LEARN Seminar Listings Winter 2010
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LEARN Winter 2010 Seminars List
| Seminar ID | Title | Dates | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS206 | Recruiting and Supporting Volunteers Instructor: Wilda Morris |
Jan. 25 - Feb. 19 Register by Jan. 22 |
$125 Project Option: $75 |
| LS500 | Never Call Them Jerks Instructor: Arthur Paul Boers |
Jan. 25 – Feb. 19 Register by Jan. 15 |
$275 Project Option: $75 |
| LS503 | Spiritual Leadership Instructor: Graham Standish |
Mar. 1 - Mar. 26 Register by Feb. 9 |
$275 Project Option: $75 |
| LS511 | Helping Congregation Do Theology Instructor: Anthony Robinson |
Feb. 1 - Feb. 26 Register by Jan. 22 |
$275 Project Option: $75 |
| LS514 | Leading in the Congregation Instructor: Jeffrey Jones |
Feb. 13 – Mar. 9 Register by Feb. 3 |
$275 Project Option: $75 |
| LS516 | Using Congregational Stories to Bring New Meaning to Lent Instructor: Charles Olsen |
Jan. 19 – Feb. 12 Register by Jan. 9 |
$275 Project Option: $75 |
| LS518 | Churchy Uses for Social Media Instructor: Tony Jones |
Jan. 11 – Feb. 5 Register by Dec. 31 |
$275 Project Option: $75 |
| LS601 | Introduction to the New Testament Instructor: Mayra Castañeda | Mar. 1 - Mar. 26 Register by Feb. 19 |
$125 |
LEARN Winter 2010 Seminar Descriptions
LS206 Recruiting and Supporting Volunteers
Instructor: Wilda Morris
Level: Intermediate – assumes a leadership role in a congregation that includes working with volunteers
Core Seminar: LS206, $125
Project Option: LS206P, $75
Dates: February 1– 26
Registration Deadline: January 22
Description: Participants will discuss how churches can be effective in recruitment and support of volunteers to staff church programs and outreach. Topics will include motivation, matching volunteers’ gifts with ministry needs, training, support and encouragement, and what to do when a volunteer becomes an obstacle to the success of a program.
Reading:
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LS500 Never Call Them Jerks
Instructor: Arthur Paul Boers
Level: Empowerment
Core Seminar: LS500, $275
Project Option: LS500P, $75
Dates: January 25 – February 19
Registration Deadline: January 15
Description: Church leaders inevitably face intense conflicts rooted in complicated relational, behavioral, familial and social dynamics. In this course we reflect on our vulnerabilities and discover the shape of responsible and faithful leadership. We investigate: how family systems understanding promotes non-anxiousness, developing self-awareness and self-understanding, current countercultural challenges in such conflicts, and spiritual resources for dealing with these challenges. We grow empowered as leaders and agents rather than victims.
Reading: Never Call Them Jerks: Healthy Responses to Difficult Behavior by Arthur Paul Boers. Leadership from Inside Out: Spirituality and Organizational Change by Wes Granberg-Michaelson, Family Ties that Bind: A Self-Help Guide to Change through Family of Origin Therapy by Ronald. W. Richardson, “Revelation” by Flannery O’Connor.
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LS503 Spiritual Leadership
Instructor: Graham Standish
Level: Empowerment
Core Seminar: LS503, $275
Project Option: LS503P, $75
Dates: March 1-26
Registration Deadline: : LS516, $275
Project Option: LS516P, $75
Dates: January 19 – February 12
Registration Deadline:February 9
Description: What is the foundation of leadership? Is it rooted in following the vision of the pastor, the members, of Chris? The church is called to be the body of Christ, but how often do we actually lead people to follow Christ’s will. This seminar will lead people to form a new kind of leadership rooted in organic, spiritual growth rather than functional, organizational growth.
Reading: Humble Leadership by Graham Standish; The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom; Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps.
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LS511 Helping Congregation Do Theology
Instructor: Anthony Robinson
Level: Empowerment
Core Seminar: LS511, $275
Project Option: LS511P, $75
Dates: February 1-26
Registration Deadline: January 22
Description: Using Tony’s book What's Theology Got To Do with It: Convictions, Vitality and the Church, this on-line seminar will engage participants in a conversation about re-funding the life of congregations on a theological basis. Tony defines theology not as an academic discipline primarily but as a "perspective on life" and "wisdom proper to the life of the believer." He suggests that core Christian convictions shape and inform a particular perspective, a way of seeing life and living it. Moreover, he claims that there is an integral relationship between congregational health and vitality and the capacity of a congregation, and its leadership, to articulate core Christian and theological convictions and bring them into dialogue with congregational life. His approach provides many examples and illustrations from congregational life.
Reading: What's Theology Got To Do with It: Convictions, Vitality and the Church by Anthony Robinson and Not Ashamed of the Gospel by Fleming Rutledge.
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LS514 Leading in the Congregation
Instructor: Jeffrey Jones
Level: Empowerment
Core Seminar: LS514, $275
Project Option: LS514P, $75
Dates: February 13 – March 9
Registration Deadline: February 3
Description: Faithful and effective leadership is a productive of both who we are and what we know. This seminar will explore key practices of leadership in the congregation – for both clergy and laity. It will look at some of the best insights from both the secular and religious realms and help participants consider ways in which they can enhance their leadership.
Reading: Heart, Mind and Strength: Theory and Practice for Congregational Leadership by Jeffrey D. Jones.
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LS516 Using Congregational Stories to Bring New Meaning to Lent
Instructor: Charles Olsen
Level: Empowerment
Core Seminar: LS516, $275
Project Option: LS516P, $75
Dates: January 19 – February 12
Registration Deadline: January 9
Description: Prepare for a rich Lenten Season--for preaching, small group work, and church board transformation. Participants will be led to discover, work with, and mine church stories for renewal and spiritual wisdom, thereby helping their congregations move forward from concrete stories into new journeys of faith. The Lenten season offers a window to connect the seasons of our stories with the seasons of the church year.
Reading: The Wisdom of the Seasons: How the Church Year Helps us Understand our Congregational Stories by Charles Olsen and Things Seen and Unseen: A Year Lived in Faith, by Nora Gallagher.
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LS518 Churchy Uses for Social Media
Instructor: Tony Jones
Level: Empowerment
Core Seminar: LS518, $275
Project Option: LS518P, $75
Dates: January 11 – February 5
Registration Deadline: December 31
Description: Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are all the rage, but they're more than just a passing fad. They are indelibly reshaping our society. And learning about the power of social media is more than just a marketing tool for churches, it's the responsibility of church leaders. In this LEARN course, we will explore some of the most popular social media tools and reflect on them theologically.
Reading: Tribes by Seth Godin; Flickering Pixels by Shane Hipps
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LS601 Introduction to the New Testament
Instructor: Mayra castañeda
Level: Basic
Core Seminar: LS601, $125
Dates: March 1-26
Registration Deadline: February 25
Description: This seminar presents an overview of the New Testament looking at its socio-historical context, its compilation and composition, the Gospels, the early church, the Pauline letters and Revelation. It is hoped that participants will be equipped with basic tools for serious and responsible study of these sacred writings.
Reading: Introducción al Nuevo Testamento por Aquiles E. Martínez. Se sugiere usar la Reina Valera 1995, Edición de Estudio.
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