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Kathy Smith
Silver Linings: What Churches Are Learning about Pastoral 91ÁÔÆæ Ministry through the Pandemic

What have we been learning about ministry through the pandemic? What benefits, strengths, virtues, and gifts have surprised us? Our panelists for this session are listeners and learners—people listening for what local ministry leaders are saying and for what is going on under the surface, even things not explicitly spoken. We'll learn from their listening and then receive some tips about how all of us can be more attentive in our listening practices.

July 19, 2023 | 75 min video
Healthy Collaborative Leadership: Principles and Practices for Pastors and 91ÁÔÆæ Leaders

How can church leaders work well together, support each other, hold each other accountable, and share power, all in healthy ways? How do differences in church polity and governance affect these roles and relationships? In this panel discussion, we will discuss a positive vision for healthy collaborative leadership and best practices for church leaders engaged in mutual support and accountability. This is a YouTube Video Premiere panel discussion.

November 16, 2021 | 80 min video
Emerging research on youth formation and worship

A panel of teacher-scholars with research projects focused on youth and formation share the fruits of their research, with a special focus on the implications of their research for worshiping communities.

July 20, 2021 | 69 min video

Juana Bordas on Leadership for a Multicultural Age

In this episode, Juana Bordas talks about the power of leadership when each person, culture and community can contribute equally and show respect for all, and how leaders who embrace gratitude and forgiveness offer their communities hope for the future.  

November 3, 2020
Leading Beyond the Blizzard

A conversation on leadership in pandemic times with Andy Crouch and Kathy Smith

October 29, 2020 | 64 min video

Teacher-Scholar Panel: Historical and Contemporary Cultural Themes

2019 Teacher-Scholar Vital 91ÁÔÆæ Grant recipients talk about their projects and the implications for those projects for gathered worship.

July 8, 2020
Beyond the Life of the Project

A webinar for 91ÁÔÆæing Communities Vital 91ÁÔÆæ, Vital Preaching Grant recipients who are completing their project year.

July 8, 2020 | 18 min video
Church Polity and Online Sacraments in the Christian Reformed Church

Kathy Smith, Adjunct Professor of Church Polity at Calvin Theological Seminary, reflects on the administration of sacraments in the unique context of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. She advises Christian Reformed churches to practice pastoral flexibility while still abiding by church polity, and provides a historical example from World War II, related by her predecessor Henry De Moor.

March 27, 2020