LEAD YOUR HOMESCHOOL CO-OP | Community Building, Servant Leadership, Conflict Resolution, Policies and Procedures

Episode 26: How to Keep Christ at the Center of Your Co-op. 3 Ways to Incorporate Moms in Prayer into Your Community.

Dreaming of deep relationships that come from a close-knit community? Wish you could find a way to grow together in your faith? Do you desire to tap into God’s peace and wisdom? In this episode, we are going to share ways to implement Moms in Prayer in your community.
Moms in Prayer Website: https://momsinprayer.org/
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“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.”

Episode 25 Ready to Grow Together in Your Faith? How Prayer Can Get You There with Susan Shepherd from Moms in Prayer

Do you need a tool or strategy to build connection, understanding and empathy in your community? Do you desire to lead your homeschool co-op with wisdom and peace?  Today, we have a simple tool that could make the difference in your community.  And guess what it is?  Prayer! Sometimes, we look in all the wrong places for answers to our issues, and forget that God has given us His power and His wisdom and all we need to do is ask Him in prayer.  In this episode we have a special guest  to tell us all about Moms In Prayer, which is an international organization that exists to promote and assist moms praying for schools.  This includes homeschools! so tune in for this encouraging conversation with Susan Shepherd, the USA country coordinator for Moms in Prayer. Susan has been involved in the ministry for 25 years.  
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Episode 24: Dreaming of a Deeply Connected Community? 4 Ways to Use Your Mission Statement to Cast a Vision for Your Community

Is conflict between parents and students poisoning your community?  Are disrespectful behaviors draining teachers? Do you wish you had a foolproof way of bringing on new board members and vetting new families? You’re not going to believe it but your mission statement is the key to unlocking a close knit community, establishing a solid board, and making sure new families that join you are an awesome fit.  In this episode we will show you how to use this one solid tool in 4 different ways to get everyone in your community focused on the same target.
LInk to Episode 8:
https://homeschoolcommunitybuilders.podbean.com/e/8p-mission-statement-pt-1-determining-who-you-are/
LInk To Episode 10: 
https://homeschoolcommunitybuilders.podbean.com/e/episode-9-mission-statement-pt2-determining-what-you-do/
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Episode 23: Changes to our Podcast!

You may have noticed - we changed our name! We are now "Lead Your Homeschool Co-op" instead of "She Leads By Faith".  We are still leading by faith, but we learned that we needed to make it easier to find us! Our Facebook group has a new name too! Be looking for our new art for our podcast - 
It's a new look but the same great content which we pray will encourage and strengthen and help you on your homeschool co-op journey.  
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Episode 22 Tired of Getting Sidetracked by Endless Task Lists? The Number One Tool to Prioritize and Stay Focused as a Homeschool Leader.

Are you ready to plan for the new year?  Are you sick of wasting time with distractions and unimportant tasks? Today we are going to be talking about a planning calendar that can help you effectively develop policies, plan events and meetings, create schedules and all the things that it takes to run your co-op. This number one way to stay focused as a homeschool leader will help your board meetings to run smoothly, prioritize your efforts and help you stop wasting your precious time that you could be spending with your family.  
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Episode 21: Part 3: Have You Created a Conflict as a Leader? 5 Steps to Reconciliation

Is conflict destroying relationships in your community?  Are offenses creating division?  Feeling at a loss as a leader? What if I told you there is a way to grow through conflict rather than be destroyed by it.
Conflict is inevitable whenever humans are in communion together.  However, it can be an opportunity for growth rather than a cause for division. While it is not easy, by following God’s principles, it is possible to find a way through conflict and experience God’s blessing.  
In Part 1 and 2 of this series, we talked about why you need a conflict policy (this is not optional!) and started laying out a policy as a model for you.  In this last episode, we will discuss the final piece - what happens when you, the leader, are the unintentional source of conflict?  Thanks for sticking around to finish this important series with us!
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Example policy link: Community Conflict Guidelines
 

Episode 20: Do you Have Conflict in Your Homeschool Community? Craft a Biblically Based Policy With This Powerful Tool.

Is conflict destroying relationships in your community?  Are offenses creating division?  Feeling at a loss as a leader? What if I told you there is a way to grow through conflict rather than be destroyed by it.
Conflict is inevitable whenever humans are in communion together.  However, it can be an opportunity for growth rather than a cause for division. While it is not easy, by following God’s principles, it is possible to find a way through conflict and experience God’s blessing.  
Thanks for joining us on Part 2 of our series about handling conflict.  In Part 1, we discussed 5 reasons that you need a conflict policy.  If you are not already convinced that you need a conflict policy, please go back and listen to Episode 17.  Today we are going to read through an example conflict policy, so you can see how this powerful tool might be used to master conflict in your community.  
 
Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. Prov 19:11
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Example policy link: Community Conflict Guidelines

Episode 19: Are Conflicts Destroying Relationships in your Community? 5 Reasons Why You Need a Conflict Policy!

Is conflict destroying relationships in your community?  Are offenses creating division?  Feeling at a loss as a leader? What if I told you there is a way to grow through conflict rather than be destroyed by it.  
Conflict is inevitable whenever humans are in communion together.  However, it can be an opportunity for growth rather than a cause for division. While it is not easy, by following God’s principles, it is possible to find a way through conflict and experience God’s blessing.  
Why do you need a conflict policy?
1. Conflict is inevitable.  James 3:16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder . . . 
James 4:1  What causes quarrels and causes fights among you? You desire and do not have . . . you covet and you do not obtain.  
2. Preparation is necessary. Don’t want to be caught unprepared.  Just when you think all is well, something will come up. 
3. The Word is your guide, especially when emotions are high. Emotions can be unreliable. 
4. The process is clear. Everyone knows what to expect when conflict happens.  Policy should have clear steps to follow. 
5. Resolution is possible. Set your community up for success. 
 
Christ's Example of Humility Philippians 2:1-7
2 Therefore if there is any [a]consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2 fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. 4 Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,[a] 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,[b] 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men.
 
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Example policy link: Community Conflict Guidelines

Episode 18: Pray for Your Community with Moms in Prayer

Today's 10 Min Tip is about an organization called Mom's In Prayer! Check it out!
Moms in Prayer

Episode 17: Building Relationships and Memories: Planning a High School Trip Part 2 with Jennifer Hopwood

In part 2 of Planning a High School Trip with Jennifer Hopwood we learn about budget, photo opportunities, activities and what to do after the trip.  If you missed part 1 listen to Episode 14 and meet us back here!
 
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