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Change, decisions and conflict are focus of Congregational Development seminar
Daybook
9/27/2005
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[Episcopal News Service]
"Leading congregations through change, decisions, and conflict" is the theme of the Upward Bound seminar January 16-19, 2006, in San Diego, California.
Upward Bound, sponsored by the Episcopal Church's Office of Congregational Development, addresses the personal work congregational leaders need to do in order to lead in challenging times of growth and change.
The seminar work is personal, intensive, and transforming. During the four day training, participants will:
- Learn how to examine a conflicted situation and their place in it;
- Explore their individual awareness of how to receive approval and support;
- Understand the different levels of needs and their implications for congregational behavior;
- Increase listening and feedback skills for clarity rather than inference or judgment;
- Distinguish between problems that are theirs and others;
- Develop skills to stop participating in destructive games and negative cycles;
- Renegotiate relationships after conflict has erupted.
To register, visit http://www.episcopalchurch.org/upward_63919_ENG_HTM.htm or call 800.334.7626 ext. 6003, before December 19, 2005. The fee is $675 and includes four nights of lodging, and eight meals.
Future seminar dates are: October 9-12, 2006, Charleston, South Carolina, and February 5-8, 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Note: The following titles are available from the Episcopal Book/Resource Center, 815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017; 800.334.7626 ext. 6118; http://www.episcopalbookstore.org/
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TRANSFORMATIONAL MINISTRY: Church Leadership and the Way of the Cross by Michael Jinkins, Saint Andrews Press http://www.standrewpress.com/ Edinburgh, Scotland, 2002, $14.99 pages 56.
From the publishers: Transformational Ministry looks at the role of leadership in Christian ministry. Whether we are at worship or in a committee meeting, speaking to children in church or providing pastoral care, the great goal of ministry is the transformation of persons into the likeness of Jesus Christ.
Michael Jinkins is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church. He was awarded an Oxford Foundation Fellowship by the Graduate Theological Foundation during his 1999 sabbatical at the University of Oxford. He is the author of many articles and eight books.
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CHURCH CONFLICT: The Hidden Systems behind the Fights by Charles H. Cosgrove and Dennis D. Hatfield Abingdon Press, Nashville, Tennessee, 1994, pages 192.
From the publishers: By using stories and narrative examples of real problems at actual churches in conflict, Charles Cosgrove and Dennis Hatfield help us identify the hidden structural boundaries in any group relationship. The authors the provide strategies for dealing with conflict at the level of these hidden "family" dynamics.
Charles H. Cosgrove is the author of The Cross and the Spirit.
Dennis D. Hatfield's pastoral experience includes churches in Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Michigan.
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