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2020 Calvin Symposium on Worship | Seminar

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How might human limitations empower rather than impede our leadership? Mandy Smith, author of The Vulnerable Pastor, explored themes related to vulnerability and weakness in leadership and ministry. Interspersing teaching with guided roundtable discussion, this seminar taught how to lead out of deep humanity.

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