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September 7, 2010
Join Us Again Next Year
One of the best ways we know for you to make a commitment to your ongoing development, is to make the decision to set aside two days for The Global Leadership Summit. Register your team for next year's event—August 11-12, 2011—by Tuesday, October 26 for just $135 at any satellite site or $175 at the Willow Creek campus near Chicago.

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September 1, 2010
Stirred Up Leadership Blog–
Subscribe to the WCA's blog where leaders like you from around the world share stories of how God is working through the local church.

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August 26, 2010
The Global Leadership Summit – International

The Summit sessions you experienced are being translated into 37 different languages—and will be videocast in more than 70 countries and 200 cities this fall. If you contributed to the offering at the Summit, thank you! Your gift is making the Summit training available to under-resourced leaders across the globe. Follow what occurs week by week.

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August 23, 2010
Top Tier Leadership Resources

Our team has carefully selected 19 resources that are specifically designed to take what you heard at this year's Summit and apply it. We recommend the Summit 2010 Team Edition for sharing what you've experienced with your team AND the new Summit Digital Resources Card.

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August 20, 2010
Summit Session Highlights

Summit Session Highlights
Watch highlights of each session of The Global Leadership Summit 2010.

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August 19, 2010
Continue the Conversation - Webinars

You can look to the WCA to keep the conversation going over the months to come, including these live online webinars with 2010 Summit speakers. They're free-all you need to do is register.

•   Jeff Manion: August 19
•   Adam Hamilton: August 26

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August 16, 2010
An Invitation to Join Us by Bill Hybels

In our wildest dreams…our most fervent prayers…when we first set out to conduct a global version of The Leadership Summit, we could never have imagined that just a few years later we would be celebrating the impact of the GLS in places like China, Egypt and Uganda. I look at the map of countries where we've held GLS events and I think "only God!" Only He could ever have envisioned this type of worldwide impact for the Summit.

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August 12, 2010
Become a WCA Member

Participating in the Willow Creek Association provides transformational experiences and resources that will strengthen you and your church in Kingdom-important ways:

•   Enlarge your own heart and capacity as a leader
•   Sharpen your understanding of God at work in your setting
•   Discover proven solutions God is using in churches around the world to accomplish His purposes
•   Create the resource mix and flow that matches your unique situation
•   Experience encouraging training through a variety of channels
•   Join conversations with others from whom you can learn and share
•   We now offer two levels of membership involvement designed to best serve our church's needs

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August 5, 2010
The Power of a Whisper
A Brand New Book and Four-Week Church Experience from Bill Hybels

If you were to honestly say, "God, I'm listening," what might your life become? Bill Hybels offers seasoned, practical wisdom to help Christ-followers better listen for God's whispers of direction, challenge, and counsel – and act decisively in response. PLUS, an easy-to-use Four-Week Church Experience helps entire congregations and small groups work through this material, discovering how to:

•   Discern the voice of God from others that vie for your attention
•   Invite His input into your daily routine
•   Allow Him to direct your life in order to make a difference in our world
•   Summon the courage to follow God's voice as you live "wide open" to Him

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August 2, 2010
Are My People REALLY Growing Spiritually?

REVEAL™ is helping leaders find the answers—and make measurable, positive changes in the process of growing disciples. After five years of studying 280,000 in-depth responses from congregants in 1,200 churches across a wide variety of denominations, we have learned:

•   Church activity IS NOT a blueprint for spiritual growth
•   A person's love of God and love of others increases along a SPIRITUAL CONTINUUM defined by their relationship with Christ
•   KEY CATALYSTS trigger movement along the continuum
•   Churches that know how their people stack up against these catalysts have a CLEAR ROADMAP to guide their spiritual growth

The REVEAL Web Site is now LIVE! >>>   http://www.willowcreek.com/reveal/

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July 30, 2010
A Celebration of Transformation
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
7:00 - 8:00 pm CDT

On the evening before the Global Leadership Summit, more than 1,000 people from around the world will gather at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington for a GLS kick-off party, the Celebration of Transformation. Hear gripping stories from leaders of what God is doing in their corner of the world through the GLS.

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June 8, 2010
Join us Thursday, June 17 at 12:00 p.m. CDT for the fourth and final of our free webcast series, Becoming an Innovative Organization — The Innovation Process with Jim Mellado, Craig Terrill and Steve Saccone, a Catalyst at Mosaic and author of Relational Intelligence: How Leaders Can Expand Their Influence Through a New Way of Being Smart.

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May 13, 2010
The Global Leadership Summit Schedule is LIVE.

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May 13, 2010
Free Downloads to Envision Your Team

At leader gatherings with Bill Hybels and Host Site pastors we heard enthusiasm for hosting a "Summit Sunday". Pastors asked for access to past Summit talks that could be shown within your weekly church service as you devote time to developing the leadership gifts and skills of every person in your church. Mutually, you agreed that hosting a "Summit Sunday" could raise the value of leadership development congregations-wide — while helping more of your team and congregation understand the value of attending The Global Leadership Summit.

Download free resources and videos to envision your entire congregation to lead where you are — as you devote a full Sunday service to developing leadership. View downloads here.

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May 12, 2010
Super Early Bird Deadline: Register your team by Tuesday, May 18 to receive best pricing for the Summit.

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May 11, 2010
Summit iPad Contest

Effective leaders are agents of transformation. They call out what's wrong, set goals, launch initiatives, motivate, challenge, and move people to get on the solution side of solving our worst problems. Pastors, teachers, business leaders, law enforcement officials, politicians, musicians, athletes, and others are answering the call and choosing to lead where they are to make a lasting difference.

Send us a photo, via Twitter or Facebook (between Tuesday, May 11 and Tuesday, May 18), of you Leading Where You Are and you could be a winner of a brand new Apple iPad. Just follow the steps here (Contest is over.).

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May 11, 2010
Join us Thursday, May 13 at 11:30 a.m. CDT for the third of our free webcast series, Becoming an Innovative Organization — The Organization's Culture with Jim Mellado, Craig Terrill and Eric Bramlett, Creative Arts Director with Community Christian Church and co-author of The Big Idea.

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March 15, 2010
INTERACT: What Do You Most Love about Leading Your Church?

Share with other leaders what most love about leading your church. Email your answer to wcanews@willowcreek.com. If you have any pictures that show you doing what you love, please attach them. We'll post the responses to our blog and send you some highlights in the next edition of WillowNEWS. Let's encourage one another.

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March 15, 2010
Member Video: Bill Hybels on "Stewardship Culture that Funds God-given Visions"

Bill Hybels and Nancy Beach recently sat down to talk about one of the biggest challenges we face as church leaders: finances. They spent about 30 minutes talking about the components of an effective stewardship culture which can be applied in churches of any size.

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March 15, 2010
Help Your People Get Out of Debt

During our recent Member Church Webcast, Bill Hybels talked about the mistake some pastors make when it comes to preaching about money—teaching just about giving. In addition to teaching about who owns our stuff, saving, spending, and debt, churches often need to offer follow-up workshops or individual sessions to help people sort out their personal finances. In our recent survey, we learned that stewardship is a major challenge. In response, we've designed a new tool to serve you—"Freed-Up Financial Living"—a biblical, grace-filled DVD curriculum that your church can use with individuals or in workshops at your church. Find out more and receive reduced pricing.

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March 15, 2010
Exponential Conference Helps Church Planters (April 19-22, Orlando, FL)

Are you planting a church or thinking about it? WCA's ministry partner, Exponential, is hosting a conference April 19-22 in Orlando, FL to serve church leaders like you. WCA has negotiated special low pricing of $179 for our members who register using the code "WCA10" before Friday, March 12. Over 3,000 church planting leaders will be attending and the event includes over 60 presenters and a network of 35 denominations, networks, and heritages. Find out more about speakers, topics, themes, and registration.

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March 15, 2010
Connecting Visitors Beyond Easter

We are planning with great anticipation for what God may do through your Easter services. Easter is one of the times many people visit your church to connect with the life-changing message of Christ. In an effort to help you help your visitors continue their journey beyond your services, we are offering two resources at substantial savings when you buy packs of 20 books – The Case for Easter by Lee Strobel and When the Game is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box by John Ortberg. John's books will also include 20 CDs of the message that inspired the book-making it easy for a visitor to focus on what has eternal value.

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