This is a five week interactive course of study of Henri Nouwen’s most popular work on the Rembrandt painting of the Return of the Prodigal. This course can satisfy requirements of the Certificate in Spiritual Formation. Check with the program director for details.
This five week online course will focus on the role and function of associate staff in the congregational context—ordained or lay, pastoral or program. Being an effective children’s, youth, or program minister requires more than just expertise about one’s ministry specialization. Because most children’s and youth ministers work in the congregational setting as associates, they must understand staff relationships, staff functions, teamwork, personal professional skills, and relational intelligence in dealing with pastors, staff members, and congregational members.
- Instructor: Dillon Inglis Holly
This program is for mid-career clergy (ten to twenty years into full time ministry) who are seeking to participate in a professional formative conversation or to reflect on their vocational experience, and assess their ability to meet the leadership demands/needs of their organization. Attention will be given to addressing common experiences and issues of mid-career clergy: facing either a normative or unanticipated career transition, standing at a vocational crossroads of some sort, engaging in reflective self-assessment and finding support among peers.
- Instructor: Riviere Alison