KAY KOTAN, PCC, is the director of Congregational Development for the Susquehanna Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, and she has a passionate approach to teaching, consulting, and coaching. As one called to serve from a laity role, she offers a unique perspective for church and leadership development that is informed by her diverse background serving in corporate America, owning her own businesses, lay leadership in the local church, traveling the nation as an author and speaker, and now serving as a conference director. Kay is married to Bob Kotan, and they have an adult son, Cameron.

PHIL SCHROEDER is the director of Congregational Development for the North Georgia Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. Phil graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and then studied at Emory University, where he received an MBA and an MDiv. During his Doctor of Ministry work at the United Theological Se minary, he completed three books titled Using the Five Senses to Tell God's Story: Children's Sermons for the New Common Lectionary-Years A, B & C. He is also the coauthor of The Stewardship Journey, The Capacity for More, and More than Just One Neighbor. Phil and his wife, Elizabeth, have been married for more than thirty years and have three children, Daniel, Kathryn, and Paul.