Category Archives: Barbara Sadler

High Expectations Reap Great Fruitfulness

By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate A few weeks ago, I spent some time in the Peninsula-Delaware Conference for Discovery Week, which is part of the Path 1 process. Discovery Week is all about helping annual conferences create a process … Continue reading

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What I learned from eating a Five Guys hamburger

By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate I first became aware of Five Guys when I read that the President goes there when he’s hungry for a really good burger. Then a Five Guys opened up right here in my town.  … Continue reading

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Being Part of a Missional Movement

By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate In my conference I’m part of an “Incubator Group” whose purpose is to discover a way that we, as a group, can use our influence to – in some way – advance the mission … Continue reading

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There’s Always Enough

By Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate When our denomination is preparing to plant a new faith community one of the frequent concerns we hear expressed by established United Methodist churches located in the near vicinity is, “This new church will … Continue reading

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Planting New Faith Communities Affords Incredible Opportunity

by Barbara Sadler, Path 1 Associate I recently had opportunity to re-read Lyle Schaller’s book, The Interventionist. The chapter comparing the European model of church (which includes United Methodism) with the American Model (which is where most of the growth … Continue reading

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Observations from Iowa

by Barbara Sadler Last month was my first “Discovery Week” since becoming a Path 1 Associate.  Paul Nixon, the Path 1 Strategist on this team, and I went to Des Moines to work with the Iowa Conference  (…who leaves Florida … Continue reading

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