Facilitator: Marg Van Herk-Paradis or Betty Pries This highly interactive and educational workshop invites you to consider the building blocks that create conflict and those that assist or detract in conflict’s resolution. This four-morning workshop includes reflection, conversation, and exercises as conflicts are studied and models for addressing conflicts are considered. Significant time will be …
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Get FREE Access to This Year’s Festival – Registration now open! This year, in light of COVID-19, the Festival of Homiletics is again moving online. The world needs good preaching as we continue to grapple with a global pandemic. We are making access to the week of sessions and speakers on the website absolutely free! …
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What does it mean to lead during a time of religious, sociocultural, and environmental upheaval? What can churches do differently to better reflect and nurture gospel values and God’s dream of a just, reconciled, Spirit-filled world? This course in missional leadership will ask these and related questions. We will explore concepts and experience practices of …
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Whether you’re high-tech, low-tech, or no-tech whatsoever, it’s nearly impossible to miss the shift that’s taking place in our culture. Curiosity is on the rise. Participation is sparking creativity and connection. For the first time ever, digital technology is shaping our values. Our churches need the capacity and will to engage with a changing culture—one …
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All courses can be taken for training or for undergraduate credit. In addition, courses marked with an asterisk (*) can also be taken for graduate credit and can be used towards CMU’s MA in Peace and Collaborative Development (Click here for more information on the MA-PCD). Each CSOP course runs for five days, Monday to …
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What if there was a process for creating engaging and compelling sermons without the stress, worry, or isolation that normally comes with it? Join Backstory Preaching Founder Rev. Lisa Cressman for Sermon Camp 2021. For many of us, sitting down to write a sermon can feel overwhelming. Whether it’s making the time or finding fresh …
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