Healthy Congregations, Inc.

There will be a facilitator training event held at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, in October 2010.  Enrollment is limited to 15 participants. Leaders for the training are Pastor Roger Schwarze and Pastor Bill Strom.

In these challenging economic times, congregational stewardship drives can sometimes sound like simple fundraising campaigns.  At Healthy Congregations, we think stewardship is about a lot more than just money.

Workshop 5 -- "Healthy Congregations Develop Generous People" -- focuses on developing gratitude and generosity through the ability of the community to make decisions that combine money, resources, abilities and day to day living.

A Training Program for Congregational Leaders

Description

New Visions is a training program designed to help leaders raise mission consciousness, to plan for mission, and to implement mission efforts in their congregations.  Recognizing that change will be resisted less if associated with mission, the training includes effective ways to process change.  Dr. Peter L. Steinke, who initiated the “Bridgebuilder” program for conflicted churches and “Healthy Congregations” to help leaders create and sustain healthy functioning, is the designer of New Visions.

Healthy Congregations is pleased to announce two 2010 facilitator event opportunities for people living in the Appalachian/southeast U.S. area.

• Event 1: Monday-Wednesday, April 19-21, 2010
• Event 2: Monday-Wednesday, September 20-22, 2010

Each event is independent of the other, meaning that you can be trained as a facilitator by attending either event (you do not need to attend both).

Are you a Healthy Congregations facilitator who will be conducting a training event in the near (or even distant) future?  We would like to help you out!  If you contact our office and let us know, we will be happy to post your event in our online calendar of upcoming events.  Also, if you provide us with text/images/video, we can create an article on our website to promote your event.