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This on demand webinar, with presentations of Bishop, Rector, Chinese clergy and Chinese members of a brand new ministry, shares:
- the joys and struggles in ministry of the Li Tim-Oi Center (named for The Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi, first woman priest in the Anglican Communion—1944) among Chinese immigrants,
- the difficulties and achievements in meeting the challenge for an historically “Anglo” church located in a rapidly changing neighborhood with increasing Chinese immigration,
- the collaborative endeavor to explore a creative way of doing new ministry under the guidance and leadership of Bishop, Rector, and bi-lingual Clergy,
- and all in all, the story of ups and downs in creating a new model for sustaining Episcopal Church ethnic ministry.
Presented by 2014 ECF Fellow, The Rev. Dr. Thomas Ni, Executive Director of Li Tim-Oi Center and Associate Priest for Chinese Ministry, Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, California.
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Debt: What it is, its impact, & what to do with it (The Episcopal Church)
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Learn how a Capital Campaign can raise resources for future mission and ministry while also retiring debt. Led by Erin Weber Johnson, ECF Consultant.
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Transformation by Capital Campaign (The Episcopal Church)
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A capital campaign done right, has significant transformational effects on a church community. The Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) will share the secrets of conducting a capital campaign successfully, and how the process can have long lasting positive influences on stewardship, lay leadership, and focused vision. Led by Leslie Pendleton, Associate Program Director and Capital Campaign Consultant.
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Vital Teams: Team Leadership Essentials (The Episcopal Church)
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All congregations, regardless of size or budget, can receive highly effective team leadership training tailored to their specific situation.
This on demand webinar provide participants a glimpse of the Vital Teams 101 training curriculum, including a discussion of three areas that good teams are constantly balancing effectively: relationships, process, and results.
Relationships: How to build relationships through spiritual practices, communications styles, retreats/fellowship, in family-sized vs program sized congregations
Process: How to run a good meeting, building the agenda, consensus decision making, and facilitating conversation in meetings
Results: How to effectively create goals, accountability, and ideas for feedback
Presented by Ronald C. Byrd, Lead Consultant for Vital Teams, Episcopal Church Foundation.
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Learning from the Small Church Way (The Episcopal Church)
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Standard procedures for churches – from stewardship to Christian formation, music to newcomer strategies – frequently assume that “one size fits all”. Too often, small churches are perceived as ‘out of step’ or not quite living up to where they should be. In this webinar, Kay Collier McLaughlin, author of the new book Big Lessons From Little Places (Church Publishing), explores the leadership and financial lessons that the wider Church can gain from our many small churches. Dr. Kay Collier McLaughlin is the Bishop’s Deputy for Communications and Leadership Development for the Diocese of Lexington.
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Global Warming and Global Ministry (The Episcopal Church)
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In the year 2000 a Nobel Prize winning atmospheric chemist, Paul Crutzen, and a leading biologist, Eugene Stoermer, made a startling proposal. With the proliferation of the steam engine during the industrial revolution, human influence on Earth’s systems (climate, biodiversity, topsoil, etc.) had reached such an extent that the period of Earth’s history since the last ice age-the Holocene-had given way to “the Anthropocene,” the age of the human. For the Episcopal Church, what are the theological implications of ‘The Age of the Human’? What forms of humanity’s life-together as a global Anglican communion are already well adapted to an age of planetary uncertainty, instability, and risk? And to what new forms of ministry and mission are people being called? This presentation and discussion will be led by ECF Fellow, Rev. P. Joshua Griffin, doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Washington and priest associate at St. David of Wales, Portland, OR. Griff brings a unique perspective through his field work with Kivalina Episcopal Church (Diocese of Alaska), a village of 400 persons which is one of a dozen culturally distinct Native communities in the region now facing an existential threat from the impacts of global warming.
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Hybrid Faith Formation (The Episcopal Church)
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The Center for the Ministry of Teaching at Virginia Theological Seminary has been coaching cohorts of parish leaders in what we’re calling “hybrid faith formation,” models that gather participants for periodic/seasonal in-person gatherings and supplement with leader-facilitated small group learning via connection to a social media “hub.” This webinar lets viewers hear about the project and learn how to start supporting hybrid faith formation in their congregation. Presented by Kyle Matthew Oliver, Digital Missioner and Learning Lab Coordinator in the Center for the Ministry of Teaching.
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Holy Shift: Strategic Thinking for Congregations (The Episcopal Church)
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By embracing a holy shift into thinking strategically, congregations can begin to get unstuck and move into having relevant, meaningful, and vital conversations and effectively plan for the future. This webinar, led by ECF President Donald Romanik, covers ways leaders in congregations can begin to enter into intentional conversation, listening, and reflection to facilitate strategic thinking.
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Engaging Science, Technology, & Faith (The Episcopal Church)
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This web conference will focus on practical ways Episcopalians can faithfully explore issues related to science, technology, and faith in light of the Episcopal Church’s approach to such issues. Topics will include readily available (often free) resources to help facilitate parish-based conversations and mechanisms for engagement within church structures. Presented by ECF Fellow Joseph Wolyniak, Vice Chair of the Episcopal Church’s Executive Council Committee on Science, Technology & Faith and visiting scholar in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Denver.
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The Enneagram for Contemporary Spiritual Practice (Metropolitan Community Churches)
Explore the ancient wisdom technology of the Enneagram…
This webinar will introduce the Enneagram’s affinity with the spiritual praxis of the Desert Fathers and Desert Mothers, as well as the early Christians who established proto-monastic communities devoted to following the wisdom path of Jesus. How might the Enneagram similarly be used for spiritual practice today?
Participants will be introduced to the nine “styles” of the Personality Enneagram – the nine ways in which each style obscures divine Presence and blocks prayer & mediation, as well as the nine gifts and holy perspectives each style offers the world. There will be an opportunity for questions and discussion.
No prerequisites necessary, though participants are encouraged to make a preliminary determination of their Enneagram style prior to attending. For resources, go to http://trentjthornley.com/type.
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FACILITATED BY REV. TRENT J THORNLEY
Trent is an Enneagram Coach, ordained Dharma Leader in the Tibetan Buddhist lineage of Anam Thubten, and ordained MCC clergy. He works as a Chaplain Trainer at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, where he guides volunteer chaplains in the art of spiritual care. Check out Trent’s Enneagram website: www.LivingEnneagram.com.
