Leadership Clinics

Leadership Clinics are day-long events that focus on topics related to leadership within the church. All clinics are held the Monday of Pastors Week. While many Leadership Clinic participants also choose to attend Pastors Week, it is possible to register and attend each event seperately.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Transitions: The congregation as ecology of care

Life transitions sometimes spark crises for individuals and congregational systems, leaving destructive behaviors in their wake. This daylong workshop explores how pastors can walk with members and congregations who are in transition in ways that are healthy and transformative. Presenters will pay special attention to psychological understandings of “transitions,” theological reflection on the issue, appropriate pastoral responses, effects of transitions on congregational dynamics, and related available resources. This wokshop is part of the Extreme Situations in the Congregation: A Pastoral Care Continuing Education Series. Click here to see a schedule and read more about this event.

Presenters

Nancy Kauffmann, D. Min., conference regional minister, Indiana-Michigan Conference
Lloyd Miller, M.Div. in pastoral care and counseling, director of denominational relations, MutualAid eXchange
Daniel Schipani, Ph.D., professor of pastoral care, AMBS

Take our moments and our days

This daylong workshop will introduce the two-volume Anabaptist prayer book and explore ways to use it in congregational life. We will hear from groups that have prayed these prayers (bring your stories!) and will practice adapting services for various settings, including youth groups, groups for whom literacy is a barrier, and multicultural groups.

Leaders

Eleanor Kreider
John Rempel
Barbara Nelson Gingerich
Mary Schertz

Registration

Click here to REGISTER ONLINE for only a Leadership Clinic.

Click here to REGISTER ONLINE for either Pastors Week, or Pastors Week and a Leadership Clinic.