The Conference is an audio and Internet training webinar on selected topics that features an in-depth discussion designed specifically to meet the tax and financial needs of today’s churches and clergy
The Conference is designed for church staff and clergy who are interested in recognizing new ways to minimize their own tax liability, in addition to, gaining a better understanding of the current tax laws that affect churches and clergy today.
Each conference will be led by a clergy tax professional and will last between 45 to 60 minutes based on the level of discussion during the session.
What You Will Learn:
• Church Payroll Requirements
• Clergy W2 Forms
• Taxable and Nontaxable Income for Clergy
• Employee vs Self-Employed
• 941 Reporting
Learn more about this religious online webinar on taxes from Clergy Financial Resources
Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
Optimize Your Housing Allowance (Clergy Financial Resources)
Source: Clergy Financial Resources
The Conference is an Internet training webinar on selected topics that features an in-depth discussion designed specifically to meet the tax and financial needs of today’s churches and clergy The Conference is designed for church staff and clergy who are interested in recognizing new ways to minimize their own tax liability, in addition to, gaining a better understanding of the current tax laws that affect churches and clergy today. Each conference will be led by a clergy tax professional and will last between 45 to 60 minutes based on the level of discussion during the session. The conference focus will discuss the opportunities to optimize your housing allowance and minimize your tax liability.
This webinar is perfect for Clergy, Youth Pastors, Associate Pastors, Seminarians, Church Employees, and Lay Leaders.
Learn more about this religious online webinar on taxes from Clergy Financial Resources
Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
How to Prepare 2016 Clergy W-2 Forms (Clergy Financial Resources)
The Conference is designed for church staff and clergy who are interested in recognizing new ways to minimize their own tax liability, in addition to, gaining a better understanding of the current tax laws that affect churches and clergy today.
Each conference will be led by a clergy tax professional and will last between 45 to 60 minutes based on the level of discussion during the session.
The conference focus will discuss the reporting requirements for church payroll.
What you will learn:
• Understanding clergy compensation
• Completing a clergy W2 form
• Taxable Income
• Deduction vs. Exclusion
• Employed vs. Self-Employed
• Compensation Incentives
• Love Gifts
• Lily Grants
• How to avoid clergy W2 errors
• How to correct them
Learn more about this religious online webinar on taxes from Clergy Financial Resources
Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
Preparation for Lent: Jesus’ Wilderness Temptations as ‘Vision Quest’ (Ched Meyers)
On the eve of Ash Wednesday, we examine the reading that traditionally introduces the Lenten journey (Lk 4:1-13). View the Temptations through the lens of indigenous “vision questing,” to see how Jesus retraced the footsteps of his ancestors to find out where they had gone wrong—and to discuss how we might do the same.
Learn more about this on demand webinar on the Ched Meyers website
Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
Entrusting Ourselves to the Mission: Mark’s Gospel in Lent (Loyola University New Orleans)
On March 3, 2015, Fr. Paul Manning presented on “Entrusting Ourselves to the Mission: Mark’s Gospel in Lent.”
View the on-demand webinar from this event (AdobeConnect required)
Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
The Gift of Life (Spirituality & Practice)
Based on the recent DVD series with Thomas Keating,The Gift of Life: Death & Dying, Life & Living, topics will include:
– Stages of Dying
– Suffering
– Judgment and Mercy
– The Cross
– The Mystery of God
– Coming Home
The course will consist of a combination of email, video, and audio teachings, as well as the opportunity to share and connect with others in the online Practice Circle.
(6 CEHs for Chaplains available.)
Learn more about this online course and register at Spirituality & Practice
Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
Silence and the Spiritual Journey (Spirituality & Practice)
Source: Spirituality & Practice
This journey consists of everything from great touches of God (consolations) to the Dark Nights. It is a journey of purification into illumination and understanding, and further into contemplation and union. Becoming familiar with — and reminded of — the map or signposts of the journey is very useful and reassuring to keep making the various consents along the way.
This journey, originally designed for the season of Lent, will explore these traditional signposts of the spiritual journey, including the Dark Nights, with new teachings by Fr. Thomas Keating. It consists of a combination of email, video and audio teachings.
(6 CEHs for Chaplains available.)
Learn more about this online course and register at Spirituality & Practice
Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
The Grace of Lent (Spirituality & Practice)
Source: Spirituality & Practice
For many, Lent has a gloomy, heavy air of the negative — rules, observances, abstentions, do not’s, have not’s, can not’s. Repeating this over and over again each year can seem life-depleting, even superficial and mechanical. What is lost is the deep listening, the atmosphere, you might say, of Lent without which the ascetic practices lose much of their meaning. But another climate — a state of heart, being, and spirit can permeate our entire life for these seven weeks — all in the preparation of softening our heart to open to the joyful reality of the Resurrection, our personal union with God.
This online retreat, originally created for Lent in 2014, aims to create a Lenten atmosphere of silence, stillness, and a quiet inner joy of alert receptivity. You are encouraged to partake of the particular beauty of the season viewing Lent itself as an artful preparation to a slow and sustained intentional journey where the heart is awakened into a new life in and through divine love. Here we are purified not only by what we give up and surrender, but also by how we are inspired and experience illumination.
(6 CEHs for Chaplains available.)
Learn more about this online retreat and register at Spirituality & Practice
Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
Lent Course 2016 (Churches Together)
The notion of ‘Pilgrimage’ is presented in the form of collections of sayings, images, wisdom and prayers from a variety of sources, which are gathered into a pack of seven conversation booklets suitable for personal and group use. Each member of a group will need their own copy of the pack, which will be used as a personal journal.
Designed and produced by Shoreline Conversations on behalf of CTBI, these booklets take up the theme of pilgrimage in a way that is resonant and accessible both to those familiar with pilgrim journeys and also those who simply wish to explore it as a metaphor for our spiritual journey through life.
Source: Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
The conversation pack is available to view online although you may find it more convenient to purchase the printed version for use in groups.
The Seven Pilgrimage Themes are:
Week 1: The Open Road
The hope, longing, purpose or invitation that motivates us to leave our normal environment or present perspective; seeking spiritual sustenance as we begin an intentional spiritual journey.
Week 2: Taking and Leaving
The need to travel lightly and the process of becoming unencumbered. Making choices about what is essential and what is peripheral to the undertaking.
Week 3: Becoming Present
Cultivating a certain availability and openness; allowing experiences and environments to speak to us; a quality of being, self-discipline and attentiveness to what is within and without.
Week 4: Alone and Together
Our need for companionship on our journey to God, beginning to trust those who do not share our own perspectives; reflecting on the experience of many people on the move today, fleeing war and persecution in search of a better life.
Week 5: Living with Uncertainty
Between here and there; living with paradox and uncertainty; questioning the journey yet keeping faith; emerging dimensions prompted by unexpected events, people and places.
Week 6: Sacred Encounter (Holy Week)
Reaching our chosen destination; encountering the Sacred in silence and suffering; changing expectations and the invitation to change and renew.
Week 7: Pilgrim Living (post-Easter)
Returning home and its implications; what we are learning, how we are changed by the journey, things we are motivated to do that are different than before because of the experience.
Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
Introducing Lent with Maggi Dawn (ChurchNext)
Source: ChurchNext
Lent is the Christian tithe. 40 days which we give back to God by intentionally drawing near to the Lord. The season of Lent is an opportunity for life-change, as we are invited to participate in special rituals and activities centered on Christ’s own preparation for death and resurrection.
Maggi Dawn knows much about this. She is the author of a book on lent called Giving It Up, and has a special place in her heart for the ways in which lent can transform lives and point them back at God. In this course, Maggi will teach us:
- Why Commemorate Lent?
- Origins of Lent
- Themes of Lent
- Practicing Lent
This course is an inspiring introduction to this holy season and is appropriate for those who are new or have spent years commemorating Lent.
Learn more about this course and register at ChurchNext
Disclaimer: Sacred Space Online Learning (SSOL) seeks to provide individuals with information about religious, spiritual, or faith-based online resources from a variety of sources. Sacred Space Online Learning does NOT claim ownership over this online course or online offering. Sacred Space Online Learning is also NOT responsible for the accuracy of the materials, the content, the way they are advertised or taught, or the costs associated with this online course or offering. The views and opinions expressed in this online course or offering are those of the creators and/or the persons appearing in the online class or offering. They do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of SSOL, the OFLD, or MCC. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the creator(s) of the given online course or online offering.
