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Leadership Clinics

Monday, January, 23, 2012

Leadership Clinics are day-long workshops that focus on topics related to leadership within the church. Leadership Clinics are always held the Monday of Pastors Week. While many Leadership Clinic participants also choose to attend Pastors Week, it is possible to register and attend one of these events without attending Pastors Week.

Turning Disgust, Demoralization, and Depression into Empowerment for Ministry

event image The same altruistic and selfless ideals that propel a person into ministry can also make that person vulnerable to three Ds of burnout (disgust, demoralization and depression). Clergy tend to have both unrealistically high self-expectations and a great reluctance to turn to others for help. Explore ways to transform depletion and isolation into renewed sources of energy, purpose, meaning and connection.

This event is in the Current Challenges in Congregational Care Series. Get details here.

Presenter: Gregory A. Hinkle, Ph.D., Executive Director, Samaritan Center, Elkhart

CEU: .4
Registration: 8:30 a.m. (Hot drinks provided) 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Immigration and the Congregation

event image Explore questions that arise as congregations are more welcoming: What does it mean to be a church that includes differing cultural and racial identities? How do we learn about and deepen convictions on an issue? When is it appropriate to speak into the political arena? Facilitators will share experiences in working at immigration issues in the congregation and community and will invite participants to share their own engagement with these issues.

Presenters: Iris de Leon-Hartshorn, M.A., Director of Transformative Peacemaking, Mennonite Church USA; Saulo Padilla, M.A., Director, Immigration Education Office of Mennonite Central Committee; and Andre Gingerich Stoner, M.A., Director of Interchurch Relations, Mennonite Church USA

CEU: .4
Registration: 8:30 a.m. (Hot drinks provided) 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Gathering for New Pastors

Pastors in their first years of ministry face many questions: Is this church and community a good fit for me? How do I best minister in this context? How do I navigate the unspoken as well as spoken expectations of the people I serve? Is pastoral ministry truly my calling? This Leadership Clinic will be an opportunity for pastors in their first three to four years of ministry to talk with each other and with leaders from Mennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Church USA and AMBS about their experiences. A daylong session on Monday will be followed by additional sessions on Wednesday noon and Thursday afternoon.

Presenters
Linford King, D.Min., Mennonite Church USA Denominational Minister
Karen Martens Zimmerly, M.Div., Mennonite Church Canada Denominational Minister

Session 1: Sunday, 6 p.m. Dinner and first session
Session 2: Monday, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Session 3: Thursday, noon, Lunch and wrap-up

God's story, worship and the arts

event image Christian worship tells and retells God's unfolding story forming a people of faith. The arts can open our thoughts, emotions, and bodies to the depths of God's story unfolding in our livvs. During this workshop we will study a biblical text together, then create pieces of visual, musical, dramatic or movement art that can draw worshippers deeper into God's continuing story.

Presenter: Rebecca Slough, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Worship and the Arts, AMBS

Registration: 8:30 a.m. (Hot drinks provided) 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
CEU: .4

Cost

$75 before January 5, 2012
$65 each for three or more from one congregation before January 5
$85 after January 5
Additional student discounts are available on the online registration form

Registration

To register for both Pastors Week and a Leadership Clinic, use the Pastors Week registration form.

To register for a Leadership Clinic only, use the Workshop registration form.

http://www.ambs.edu/leadershipclinics

Questions?

Contact the Church Leadership Center
(574) 296-6269
ChurchLeadership@ambs.edu