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 Miriam Nadler |
You may be familiar with the song, My Favorite Things from the musical The Sound of Music. If you asked me about my favorite things, my list might include singing harmony in a worship team, studying the Scriptures on a day off, and taking an exercise class. |
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For Sam it's different. One of his favorite ways to use his time is to teach a Leadership Development Seminar at a Messianic congregation. |
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Whenever he is invited to minister he loves getting to know the congregational leaders and team, preparing the material that will fit a particular group and then the interaction through teaching and individual mentoring. Sam’s passion is to see Messianic believers, leaders and congregations grow in stability and effectiveness. At the end of December, Sam flew to Colorado Springs, CO for a weekend with Kehilat Mishpachat Yeshua (Congregation of the family of Jesus). It didn’t seem to matter that there had been a snow storm that dumped four inches of snow the night of the first meeting because the attendance was very good for both Friday night, all day Saturday through the evening, and again on Sunday. Steve, the congregational leader was gracious to let us know what the weekend meant to him personally. Rabbi Steve wrote, “I learned more practical information from Sam in that weekend than I can literally count from 300+ credit hours of study post high school in a Bible college and three seminaries. To structure the congregation along the lines of Messiah’s three offices of ministry: Prophet (evangelism, discipleship), Priest (prayer, worship) and King (administration, leadership) 'uncomplicates' what can tend to become complicated. He encouraged a very discouraged group, and discouragement seems to abound within the Messianic movement. Sam was able to remind us of the important things in life: making disciples. I have been teaching on this since I came to the congregation in 2005, but Sam put a very biblical and very passionate touch to the subject and now, here we go. Not only is he knowledgeable, he is personable in a way that makes you want to connect for more. Gifted teacher and friend, I just need to look back and the encouragement continues. We as a congregation are looking forward to making plans to bring him back when we can for a congregational training weekend.”
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