Coalescing in Christ - For the Kingdom: 2025 Joint Leadership Meeting & Workshop
- CNH District
- Aug 15
- 3 min read
Updated: Sep 11
Friday, September 26, 2025
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
CNH District Office, Livermore
Our annual Joint Leadership Meeting & Workshop for School Administrators, Directors, Pastors with schools, and DCEs is coming up on September 26 at the CNH District Office in Livermore. Our speaker and presenter will be Brian Underwood, founder of Sierra Vista Ministries, who will speak on the topic of building trust in ministry. His presentation is entitled, “Coalescing in Christ – For the Kingdom”. The workshop will examine common challenges to ensuring trust in ministry today and offers successful tools to build cohesion and missional unity. Brian is the former Executive Director of Sierra Lutheran High School in Carson City, Nevada and founder of Crean Lutheran High School in Irvine, California. Brian has extensive experience of working with ministry teams. I encourage you to come to this opportunity to gather together, learn with each other, and share with one another. There is a $25 cost per person to help with the lunch and speaker. Registration closes on September 18.
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BIO: Brian Underwood is the Founder and President of Sierra Vista Ministries, a Christian consulting company that works with churches and Christian schools to help them identify ROCK-centered solutions to achieve missional success. An award-winning educator and respected administrator, author, and columnist, Brian holds 39 years of successful collegiate and secondary school experience that helps organizations realize innovative and measurable results.
As a founder of Crean Lutheran High School in Irvine, CA, Brian was the architect of the school’s historic growth that continues to witness CLHS as the fastest starting high school in the history of the Lutheran church. As the Executive Director of Sierra Lutheran High School, his strategic planning acumen allowed SLHS to achieve record enrollment, campus expansion, and programmatic success.
A sought-after speaker and talented writer, Brian is a member of the ministerial fellowship
team that prays in chambers for the Nevada State Senate and writes the Faith & Insight column for the Nevada Appeal newspaper. His recent book, The Giver Gets More: A Christian Renaissance in Trusting and Tithing and his ROCK’n Sierra blog and vlog offer faithful and compelling examples of SVM's Christ-centered content.
Why Do We Gather Together?
Church leaders in the CNH District—including administrators, directors, DCEs, and pastors—are invited to attend a special meeting and workshop on Friday, September 26 at the CNH District Office, titled: “Coalescing in Christ – For the Kingdom.”
This is just one of many opportunities for leaders in our district to come together for professional growth, mutual support, and fellowship.
But why is gathering together so important?
Hebrews 10:24-25 gives us a powerful reminder:
“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”
When we gather:
· We learn and grow personally.
· We bless others with our presence, experience, and encouragement.
· We live out one of the core purposes of the District: supporting and sharing our gifts with one another.
Meeting together also helps our mental and emotional health. There is something deeply healing about sharing joys, struggles, and burdens with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ.
We know your days are full and responsibilities are many—but stepping away, even briefly, to connect with other church and school leaders is a gift and a blessing.
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