• Leadership Assembly

    We love getting our leaders together, and know you love it too! Our next Leadership Assembly will be on Monday, March 1st from 4 – 6 p.m.  We will hold a brief social media training for all those wanting to learn how to effectively use Facebook, Twitter and other tools in promoting your events and […]

  • Starting Your Beacon Leadership Team

    Beacon Leadership Teams (or BLTs as we like to call them) are the necessary liaison between the congregation and the collaborative. This workshop focuses on who to look for in creating your team, how to develop leaders and engage your congregation, and how to develop an organizing plan that connects your faith traditions to the […]

  • Clergy & Religious Leaders Gathering – 03/25/21

    Clergy and staff leaders of Beacon congregations are invited to gather monthly for reflection, discussion, and support. Hosted by Beacon organizers, we’ll explore topics related to congregations’ work on shelter, housing and policy and strengthen our collaborative for a prophetic presence in the public arena. Drop in for one, or attend them all! Meetings will […]

  • Clergy & Religious Leaders Gathering – 04/22/21

    Clergy and staff leaders of Beacon congregations are invited to gather monthly for reflection, discussion, and support. Hosted by Beacon organizers, we’ll explore topics related to congregations’ work on shelter, housing and policy and strengthen our collaborative for a prophetic presence in the public arena. Drop in for one, or attend them all! Meetings will […]

  • Clergy & Religious Leaders Gathering – 05/27/21

    Clergy and staff leaders of Beacon congregations are invited to gather monthly for reflection, discussion, and support. Hosted by Beacon organizers, we’ll explore topics related to congregations’ work on shelter, housing and policy and strengthen our collaborative for a prophetic presence in the public arena. Drop in for one, or attend them all! Meetings will […]

  • Families Moving Forward Town Hall – 6/29/21

    Our staff will give you a glimpse of how our program is operating and of the impact it’s having in these unusual times. We’ll talk about the permanent changes that have taken place this last year with the closing of the Hennepin program center. And, we’ll together anticipate what it will be like to come […]

  • Powerful Together: Conversations for Change

    Powerful Together is our collaborative-wide inreach, when congregations will conduct 1000 one-to-one conversations over 10 weeks! Imagine what we will learn and how much stronger we will be together. This orientation is the first opportunity for leaders coordinating this effort in their congregation to hear the plans, systems and resources to make this go smoothly. […]

  • Inreach Training – 8/10/21

    This fall, congregations across the collaborative will simultaneously engage in an inreach: one-to-one conversations to listen to each other’s deep connection to home and share our determination to make affordable housing a reality for everyone in our state. Imagine the most exciting Beacon gathering you have ever attended – the energy, and how many people […]

  • Inreach Training – 8/14/21

    This fall, congregations across the collaborative will simultaneously engage in an inreach: one-to-one conversations to listen to each other’s deep connection to home and share our determination to make affordable housing a reality for everyone in our state. Imagine the most exciting Beacon gathering you have ever attended – the energy, and how many people […]

  • Inreach Training – 8/31/21

    This fall, congregations across the collaborative will simultaneously engage in an inreach: one-to-one conversations to listen to each other’s deep connection to home and share our determination to make affordable […]