Please view our 2013 Virtual Events brochure!
Coaching Skills for Ministry (CS4M),
on Monday’s 10 am to 3 pm with an hour break for lunch, Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30, 2013
Coaching Skills for Ministry is a new, coaching approach to
ministry. Training in coaching skills and how to use them can
improve effectiveness and fulfillment in ministry. Participants
in this training can expect to:
Grasp an understanding of what coaching is and how it is related to other approaches to “helping” persons.
Observe and debrief live coaching demonstrations by the presenter.
Learn a four-step model for having a “coaching conversation.”
Learn coaching skills that can be integrated into ministry settings.
Have opportunities to practice these coaching skills and to receive feedback.
Study “change” theory and how a coaching approach can aid transformative change to happen with less resistance and more constructive outcomes.
Be trained in a planning process that is based in a “dreaming” approach building upon Arnold Mindell’s theory of “Three Levels of Reality.”
Experience a complimentary coaching session with an IGC affiliated coach.
CEU: 1.5 continuing education credit given at completion of the sessions.
Cost: $147.00 per person for all sessions.
Facilitator: Dr. Larry Ousley
Leading the Middle Size Church
Each Tuesday from 3:00 - 4:30 ET
October 1 - October 29, 2013
Get Connected Virtually with Rev. N. Burton Brooks, Jr.! Watch a PowerPoint presentation on your computer. Hear Rev. Brooks on the
phone and experience small group discussions with participants and the leader.
Some topics addressed at this virtual seminar include:
Challenges & opportunities of the mid-sized church
Planning & organizing for ministry
Leadership development
Involving laity
Stewardship, fundraising, financial management
Creating new worship experiences
Identifying and developing new Ministries
Effective committees & ministry teams
Redefining the pastoral role — self care
Growing the mid-sized church
Registration Fee: The cost of the virtual seminar is $97 per person for all four teleconference sessions.
CEU: .75 continuing education credit given for completion of all sessions.
Leading the Smaller Member Size Church
Register Now Online!
Get Connected Virtually with Rev. N. Burton Brooks, Jr.! Watch a PowerPoint presentation on your computer. Hear Rev. Brooks on the phone and experience small group discussions with participants and the leader.
This seminar will examine the opportunities and challenges of serving a church with weekly worship attendance of less than 100. The seminar will be especially valuable to those serving their first appointment, part-time pastors, and those serving multi-church parishes. Topics include worship planning, effective pastoral care, church administration, and strategies for effective community ministries.
Registration Fee: The cost of the virtual seminar is $75 per person for all four teleconference sessions.
CEU: .75 continuing education credit given for completion of all sessions.
The virtual dates are Tuesdays, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 2013