Note: Unless otherwise stated, all seminars begin at 12 noon on day 1 and conclude with lunch on day 3.
Find out more about Alban's Christian Practices Workshops
January 15-17 (Susan Nienaber & Craig Runde) Emotional Intelligence: Becoming a Conflict Competent Leader
January 22-24 (Ed White) Disciple Making Communities: Moving From Maintenance to Mission
February 11-13 (Susan Beaumont) Building Up Your Staff: Teaching and Learning Teamwork
February 19-21 (Lawrence Peers) Balancing Your Ministry, Renewing Your Life: Finding Personal, Professional, and Spiritual Health
February 26-28 (Dan Hotchkiss) Budgets, Investments and Financial Planning [A LARGE CONGREGATIONS SEMINAR]
March 3-5 (Gil Rendle) Leading Change in Congregations:Insights, Strategies and Techniques
March 4-6 (Susan Nienaber) Conflict Over the Leadership of the Pastor: When the Call is at Risk
March 10-14 (Alice Mann & Speed Leas) Consulting for Vital Congregations 1: Foundational Practices and Perspectives
April 1-3 (Alice Mann) Discerning Your Congregation's Call: Tools for Exploring Identity and Purpose
April 8-10 (Susan Beaumont) Stepping Up to Supervision:Basics of Leading Staff Teams
April 28-30 (Ed White) A New Vision for the Long Pastorate
May 13-15 (Susan Nienaber) Talking Through the Tough Stuff:How to Transform Conflict Through Dialogue
June 3-5 (Susan Beaumont) Thriving in Associate Ministry [A LARGE CONGREGATIONS SEMINAR]
June 10-12 (Lawrence Peers) Appreciative Inquiry:A Positive Approach to Purposeful Congregational Change
June 17-19 (Dan Hotchkiss) Ministry Together: Partnership Tools for Governing Boards and Clergy
July 15-17 (Jane Vennard) Becoming a Praying Congregation [A CHRISTIAN PRACTICES WORKSHOP]
September 9-11(Wayne Floyd) Faith and Everyday Leadership: Reinventing the 21st Century Church
September 16-18 (Susan Beaumont) Advanced Supervision: Coordinating the Visions of Multiple Staff
September 23-25 (Ed White) Congregational Transformation: Lessons from Peter Steinke's Systems Thinking
September 30-October 2 (Lawrence Peers & Larry Golemon) Narrative Leadership in Congregational Life [A CHRISTIAN PRACTICES WORKSHOP]
October 6-8 (Dan Hotchkiss) Strategic Planning: Shaping Holy Conversations
October 21-23 (Susan Nienaber & Lawrence Peers) Consulting for Vital Congregations 2:Process and Presence in the Consultant Role
November 11-13 (Lawrence Peers) Finishing Strong, Ending Well:Faithfully Completing a Ministry Career
November 14-15 (Alice Mann) Raising the Roof: The Pastoral-to-Program-Size Transition
November 18-20 (Susan Beaumont) Leading When You're Not in Charge: How to Influence Change
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