This webinar is a thoughtful and critical conversation about the particular boundary issues it raises,including: the role of social media; self-care in a world of 24/7 access; ensuring privacy for yourself and congregants, especially regarding pastoral care issues; maintaining appropriate relationships, and expectations, with congregants.
Presenter: Rev. Lizann Bassham & Rev. Jeffrey Spencer
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Creating a Social Media Policy: An Important Safety Tool for Your Congregation (Faith Trust Institute)
Too often, we haven’t defined how to use technology thoughtfully, ensuring safety. Now is a great time for your faith community to develop a social media policy that fosters safety and healthy relationships, while establishing clear boundaries between clergy, youth leaders, counselors and those with whom they interact online.
Lydia Mulkey is the Youth Ministry Director for the Community Church of Sebastopol, UCC and will complete her Master of Divinity at Pacific School of Religion in May of 2015. She has served in children and youth ministry at churches in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and in Tennessee. She also serves on the Outdoor Ministries Committee for the Northern California Nevada Conference of the United Church of Christ.
Presenter: Lydia Mulkey
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Building Better Boundaries: Creating Healthy Faith Communities (Faith Trust Institute)
Sexual harassment is a topic that impacts clergy and laity, both as victims and perpetrators. Join Marie Fortune as she discusses the role that lay leaders play in ensuring your congregation is a safe place to worship, learn, and work.
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Interim Ministers and After-Pastors: What You Need to Know (Faith Trust Institute)
Rev. Fortune discusses the basics of clergy misconduct, the role of the interim minister and after-pastor, and the spiritual and ethical demands of this role, as well as the possibilities for transformation.
Presenter: Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune
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Addressing Gender Violence in Theological Education (Faith Trust Institute)
What are future faith leaders learning about gender-based violence?
Why is this an important issuefor theological education?
How can leaders implement this work to create a safer world?
Join four thought leaders as they examine the role that seminary education plays in addressing the critical issue of violence against women and how this can transform faith communities.
- Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune is the Founder and Senior Analyst at FaithTrust Institute. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, she is a pastor, educator, and author as well as a practicing ethicist and theologian. Her books include Keeping the Faith: Guidance for Christian Women Facing Abuse and Sexual Violence: The Sin Revisited.
- Mary E. Hunt is the co-founder and co-director of the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER). She has lectured and taught on theology and ethics at numerous institutions, including Georgetown University and Pacific School of Religion. She has written and edited extensively, including New Feminist Christianity: Many Voices, Many Views.
- Rabbi Lisa Gelber is the Associate Dean of the Rabbinical School at the Jewish Theological Seminary where she directs a project combining mindfulness practice and character development. She served as rabbi of a congregation in Mercer Island, WA. She is co-editor of A Journey Towards Freedom: A Haggadah for Victims of Domestic Violence.
- Elizabeth J. A. Siwo-Okundi is from Kenya. Her commitment to social justice is deeply influenced by the faithful and informed activism of her family. She is a preacher who is a passionate advocate for the “small voice”. She has preached in numerous settings, served as a pastor, and is a PhD candidate in Practical Theology and Homiletics.
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Safe Congregations and Risk Reduction: A Starter Kit (Faith Trust Institute)
Churches have tended in the past not to do the right thing in terms of protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse. What does “the right thing” look like and how do we get there?
This one-hour webinar with Rev. Dr. Sarah M. Rieth will equip your congregation with some of the tools and knowledge necessary to be a place of safety and trust.
This webinar will provide you with:
- An ethical framework for risk reduction and protecting the vulnerable
- An understanding of the basics of prevention and intervention of abuse within a congregation
- Resources, strategies and tools to strengthen your congregation’s policies and procedures
Rev. Dr. Sarah M. Rieth is an Episcopal priest serving as a pastoral psychotherapist and consultant in independent practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. A Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, she works with many survivors of childhood abuse and domestic violence. Her dissertation and published articles focus on the healing needs of survivors of abuse. She has worked with her own and other judicatories to develop policies, procedures, prevention training, healing protocols, and pastoral response teams to address misconduct in the church.
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Clergy Ethics in Jewish, Buddhist, and Christian Communities (Faith Trust Institute)
Panelists will discuss particulars within their own tradition regarding expectations for the role of minister/teacher, current efforts to address misconduct, and teachings from their tradition that support prevention and intervention efforts.
Or panel includes: Rabbi Mark Dratch, Dr. Darryl Stephens, Abbess Grace Jill Schireson, and Fr. John Heagle
This discussion will be moderated by Rev. Dr. Marie Fortune
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Sexual Abuse in the Black Church: An Historical Perspective Toward Practical Solutions (Faith Trust Institute)
This webinar will help you:
- Understand the history of privilege and power in Black pulpits
- Address the questions: How does racism impact the responses to clergy abuse?
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What You Need to Know: Healthy Boundaries and Social Networking in Ministry (Faith Trust Institute)
This recorded webinar will help you:
- Identify and explore the unique boundary issues social media raises for individuals engaged in ministry.
- Define what every faith community’s internet policy should address.
- Address the warning signs of unhealthy internet usage.
M.L. Daniel is a lawyer in private practice in Seattle, WA concentrating in employment law. She is an active lay leader in the Christian Church-Disciples of Christ and will receive her Masters of Divinity degree in 2011 from Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry. Daniel is also a trainer for FaithTrust Institute.
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How Is Your Ministerial Misconduct Policy Working? (Faith Trust Institute)
This recorded webinar is designed for clergy and lay leaders within a judicatory who are responsible for addressing complaints of clergy misconduct.
Most of our judicatories now have clergy misconduct policies and procedures in place. These policies provide the tools and framework for responding to complaints of misconduct, but can always use a periodic review. We suggest a review every 3-5 years. This webinar will provide a review process which your committee can use to make the needed revisions. It will address:
- What is the purpose of your policy?
- What is your agenda?
- How does your theology shape your policy?
- Guidelines for important components of your policy and procedure
- Suggestions for distribution of your policy to your clergy and laity
- Relationship to your denomination’s policy
- What can we learn from application of the policy and procedure?
Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune is the Founder and Senior Analyst of FaithTrust Institute. She is a pastor in the United Church of Christ, an educator, theologian and author of numerous publications including Responding to Clergy Misconduct: A Handbook (2009)
M.L. Daniel is a lawyer in private practice, an active lay leader in the Disciples of Christ (Christian Church).
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