DATE March 27, 2020, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. OVERVIEW A fundamental connection between personal and communal well-being exists, yet too often attention is not given to the caregiver. In this class, we will explore physiological, pastoral, and behavioral facets of compassion fatigue. For caregivers to be effective, they must be able to listen carefully what …
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THE ART OF TRANSITIONAL MINISTRY – PART 1 GUIDING A CONGREGATION THROUGH CHANGE AND TRANSITION DATES March 16, 9:30 a.m.-March 20, 12:00 p.m., 2020 OVERVIEW What? The basic education program for transitional / interim ministry explores the unique dynamics of the congregation during a change in pastoral leadership or other significant transition. It equips the pastor …
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A BRIEF THEOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN PRAYER A HYBRID COURSE DATES Online Sessions: March 16-April 4, 2020 In-Person Retreat Session: April 17, 5:00 p.m.-April 18, 4:00 p.m., 2020 OVERVIEW Our prayers are a response that comes from hearing what God is saying and then daring to speak from our hearts. Join us online as we …
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COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING: BEYOND ROBERT’S RULES AN ONLINE CLASS DATES March 9-April 3, 2020 OVERVIEW Do you tire of church meetings where decision making is tedious or contentious? Are your processes indistinguishable from standard parliamentary procedures used everywhere else? Have you ever wished to try a different way? In this course, you will learn decision methods …
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SPIRITUAL WRITING: AN ONLINE CLASS DATE Jan. 6-Feb. 9, 2020 OVERVIEW This class will ask what, if anything, can make nonfiction writing “spiritual.” You will read selections from essays and memoirs in the spiritual writing genre and try composing your own versions of this material. How can we write about something so personal and powerful …
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THE ART OF TRANSITIONAL MINISTRY, WEEK 2 GUIDING A CONGREGATION THROUGH CHANGE AND TRANSITION Instructors Paul Rhebergen, Janet Nolting Carter, and Pam Peterson Dates Nov. 18-22, 2019 Overview The Week 2 class is for pastors and religious leaders serving in a ministerial context characterized by transition in leadership, culture, context, and ministry who wish to broaden …
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LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAITHFUL: CONFRONTING CLASSISM IN MISSION 2019 W. DON MCCLURE LECTURES IN WORLD MISSION AND EVANGELISM SPEAKER Al Tizon, Executive Minister, Serve Globally, and Affiliate Associate Professor of Missional and Global Leadership, North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, Ill. OVERVIEW The Rev. Dr. Tizon will be helping us to think about reconciliation …
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SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIC PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR CHURCHES AN ONLINE COURSE DATES Sept. 23-Oct. 18, 2019 OVERVIEW This course will help you understand: the ways your church’s or organization’s culture deeply influences planning success or failure; that attention to plan implementation is at least as important as planning itself; and the ways you can create …
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O TASTE AND SEE! THE SPIRITUALITY OF FOOD A SPIRITUAL FORMATION ELECTIVE DATES Sept. 22, 7:00 p.m.-Sept. 25, 12:15 p.m., 2019 OVERVIEW From fasting to feasting, food has played a significant role in the spiritual lives of Christians throughout history. This centrality of food is rooted in the Scriptures of Israel, whose stories of the …
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Annual Conference 2019 REA Annual Meeting 2019 Coexistence in Divided Societies: Pedagogies of the Sacred, of Difference, and of Hope 1–3 November 2019, Toronto, Ontario ALLLM is pleased to partner with REA as a related learning organization, offering three workshops, a reception, the ALLLM Annual meeting and a time to gather as a working group …
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