By Gary Meek

Several of the Districts put together innovative training opportunities for their Spring District Meetings this year. The Mountain District spent the last several months communicating with its members as they worked to share information and prayer requests with each other. It has been a great year for the Districts as they continue to be the relational backbone of the AGRM. The Association’s Tracks continue to look for “cutting edge” techniques to develop their members’ ability to minister in their Missions and to be a resource for all AGRM members through training conferences, resources and consulting.

Districts Officers 2003 - 2005

Regional Training Conferences – Regional Conferences major topics covered this year included “Principles in Leadership/Management,” and “Board Training,” “Development/Public Relations” and Program/Recovery.” The Regionals are intended to be a high value, affordable event for the training of department level supervisors and executive staff. They are designed to pay for themselves based on a certain level of attendance.

Attendance for each of the Regional Conferences was mixed in the 2003 Conference year.

2004 Training Conferences

Tracks

The Tracks are organizations within the AGRM for individuals involved in similar types of ministry. They are designed to promote communication and cooperation between track members at all levels; assist others desiring help in their ministries and evaluate the needs of its members in order to provide programs designed to help meet those needs.

2004 Track Mid-Year Conferences

This year, numbers were lower for most of the Track mid-year training conferences. It is unclear if this is a one-time phenomenon or a trend. Track training meetings continue to be one of the best value training opportunities for those working on the front lines.

Track Membership