Hello. My name is Fr. Daniel Mahan, and I will be leading you through the Online Engagement Summit. Welcome aboard! And thank you for taking the time  to participate in this unique opportunity. I’m glad that you are here.

Our course objectives are four-fold:

• To give you in depth information about the three interweaving dynamics of an engaged church, namely:
  • Strengths
  • Engagement and
  • Leadership
• To provide you with tools that you can begin using right away that will help bring about higher levels of engagment in your congregation or parish.
• To answer all of your questions.
• To equip you with enough information about the nature and cost of the next steps so that you can make a good decision about what is right for your church.

You learned on the last page how to listen to the course segments and how to open up the handouts. Let’s get started with a brief overview. Each of the courses below is linked to its own page, where you are free to make comments about what you have learned in that section and to ask questions. I will make every attempt to respond personally to your questions or to have the presenter provide an answer.

The Online Engagement Summit

1. Introduction: An Engaged Church, Before and After

2. Stewardship and the Vision of an Engaged Church: Belonging Leads to Believing

3. The Science of Engagement

4. Why Talent Matters   (To benefit the most from this lesson you should purchase your own copy of Living Your Strengths and take the online assessment that you may access through the book.  To purchase Living Your Strengths click here).

5. The Power of Coaching

6. Leadership Excellence

7.  Taking the Next Steps

Your first task is to click here for Lesson 1.