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Continuing Education Opportunities
Winter/Spring 2008
Here are all of Alban's events in the first months of 2008. You may be
Interested in attending a seminar. You can also help us by forwarding this announcement to congregations in
your region.
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Emotional Intelligence: Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader
JANUARY 15 - 17, 2008
Susan Neinaber - La Casa de Maria, Santa Barbara, California
Drawing on exciting recent research in emotional intelligence, this workshop
is simply a must for resilient and effective leadership in the midst of the
inevitable conflicts of community life.
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Disciple Making Communities: Moving from Maintenance to Mission
JANUARY 22 - 24, 2008
Ed White - Marywood Center for Spirituality, Jacksonville, Florida
Discover what happens when churches move out of the "membership business" and
Instead become "disciple making communities" - an opportunity to reorient your congregational identity and life
from maintenance to mission.
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Building Staff Collegiality: Teaching and Learning Teamwork
FEBRURARY 11 - 13, 2008
Susan Beaumont - Simpsonwood Conference and Retreat Center, Norcross, Georgia
This highly effective seminar teaches the characteristics of a healthy team, the stages of team development,
and the places where groups tend to get stuck. Learn about team conflict, accountability for team performance,
and crafting team meetings. (
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Balancing Your Ministry, Renewing Your Life
FEBRUARY 19 - 21, 2008
Larry Peers -Marywood Center for Spirituality, Jacksonville, Florida
Relearn how to balance your physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual
health. You'll leave remembering your original call to ministry, and with new
ways to renew that vitality.
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Congregational Finance for Clergy, Board Members and Administrative Staff
A Large Congregations Seminar
FEBRUARY 26 - 28, 2008
Dan Hotckiss - Simpsonwood Conference Center, Norcross, Georgia
This course will help participants to clarify who should make financial
Decisions in their congregations and to identify the topics every clergy person, board member, or administrative
staff member must address in order to fulfill their duties as caretakers and as leaders.
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Weekday Spirituality: Unleashing Faith in Everyday Life; A Christian Practices Workshop
FEBRUARY 29 - MARCH 1, 2008
Wayne Floyd - Marywood Center for Spirituality, Jacksonville, Florida
Are you hungry to know how to connect Sunday spirituality with weekday work?
Discover how to unleash the vitality of everyday life, cultivate a weekday
spirituality, and share in a community of practice reinventing the church through the gifts of daily life.
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Leading Change in Congregations
MARCH 3 - 5. 2008
Gil Rendle - La Casa de Maria, Santa Barbara, CA
When change is the norm, how do you "lead change" in a spiritual and healthy
way?
Come take this course designed for clergy and leaders among the laity whose
Leadership roles put you in the middle of change. Your congregation will be glad you did!
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Conflict Over the Leadership of the Pastor: When the Call is at Risk
MARCH 4 - 6, 2008
Susan Nienaber - Marywood Center for Spirituality, Jacksonville, Florida
Conflict over the leadership of a pastor is both common and full of pain for
the congregation and its leaders. This seminar teaches you how to avoid the
escalation of conflict before it reaches the point where a pastor's calling is itself put into question.
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Consulting for Vital Congregations I: Foundational Practices and Perspectives
MARCH 10 - 14, 2008
Alice Mann and Speed Leas - Palisades Retreat Center, Federal Way, Washington
Are you interested in learning about congregational consulting as a vocation
Or enhancing your existing capacities in this field? This foundational course
Uncovers the basic concepts and frameworks of congregational consulting.