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Equipping Leaders

Leadership Development Workshops

2023 Offerings 

The Synod’s overarching theme is “In our Synod, we’ll try anything to equip leaders who attend to God’s creative, emerging future.” Working toward this goal, we offer regular equipping opportunities, beyond our monthly workshops to equip preachers. We are grateful for each of our partners in providing these ministries.

Watch this space for a schedule for these offerings, and more!

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Upcoming Workshops

Past Workshops

  • The Leader’s Table (Offered in Partnership with The Missional Church Network)
    The Leader’s Table (Offered in Partnership with The Missional Church Network)
    Sep 20, 7:00 PM – Sep 21, 7:00 PM
    The Leader’s Table is a four-part series empowering pastors and other church leaders to think differently about Christian ministry.
  • Introduction to Boundaries Training (Offered in Partnership with LeaderWise)
    Introduction to Boundaries Training (Offered in Partnership with LeaderWise)
    Sep 20, 7:00 PM – Sep 21, 7:00 PM
  • The Leader’s Table (Offered in Partnership with The Missional Church Network)
    The Leader’s Table (Offered in Partnership with The Missional Church Network)
    Sep 13, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    The Leader’s Table is a four-part series empowering pastors and other church leaders to think differently about Christian ministry. September 13, 17, October 11, 25
  • Childhood Sexual Abuse Prevention Training
    Childhood Sexual Abuse Prevention Training
    Sep 11, 6:00 PM
    September 11 & 14, 2023 This training is designed for both teaching and ruling elders, and satisfies the requirement for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training discussed at the 2022 General Assembly.
  • Pathways for Belonging: Overcoming Clergy Loneliness
    Pathways for Belonging: Overcoming Clergy Loneliness
    Thu, Apr 20
    Apr 20, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    Apr 20, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
    April 20, 27 & May 4, 2023 Offered by LeaderWise
  • Science, the Church, and Mental Health
    Science, the Church, and Mental Health
    Thu, Mar 23
    Mar 23, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Mar 23, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    March 23, 2023, 1:00 to 2:00 pm by zoom: Churches and mental health providers that have effectively offered services to their congregations and communities will share models, insights, and best practices on how partnerships between mental health professionals and the church can better confront this
  • Science, the Church, and Mental Health
    Science, the Church, and Mental Health
    Thu, Mar 16
    Mar 16, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Mar 16, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    March 16, 2023, 1:00 to 2:00 pm by zoom: Psychologist David Wang, Fuller Seminary’s Cliff and Joyce Penner Chair for the Formation of Emotionally Healthy Leaders, will address mental health and the wellbeing of Christian leaders.
  • Science, the Church, and Mental Health
    Science, the Church, and Mental Health
    Thu, Mar 09
    Mar 09, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Mar 09, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    March 9, 2023, 1:00 to 2:00 pm by zoom: Science for the Church’s co-Director, Drew Rick-Miller, will evaluate research to answer the question, Does Our Faith Make Us Well? as he considers the ways church, religious practice, and our Christian faith promote (or not) mental and physical health.

2023

  • Healthy Church Boundaries
    Healthy Church Boundaries
    Tue, Nov 08
    Nov 08, 2022, 6:30 PM
    Nov 08, 2022, 6:30 PM
    November 8 & 9, 2022
  • Leading in Divided Times
    Leading in Divided Times
    Tue, Oct 25
    Oct 25, 2022, 10:00 AM
    Oct 25, 2022, 10:00 AM
    October 25 & 26, 2022
  • How to Try: Innovation in Ministry
    How to Try: Innovation in Ministry
    Fri, Oct 21
    Oct 21, 2022, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
    Oct 21, 2022, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
    What if tried and true methods from the corporate world could raise your ministry’s probability of success by a considerable margin? TryTank, a lab for church growth and innovation, has developed a fresh straightforward framework for experiments in new ministry based on research and interviews.
  • Three Hour Resilience and Renewal Retreat
    Three Hour Resilience and Renewal Retreat
    Thu, Oct 13
    Oct 13, 2022, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    Oct 13, 2022, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
    This three-hour retreat is designed to give you a chance to take a breath and a break in the midst of busy schedules.
  • It's Not Just Sundays
    It's Not Just Sundays
    Thu, Sep 15
    Sep 15, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Sep 15, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    During the pandemic, the church has found virtual ministry to be a vital way to connect with congregants and new participants as well.
  • Advanced Boundaries Training
    Advanced Boundaries Training
    Tue, Sep 13
    Sep 13, 2022, 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    Sep 13, 2022, 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    September 13&14, 2022 With systems theory as the backdrop, this boundaries training investigates the well-being of the leader and the implications for the organization.
  • Adaptive Leadership Workshops and Practicum
    Adaptive Leadership Workshops and Practicum
    Thu, Aug 04
    Aug 04, 2022, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    Aug 04, 2022, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    August 4, September 1 & October 6, 2022 “Adaptive leadership” is the kind of leadership that we need when it is not at all clear how to meet a challenge that faces us.
  • Journey Groups
    Journey Groups
    Tue, Mar 01
    Mar 01, 2022, 7:00 PM
    Mar 01, 2022, 7:00 PM
  • Race, Science and the Church
    Race, Science and the Church
    Wed, Feb 16
    Feb 16, 2022, 12:00 PM
    Feb 16, 2022, 12:00 PM
    February 16 & 23, 2022 Science, like the church, is facing a reckoning as it comes to grips with scientific racism past and present. The human sciences – biology and psychology – are shedding light on what race is and how it impacts us, body and mind.

2022

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