Flourish
"May the Lord cause you to flourish, both you and your children." – Psalm 115:14
Helping Pastors flourish through relational connection and coaching.
Dana and I will work to connect with Pastors and their spouses in a relational context to encourage and coach them for personal and spiritual health. To help them find Biblical rhythms and balance in their homes and with their families as well as in their churches. We believe and have seen that doing ministry with the Scriptures as our guide will allow for longevity, effectiveness and joy for them as a couple.
Personal Coaching and Connecting
Provide a cohort for couples to attend twice a year that will serve as a springboard for connection and rest.
One on one meetings with the pastors to help diagnose and implement healthy spiritual practices.
Separate meetings with each couple to encourage (Dana with wife and Steve with husband).
Couple meetings with Dana and me to help encourage healthy homes and marriages. (Provide opportunity for the couple to meet together with Dana and me).
Provide access to conferences that may not be affordable to the church, especially those smaller churches.
Provide financial resources for professional coaching and therapy for the couple in instances when that is needed.
Connect resources of additional pastors and networks of pastors in the area to the pastor being coached.
Provision of Vacation Options
Provide, when needed, low cost or no cost vacation spots for them to take their families to get rest and separation from the daily stresses of leading ministry in the Bay Area.
Church Board Coaching
Meet with church boards to better understand how to care for and provide for their staff.
Provide opportunities for coaching of boards on recruitment and best practices for board health.
Testimonial
After more than 30 years of pastoring in the Bay Area, my wife Dana, and I have known what it means to become discouraged and isolated. We were fortunate enough to have had mentors and coaches support and provide encouragement along the way. After the grace of Jesus, we attribute our success and longevity here to the folks around us who have supported, encouraged and loved us over the past 30+ years. It is our hope that we can now continue to provide that same support and coaching to pastors in the Bay Area so that longevity and much fruitfulness will mark their time serving here. As we move into a season where there is more time outside of our church context, we would like to invest our time in churches around the Bay Area (particularly under-resourced and smaller churches).
Contact Information:
Steve and Dana Clifford
Email: steve@clifford.net
Cell Phone: 408/506.4171