LEADING WITH DEPTH
Have a Powerful Ministry and a Life You Love
We will help you:
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Find more agency in how you respond to ministry challenges
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Come to work with less anxiety and more enjoyment
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Get clearer about what you are responsible for and what responsibility lies with others.
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Have a better experience with challenging people
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Become your best self in ministry
Each month we will look at topics relevant to your ministry like:
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Finding your voice in the pulpit and elsewhere
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How to supervise staff
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How to lead through change
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How to keep your integrity in polarized times
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Feel less overwhelmed by your ministry and its challenges.
To get started, fill in this application form. We’ll get right back to you so we can schedule a time to talk to see if this is right for you.
HOW IT WORKS
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Meet for 3 hours once a month (third Thursdays) from September through May, including presentations on applying systems theory to ministry, and small groups. (Note: in April, we'll meet on the fourth Thursday)
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Small groups are made up of 4-5 experienced and vetted ministers, coached by faculty
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Monthly individual coaching sessions to help you apply your learning in your ministry context
Rev. Alan James (Jamie) Rieger
Senior Minister
The First Parish in Bedford, MA
"This course was invaluable to me in strengthening the skills to be a non-anxious principled leader, and those skills have translated to all aspects of my life. For me, it has been an amazingly empowering and transformative experience. Empowering is probably the key word--I feel more empowered in all aspects of my life now.”
Rev. Tiffany Sapp
Minister
Holston Valley UU Church, Gray, TN
“The insights into how I exist within my church system has changed the tone of my ministry in significant, positive ways. I come to work with less anxiety and more enjoyment. This class is well-crafted and has been formative in my development as a minister.”
Rev. Nancy Lynn
Senior Pastor
First United Methodist Church of Ann Arbor
"Through this program I have come to understand the importance of defining myself in the midst of conflict–being able to name what I will and won't do, what my principles and values are, and what my boundaries are.”
LEADERS
Margaret Marcuson
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Rev. Margaret Marcuson helps clergy get lighter and less burdened by their ministry so that they can have more influence with less stress. She is a noted ministry teacher and coach, and experienced American Baptist pastor. Margaret is the author of Leaders who Last and Money and Your Ministry. She was a student of Rabbi Edwin Friedman and has been on the faculty of Leadership in Ministry for 25 years.
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Jake Morrill
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Jake Morrill is the founder of Generation to Generation Leadership Coaching and is on the faculty of the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family (Washington DC). A longtime lead minister and licensed marital and family therapist, Jake is the author of five books, including The Boundaries Workbook.
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