Understanding forgiveness is the first key to being able to forgive. Learn how to identify the stages of forgiveness on the journey to letting go. Explore how to release negative emotions of hurt, anger, blame and hatred so you can live more fully alive.This Retreat will provide a caring and nurturing environmentto work through the …
View course details “POWER OF FORGIVENESS Workshop”

Conflict in congregational life is unique – it mixes organizational dynamics with personality, family history, conflict,theology and of course, faith. This combination creates both challenges and possibilities. This workshop provides church leaders with an opportunity to consider their role as leaders in this dynamic environment, providing practical tools and processes for engaging churches experiencing conflict, transforming tough situations into opportunities …
View course details “Leading the Church Through Times of Conflict”

This course is open to all self-identifying women It is designed to advance understandings of conflict, security, and peace for women’s leadership in a changing world. In this course, we explicitly emphasize women’s experiences, roles, knowledge, opportunities, and barriers in security, conflict transformation, and peace building –particularly in community and organizational spaces. Using a gender …
View course details “Advancing Women’s Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding for Community Development”

During these unprecedented times, how can we minister from a healthy place and not from an exhausted space? How do we tap into the gold mine that is sitting just underneath the surface? This workshop is for Pastors and Lay Leaders who want to look at how to use their “Working Genius” to build endurance …
View course details “Building Leadership Resilience for Ministry : Applying “The Working Genius””

We are pleased to add this relevant new series of training workshops using the recently developed tool “Working Genius” which we are applying to the Congregational Leadership Stream. The following workshops can be taken together, or you can register for “Discover your Leadership Genius” as a stand alone workshop applied to the mediation stream or …
View course details “Working Genius: Discover and apply new and effective leadership tool”

The intent of this workshop is to address more complex siutations, whether the conflict is more entrenched, the mental health continum more advanced in one or more parties, or the environment creates additional risks. Further details to be announced.  

In order to deliver content to better meet expectations, we are offering two workshops. Mental Health and Conflict Introduction and Mental Health and Conflict Advanced.  See workshop descriptions below for more details: MENTAL HEALTH AND CONFLICT: INTRODUCTION Instructor: Marg Van Herk-Paradis As we gain a greater awareness of and recognize the impact mental health challenges have in …
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To which biblical passages do we turn when we are hurting and angry? What do judgment, mercy and forgiveness mean when the Body of Christ is torn by conflict? This workshop assumes that the Bible is a critical conversation partner when we experience conflict in our congregation. As a group, participants will be invited to wrestle theologically and biblically toward a …
View course details “Forming Peaceable Congregations: A Biblical Perspective”

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. The workshop includes reflection, conversation, and exercises as conflicts are studied and models for addressing conflicts are considered. Significant time will be given to skill building for effective speaking and …
View course details “Understanding Conflict Foundations”

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