SUMMER
LEADERSHIP INTENSIVE
Mondays
June 13, 20, & 27, 2022
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Each summer, Healthy Congregations offers opportunities to engage in the application of systems thinking to theology, leadership and organizational process in a concentrated time frame.
Modeled on our year-long Leadership Series, Summer Intensives give the opportunity to focus on the work of thinking about emotional process and leadership in a three day format. The programs present theoretical perspectives, theological exploration as well as workplace and family application.
"Re-Engaging When the Landscape Has Changed"
After two years of learning how to disengage from routines, public spaces and other people, returning to "normal" does not appear to be an option. How has the landscape shifted in your world? Do you observe a sparseness? Do you see, like some, a vast landscape that feels almost uninhabitable? (And at the same time an on-line, virtual landscape that over-crowds and overwhelms?) How can we begin to see the lay of the land more clearly? How does this shift invite curiosity and creativity in how we engage with each other and the future? Through the universal and timeless lens of Bowen Family Systems Theory and its concepts we can begin to re-engage and re-ground in ways that are productive, life-giving and liberating.
WHAT
Presentation of theory and practice around systems thinking,
including sessions focused on small group coaching.
WHEN
Mondays:
June 13, 20, 27, 2022 - 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Eastern
WHERE
Online via Zoom
COST
$450
PREPARATION
There are no prerequisites to register. Participants will be asked to do some reading in advance of the class. Other options for reading and study will be explored during the three days of the seminar. If you have already completed a family diagram, please bring it along to class.
Summer Intensive Facilitators:
Rev. Lori Ann Strang
Rev. Martin Billmeier
June 13, 2022 (Mark 8:22-26)
"How might we see the lay of the land
more clearly?"
9-10:30 The Lens of the Eight Concepts of Bowen Family Systems Theory
10:30-11:00 Break
11-12:30 Seeing through the Lens of Two Life Forces & Two Variables in the Theory
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Video
1:30-1:45 Break
1:45 Family Diagram Coaching
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One Person's Family Diagram: Identifying the Two Life Forces & Eight Concepts in Family of Origin
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Participant Family Diagram Coaching
June 20, 2022 (Luke 23:32-47)
"How might one define a self while inhabiting the new terrain?"
9-10:30 Triangles in the Passion Story and our Stories
10:30-11:00 Break
11-12:30 Differentition of Self & the Impact of Societal Emotional Process
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Video
1:30-1:45 Break
1:45 Family Diagram Coaching
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One Person's Family Diagram: Identifying the Two Life Forces & Eight Concepts in Family of Origin
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Participant Family Diagram Coaching
June 27, 2022 (Acts 28:23-31)
"How does the sparseness - and the shift - invite creativity?"
9-10:30 Nuclear Family Emotional Dynamics at Church, A Case Study from Redeemer, Toledo
10:30-11:00 Break
11-12:30 Minding the Congregation's Emotional Process in the New Reality, A Case Study from St. Lucas, Toledo
12:30-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Video
1:30-1:45 Break
1:45 Family Diagram and Case Study Coaching
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Participants asked to bring case study from place of employment