Dates: September 1- November 30th, 2021
Course Description: This online workshop is a new addition to the Leadership in Ministry program. Leadership in Ministry is a theory-based, peer-coaching clergy leadership development program. It is part of the Pastoral Excellence Programs of the Center for Lifelong Learning of Columbia Theological Seminary. Many participants have attended for several years, with some participating for almost a decade, reaping the benefits of long-term commitment to personal and professional growth. This program’s goals are to:
- Provide a peer-learning forum for clergy to explore the issues particular to their congregational contexts;
- Help participants develop a theoretical framework for interpreting practice and context using Bowen Systems Theory;
- Help clergy accurately identify and name the particular challenges of ministry in their context;
- Provide clergy with a safe and stimulating peer group experience for renewal and challenge.
The Leadership in Ministry workshops will apply Bowen Family Systems Theory as further developed by Edwin Friedman, author of Generation to Generation and A Failure of Nerve, to ministerial and organizational leadership. Majority of time is spent in peer groups case studies led by facilitated and experienced faculty coaches. As such, participants work to apply the theory to the “real world” realities of their ministry context.
Location: Online
With: Margaret Marcuson, Rebecca Maccini, Julie Josund, and Joel Alvis
Schedule: Coaching groups meet monthly, September, October, and November. Meeting dates and times will be arranged by faculty members at a beneficial time for all. Group coaching sessions usually last three hours and individual coaching sessions are one hour.
Program Fee: $480. Includes access to past and upcoming webinar presentations by LIM faculty, group and individual coaching sessions.
