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How is the Church's mission changing and what does leadership have to do to keep up?

These are questions seasoned clergy Jennifer Baskerville Burrows, Director of Networking for the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, Jesus Reyes, Canon for Congregational Growth and Development in the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real, and Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves of the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real take on in this course. Here are titles of their lectures:

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Innovation and Leadership with Jesus Reyes
Living in a Wired World with Jennifer Baskerville Burrows
Discernment with Mary Gray-Reeves

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How long will it take me to complete this course? It will take an average student about 45 minutes to complete this course. You can pause at any time and come back. You can even re-take lessons. Each course features 3-6 video lectures that are from 5-7 minutes in length. Also included are downloadable Mp3s of each lecture plus Discussion Questions and a one-page synopsis of the course called The Takeaway

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