2008 Workshops and Seminars

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