dakota (Trinity Lutheran Church) as a youth pastor, worship leader, associate pastor, and senior pastor. He also served as President for The Master’s Institute Seminary for ten years and most recently, as Director for the Alliance of Renewal Churches (ARC). Mike is passionate about helping leaders and congregations create an atmosphere that is a safe place for developing healthy leaders and disciples in the church, and equipping God’s people for lives of effective witness and ministry in the world. He is the author of the book, Being a Safe Place for the Dangerous Kind, in which he articulates the essential connection between solid theology and healthy practice in mission and ministry.
Mike enjoys sports of all kinds, having served as a high school basketball and baseball coach while serving Trinity Lutheran Church in Rapid City, South Dakota. He and his wife of forty-two years, Debi, enjoy reading, hiking, and swimming, and Mike enjoys the occasional golf outing. They have five adult children – Andrew Michael, Joseph Ross, Rachel Christine, Stephen Daniel and Benjamin John, and three grandsons – Michael, Isaac, and Lucas. Mike and Debi live in Gilbert, Arizona with their three-year old white Labrador, Maggie Mae.
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