The goal of this online weekend workshop is to help us enter more deeply the truth in our hearts and connect more profoundly with the divine Presence in ourselves and in all of life. We will explore a number of practices to help us do so, including discernment exercises, supportive listening, evoking questions, focusing on …
View course details “Going Deeper Together”
Conflict within churches can involve complex dynamics and highly-charged emotions, leaving those involved with deep hurt and pain. Often people from all “sides” of the conflict look to their pastors and lay leaders for assistance in helping to resolve these tensions. Being an “insider third party” – that is knowing the parties involved while seeking …
View course details “Informal Coaching and Mediation Skills for Church Leaders ONLINE”
Group dynamics are complex at best! When groups fall into high conflict, they tend to require an intentional multi-pronged intervention. This interactive and engaging workshop considers issues common to both group dynamics and high conflict groups. Multiple strategies for addressing these complex issues will be considered, including: assessing high conflict groups navigating group dynamics building …
View course details “Transforming Group Dynamics ON LINE”
The Young Adult and Campus Ministry Annual Leadership Conference, to be held June 15-17, 2021, is an opportunity for Episcopal leaders in ministry with young adults on and off college campuses to meet and connect with one another and to be nourished and nurtured in their ministry. Our hope is that the participants will: find …
View course details “YACM 2021 Leadership Conference”
This 5-session module in small group formation will include storytelling, group check-ins, and listening for God through what is being shared in small groups. Led by The Rev. Marsha Roscoe.
Video introduction: link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GFr7p-qC1nL5HWkgLl0euJyxTim2CfGa/view Has your community rediscovered how gathering in small groups for prayer, study and fellowship strengthens and grows faith? This four-week module launches a yearlong journey to equip and form leaders of small groups. Join this first module of a yearlong journey to equip and form leaders of small groups. We will …
View course details “Equipping Small Group Leaders: Gifts for Ministry”
Calvin Theological Seminary, in collaboration with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and the Center for Excellence in Preaching, is offering courses designed to support your ministry leadership amidst the ongoing pandemic. These online mini-courses focus on key ministry challenges you face today. With a commitment of about four hours per week for three weeks, each …
View course details “Summer Mini-Courses for a COVID-shaped World”
Mental Health Professionals are trained to treat issues hindering mental wellness from a starting point of diagnosing what is wrong to make interventions, a noble and helpful calling. Christian faith adds much by casting a vision for human flourishing grounded in God’s intent for those created in His Image. Christ who is the image of …
View course details “Pastoral Response to Mental Health Practicing for Heaven: 1-Day Seminar”
Music can move and transport us in profound ways. During the pandemic, this may be some of the only safe “travel” many of us have been able to engage in. In this Circle of Trust®, we will offer two musical pieces as a springboard to explore the inner landscapes and outer horizons that emerge for …
View course details “Traveling by Heart: A Musical Journey”
How might we live “whole” and “hearted” in these particular and uncertain times? Using metaphor from the natural world, poetry and passages from various wisdom traditions, music and the visual arts, and listening and sharing, we will spend time in quiet and community to explore the question, “How can I live wholeheartedly in these uncertain …
View course details “Living Wholeheartedly in These Uncertain Times: Virtual Circle of Trust ® Mini-Retreats”