Support for 2025: NWC offering partial scholarships for RGR
2025 has officially begun! Are you ready for all the opportunities and challenges 2025 will bring?
Whether you are raring to go or still recuperating from 2024, you don’t need to go it alone! God has already prepared someone to walk alongside you to equip, support and encourage you to be Rooted.Growing.Resilient.®!
An amazing team of seasoned pastors, coaches and spiritual directors are ready to meet one-on-one with you to listen to you and focus on what’s important to you personally and professionally.
This confidential six-month partnership is open to all NWC credentialed pastors. You will meet with Rev. Dr. Jean Cheng Gorman to be paired with a RGR Partner specifically matched to your needs and personality.
Sign up for the Spring 2025 season of RGR (February-July) as soon as possible—space is limited. The NWC is subsidizing RGR for a limited number of pastors, and six months of RGR support only costs $500 (a $925 value!). Partial scholarships are available—just ask!
What they’re saying
“I’m so glad I said yes to RGR. I was hesitant at first with so many things happening this semester for me, but the diligence of the RGR team was wonderful! The coach I was placed with was a great fit. He guided me through various themes in my life and pointed me to incredibly helpful resources!” – Polly Inestroza, Pastor of Children & Adult Ministries, Crosstown Covenant, Minneapolis
“RGR provides the unique opportunity to take a step forward whether you need to be refreshed, challenged, motivated or educated. By matching you with someone just right for the season you’re in and the needs you have, RGR can meet you where you are and help you move somewhere better. What I needed from RGR was a combination of coaching, encouragement, prayer and someone to give me the permission to stop and listen for the voice of God. Partnered with the right person, that’s just what I got. If that’s what you need, I’d encourage you to check out RGR, and if you need something else – well, RGR is probably good for that too.” – Dan Swartz, Youth & Young Adults Pastor, Emmanuel Covenant Church, Shoreview, MN
“In church planting, and probably all of pastoral leadership, we are exhorted to spend time working ‘on’ the ministry, not just ‘in’ the ministry. (‘On’ the ministry would be things like leadership, process and system development, and ‘in’ the ministry would be all the other daily and weekly responsibilities and tasks.) Lately, I have been reflecting on how that concept translates into my personal and spiritual life as well. Yes, I spend time praying, reading scripture (for myself, not only for sermon preparation), and keeping Sabbath, but I can’t remember the last time I really paused and processed how the Holy Spirit was using those practices to share my life and ministry to reflect more of Jesus. Engaging in the RGR coaching gave me a safe place and a seasoned person to help me raise my eyes above and sharpen my vision to see above and beyond all the things I’ve been ‘in,’ to see the life I’m living and the life I want with God. I recommend it!” – Rob Jacobson, Founding and Lead Pastor, Restoration Covenant Church, Lakeville, MN