Healthy Congregations is once again offering a formalized class as part of the summer course offerings of Trinity Lutheran Seminary. This one-week class will take a broad look at a family systems approach to congregational life and offer the additional opportunity to be trained as a Healthy Congregations facilitator.
Description
The New Testament speaks of the church as a living organism—“The Body of Christ.” The apostle Paul makes it clear that the “body of Christ” is a whole comprised of many parts yet functioning as one. This course will focus on one model that looks at communities of faith as a whole. An introduction to a family systems approach to the development of healthy dynamics in communities of faith will be at the heart of the course. From that perspective, the participant will gain an understanding of the processes and practices that encourage growth, challenge and resilience in communities of faith.
Special Opportunity: Facilitator Training
At an additional cost paid to Healthy Congregations, Inc., students may elect to add two additional non-academic components, in order to be facilitators of the Healthy Congregations workshop material. The additional components will focus on practical application of theory, case studies from congregations and the development of family of origin and congregational genograms. Sessions will be held from 3:30 – 5:30, Monday through Friday, June 14 – 18. If you are interested, please indicate your interest on the registration form and information will be sent to you.
Registration
Date: June 14-18, 2010
Time: 1:00-3:15 pm; 3:30-5:30 pm for optional facilitator training
Cost: $380 credit / $190 audit, plus an additional amount of $275 if you choose to pursue the facilitator training special opportunity
Location: Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio
Registration will be OPEN for this event from March 12-June 4, 2010
Check back in March for more information and instructions on how to register for both the academic course component and the optional facilitator training special opportunity.
Since this is an academic course coordinated through the Registrar's Office of Trinity Lutheran Seminary, we cannot accept registrations UNTIL March 12. Registration for the facilitator training special opportunity is coordinated through the Healthy Congregations office and will also be available starting March 12.
