The Lutheran magazine asked several people who have taken on leadership roles in ELCA congregations what they've learned through their experiences:
• Terry Guzallis, youth leader at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Omaha, Neb.: "Not
everybody wants to be a leader, and there's nothing wrong with that. If
they didn't there'd be no one to follow," Guzallis says. From his
experiences leading youth at church and in a local Boy Scout group,
Guzallis says he learned that "the most important thing is to be a fair
leader and to plan [ahead]."
• Kurt Rames, Hans Anderson, Cindy Augustine and Sally Runge, Sunday school teachers at St. Paul:
"It's important to be honest, never put on a front and maintain
confidentiality so students can say how they really feel," Rames says. Team-teaching
the class not only allows them to rotate responsibilities, he says, but
"having a team with both sexes means we have more participation, even
from the quiet high-schoolers."
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