Workshop ID: G14S321X Dates: March 14, 2014 – March 16, 2014 Price: $135.00     As the dark days of winter begin to shift toward spring, we are invited to look at the contrasts between light and dark, both within us and external to us. This weekend will focus on the shadows in the …
View course details “From Darkness Into Light – Exploring Your Shadow”

  Dates: Oct 20, 2014 – Oct 25, 2014 Instructor(s): Jeanette Baust Price: $360.00 Workshop ID: G14S1041A      Seismic religious and cultural shifts are happening in our deeply divided nation, which are reflected today in our churches. As well known scholar Diana Butler Basssuggests, religious affiliation is plummeting across America, but interest in spirituality …
View course details “Christianity After Religion”

  Dates: Oct 20, 2014 – Oct 25, 2014 Instructor(s): Trey Hammond Price: $360.00 Workshop ID: G14S1041D   Our congregations are not just in a “location,” but are situated in a God-created, God-given and God-nurtured “place.” God invites us to take seriously serving the of Christ in a specific context, where we are called to love …
View course details “A Theology & Ministry of Place”

    Dates: Oct 20, 2014 – Oct 25, 2014 Instructor(s): Stephen Graham, Keith Herron Price: $360.00 Workshop ID: G14S1041F   Workshop ID: G14S1041F Dates: October 20, 2014 – October 25, 2014 Price: $360.00 The Beloved Community is a blend of personal and particular narratives that at the same time are shaping a narrative their own. What happens …
View course details “Discovering The Story In & Around Us”

  Workshop ID: G14S342 Dates: March 24, 2014 – March 28, 2014 Price: $300.00 Sabbath keeping is extinct among most 21st-Century Christians, lay leaders and pastors. In an age where we are bombarded with information, Sabbath can feed our impoverished souls and teach us to lead from our Source instead of culture. Come explore practices …
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Workshop ID: G14S341 Dates: March 24, 2014 – March 28, 2014 Price: $300.00 It’s hard to imagine being a steward of the faith story unless one is willing to be a steward of one’s own story. That’s the assumption of this provocative seminar designed to encourage ministers to mine their own experience as a way …
View course details “The Power Of Narrative In Clergy Leadership”

  This seminar, co-organized with the Income Monitoring and Development colleagues, aims to give staff of specialized ministries orientation about the ecumenical movement and to provide a possibility for ecumenical encounter with the WCC and other ecumenical organizations. The significance of the seminar is that it gives to new staff in specialized ministries the opportunity …
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  In the past decades the presence of migrant churches has profoundly changed the ecumenical landscape. However, the significance of this change for the ecumenical fellowship of local churches in neighbourhoods with ethnic minority churches has not yet been sufficiently explored. The seminar is intended as an evaluative analysis of the different formation initiatives churches …
View course details “Evaluating Ecumenical Formation for Migrant Church Leaders”

  This three week residential course is designed to enable participants to encounter each other in mutual respect, to learn together, and to challenge and overcome stereotypes. While fully respecting and affirming each particular faith identity, the overall question to be explored is: What can we, as people of faith, do to respond and to …
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  Creation is endangered. If there is any evidence in the past decades that has influenced public awareness, it is the common responsibility of the world community to reflect upon and act in response to the ecological crisis. The seminar will seek to map the different efforts and initiatives in making the link between ecology, …
View course details “Green Churches: Ecology, Theology and Justice in Practice”