Finishing Strong, Ending Well

The seminar is scheduled to begin on May 5th with lunch at noon and end after lunch on May 7th.

Make the five to seven years prior to your retirement the most productive and creative of your ministry career.

How do you finish strong? End well?  Clergy nearing retirement can find themselves living the paradox of possessing a rich reservoir of accumulated wisdom and yet feeling constrained by a depleted spirit.

During this seminar, you will learn

• What we know about this developmental stage of life and its implications for ministry.
• Which patterns of ministry may need to be re-examined and re-negotiated.
• How to map the “legacy-leaving” issues for your congregation.
• Ways to re-envision your role and identity during this time of ministry.
• Strategies for revisiting your call as a way of naming regrets and hopes.

Now is the time to claim the personal and spiritual resources needed to remain vital and creative, while both communicating a legacy to the next generation and attending to your soul’s needs during this crucial phase of life and ministry.

You owe it to yourself and to your congregation to approach retirement in a deliberately thoughtful and meaningful way. Take advantage of this opportunity to envision the “third age” of your personal and professional growth as you approach retirement.

About Larry Peers

Larry Peers applies an integrative and comprehensive approach to his work with congregations and religious organizations in various faith traditions. As he describes it, “At the heart of my approach is to help congregations and their leadership align their practices with a renewed sense of purpose (or “calling”) in ways that promote on-going learning, spiritual vitality, growth and innovation. His background as minister and therapist provides a rich array of insights and methods for his work in professional and spiritual discernment processes.