Centre for Church Development & Leadership Learning Community Opportunities 2011/12
CCDL is working with the national ‘United in Learning’ program to offer two learning opportunities in 2011/12. Ron Ewart will be facilitating two groups:
Hatch, Match & Dispatch – opportunity or waste of time?
Do baptisms, blessings, weddings and funerals offer an opportunity to engage with a nascent spirituality among the de-churched and un-churched? What are some of the things people are looking for when they ask for church involvement in these important stages of life? Do you have personal guidelines or congregational policies in place to shape how much time is given by staff? Are there new ‘occasional offices’ emerging – Blue Christmas Services, Special Evenings for Cancer Patients? Are these ‘pastoral’ moments or can we talk about ‘pre-evangelism’? Join this group to share your experiences, reflect on how you wrestle with the issues and explore some of the things that are being written about the subject.
Meets 2pm on 2nd Wednesday of the month October to March.
Amalgamations, Mergers & Other Forms of Cooperative Ministry
An opportunity to connect with others who are exploring these kinds of major transitions in the life of a congregation, and explore the personal and leadership issues that emerge as we help congregations on this journey. The group will be encouraged to reflect on what is happening in their particular location, offered information on the range of cooperative forms congregations are adopting in the search for purposeful mission.
Meets 2pm on 3rd Wednesday of the month October to June.
Learning Circles meet by toll-free telephone conference call, and sometimes also using free Internet meeting software. Each Circle meets for 1 ½ hours at a time, and contains no more than 8 people, so there is plenty of time for everyone to get to know each other. Facilitators help to keep the conversation focused on learning, provide some administration and email reminders between meetings, and usually suggest an article to read or some questions to think about in preparation for each meeting. Registration for these and other courses via http://www.united-in-learning.com or call 905 771 5124.
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