Mission Brenham took 3 of our staff to the CCDA conference in Miami, FL. with the help of funding from the Local Transformation Office of the BGCT. CCDA has become even more relevant and functional than in past years. Mission Brenham and other organizations benefit each year through challenging speakers and practical workshops hosted by fellow practitioners.
The results can be found in the following ways:
Funding. Since grant writing is not a part of the normal church experience, attending breakout sessions that fleshed out the process was very helpful. One session in particular elucidated how to write the request letter for a grant proposal. The workshop emphasized how to quantify result, lending credibility to your program.
Innovation. Each time we attend the CCDA conference we pick up valuable insight and practices that help us do our programs better and show us new programs to start. This year we found a valuable resource for unwed mothers.
Networking. As a director, I am always looking for help in areas of management, funding, and recruitment. This year I had valuable discussions concerning what to do with underperforming staff, where to look for specific grants, and how to deal with junior high volunteers.
Spiritual Encouragement. CCDA is so socially minded, that it can easily degrade into merely a group of humanitarian agencies without the presence and power of God. Greater pains were taken this year to have a balance. My spirit was encouraged by several workshops that underscored the power and intimacy found in the quiet of Sabbath and a regular schedule of daily worship.
Confirmation. So much of what we do seems to have little precedent. Our neighborhoods have fallen apart because we have not practiced Shalom as God has intended. We have not been the peacemakers that Christ calls us to be in Matthew 5. As we do ministry, we pray, we work, and we hope that we are doing what is best, even though our present reality is beyond our past experiences. For us, CCDA confirms that we are on the right track in so many ways. We hear people say, “You should be doing this…” and we often can say, “We’re doing that!” It certainly boosts our morale. For those who have gone before us in CCD work, we are recharged because we know this present toil will yield a wonderful crop in due season.
Rev. Marcus Lawhorn
Executive Director - Mission Brenham
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