Judy Urban is an experienced practitioner in building systems that invite, support, train, and show appreciation to congregation members in using their talents and strengths in the volunteer ministries of the faith community. She created a system composed of over 2600 volunteer positions in a large suburban church in the Midwest. Judy has over 15 years working as an independent consultant to congregations across the United States in building personalized systems of ministry support, utilizing best practices of volunteer management. She has mentored new directors of Shared Ministry. Judy has given workshops, seminars, and presentations to many synods and dioceses, as well as at the International Stewardship Conference, Minnesota Association of Volunteer Administrations conferences, and several regional Nurses Associations. Ms Urban has published a book entitled New Life Through Shared Ministry, Moving from Volunteering to Mission.