FEBRUARY 26,2010
      AD SUBMISSION FORM


Help for those who help is always needed, but not always accessible.  We seek to develop and deploy resources for nourishing the souls of  Christian leaders.   The well-being of the individuals and couples leading groups, churches, businesses and other organizations must be regarded and addressed as essential elements in community formation.  To have healthy communities and cities, we must have healthy servant-leaders.

Since the mid- 1970's, the Colemans have experienced what might be called the agonies and ecstacies of ministry.  They know the cost of serving others, building congregations, and leading comunity movements.  They know the need of soul restoration and rest and are passionately committed to helping reestablish Biblical norms for self-care.  They want leaders to know that it is okay to need rest; to know that taking time off for self, and family is not only good, but essential.

Partnering with other local and national ministries, SLS provides a  of resources to enhance and protect the well-being of those who serve others.How we handle the personal cost of serving will impact how we relate with others.  Leaders encounter challenging paradoxes associated with "being" for others. They routinely intercede for others, but who intercedes for them? They go, go and go, but who comes to them?

SLS organizes a menu of opportunities for personal enrichment, marital and family support, and collegial relationship building.

            PRAYER FOR LEADERS

Our Father in heaven, we gather in Christ and declare that He is our Lord, and that He is with us in this moment.  We gather, Mighty God, to confess our hearts' desires to live in peace with you and one another through Christ, and to see glory following the preaching, teaching and ministry of your Word.  Let it be, Mighty God, that the witness of our fellowship, faith and labor will bring glory to Jesus.  Let it be, Dear Father, that no weapon formed against the amalgamation of our fellowship, faith, and works will avail.  Let it be, O God, that Christ's love and faithfulness, seen in and through us, will compel others to receive Him as your unique and only propitiation for our sins.  Let it be, Dear Lord, that, in fellowship and through labors of love, your Kingdom will be established in our lives, families,congregations, communities, neighborhoods, cities, and nations.  We praise your holy name,  Lord Our Father. We bless your Holy name,  Lord our Christ. We bless your name,  Spirit of the Living God. There is none like you, and in you we find our best selves and the future that is glorious for all.