Leader can be a broad description for anyone who influences others. Leaders include the CEO developing and carrying out a vision for an organization, a mother who manages her household and the Girl Scout leader sharing life skills with a troop of impressionable young girls.
Leaders are those who make a difference in someone else’s life (whether that’s a large group or just one person). If you look closely, you will see a leader within.
We are all called to be leaders in one way or another, influencing, inspiring, and shaping one another’s lives.
But how do we lead well? Join us to learn the key strategies to developing the leader you are meant to be.
Meet Our Facilitator: Katara Washington Patton
Katara Washington Patton is the author of a series of books on successful living based on Biblical characters. Successful Moms of the Bible, Successful Women of the Bible and Successful Leaders of the Bible have received many outstanding reviews and testimonies of how Patton’s down-to-earth and sometimes humorous style has piqued even more interest in the Bible and the lessons within. Patton is also the author of a devotional coloring book for all ages, The Parables of Jesus Coloring Book.
Katara has also created supplemental material for best-selling authors, such as T.D. Jakes and Joyce Meyer. She was general editor of Aspire: The New Women of Color Study Bible (Zondervan), the writer for the teacher’s workbook for Bishop Vashti MacKenzie’s Journey to the Well (UMI), and writer and acquisitions lead for Beth Moore’s So Long, Insecurity Teen Edition (Tyndale).
Katara graduated summa cum laude from Dillard University (New Orleans, LA), with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications and English. She then earned a Master of Journalism in magazine publishing from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University (Evanston, IL). She also received a Masters of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (Evanston, IL), where she received the outstanding preaching award.
Katara is a native of Thibodaux, Louisiana. She and her husband, reside on the South Side of Chicago. They have one daughter. She is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. As much as possible, she tries to enjoy a Zumba class and a competitive game of Scrabble to keep her life balanced.
THANK YOU to our Sponsor Doranita Tyler with the D Tyler Agency LLC / American Family Insurance located at 2328 Glenwood Dyer Road, Lynwood, IL 60411. You can contact her team at 708-474-2055 or dtyler@amfam.com.
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