Central to this faculty team has been Sally Vasen Alter. For the last five years, Sally has served as the LTN faculty director following a successful career of training and development in the banking industry. She has recently reentered the corporate sector and a few days ago, I spent some time visiting with her about the discovery process and its role in her development both personally and professionally. Discovery is the comprehensive process of assisting people in coming to learn about and understand God's design in their lives. The equipping church's role is to make opportunities available for people to reflect on past experiences and what these experiences say about their gifts, their passion, their heart on other words, there overall design.
Discovery is much more than that.
It is also about learning how the church needs to serve its members. Holistic discovery involves a balance between resources and needs. It helps people see their marvelous potential for service without overlooking those difficulties or obstacles that might p revent them from serving. Healthy discovery remembers that while Jesus served without demanding to be served, his life modeled a continual ebb and flow of serving and being served. At the heart of discovery is an intentional conversation that emphasizes listening.