Center for Pastoral Effectiveness
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The Center for Pastoral Effectiveness
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Our Purpose --- The Center for Pastoral Effectiveness offers an intentional and disciplined process of self-definition, vocational identity, and spiritual formation that will help sustain ministers in ministry. Pastors are provided opportunities to enhance, refresh and refine the skills that are necessary to maintain not only their ministries, but also their own well-being.
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Register Today!
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Nurturing the Inner Life:
Contemplative Practice for Clergy
November 18-19, 2008
The Wesley Center Woodworth, LA
Noon until Noon (Registration begins at 11AM, 11/18)
Registration fee: $150, includes single occupancy room and meals
Dr. Ruben L.F. Habito,Facilitator
Dr. Habito served as a Jesuit missionary and teacher in Japan. He teaches world religions and spirituality at Perkins School of Theology, SMU.
A Teleconversation Model:
GETTING A STUCK SYSTEM UN-STUCK
with John Winn,
Pastor Ermeritus of The Center for Pastoral Effectivenes
Four Weeks, One 60-minute Session per week
October 20, 27, Nov.3,10, 2008
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m
Cost: $50
Hey, maybe it needs to begin with us, rather than them; with me, rather than somebody else. Am I stuck on “the only way to do worship” or “favoring control over collegiality” or a host of other ways we, ourselves, have become comfortable “leading” a congregation? That is surely part of the puzzle, because it has to do with maintaining the integrity of a well-differentiated leader. Have you recently thought about the part your own family of origin might be playing in the way you lead or fail to lead?
To be sure, our society has many “stuck” systems; institutions frozen in some pose from a by-gone day, not the least of which is the church. Is there a way out? I think so, but it is a sometimes slippery slope. It helps to talk it through with others in the same boat and using mind-stretching resources. We will plow again some of the rich furrows of Ed Friedman’s, FAILURE OF NERVE, GENERATION TO GENERATION, and FRIEDMAN’S FABLES. Have you re-read, “Panic” recently from FABLES?
And how did Jesus feel about “stuck” systems? Now we’ve taken to preaching’…. Sign up!
A New Teleconversation Model
Rekindling an Old Flame:
Reclaiming Your Creativity in Preaching
with Dr. Alyce McKenzie
Associate Professor of Homiletics at Perkins School of Theology.
Four weeks, one 60-minute session per week
February 3, 2009 9:00 a.m.
February 10, 2009 3:00 p.m.
February 17, 2009 9:00 a.m.
March 3, 2009 9:00 a.m.
Cost-- $50
Have you fallen out of love with preaching? If the thrill is gone, it may be because we have lost touch with the excitement of discovery in the drudgery of week in and week out preparation. This four week teleconference course will offer strategies for cultivating your creative side wand incorporating your insights into your sermons so that the process can become fun and enriching again for you and your people.
Space is limited. RSVP as soon as possible.!
For additional information regarding all events, please contact:
Dr. Craig Gilliam, Director of the Center
505-250-4046
wcraiggilliam@hotmail.com
or
Linda Gregg, Administrative Assistant
225-346-1646
lindagregg@bellsouth.net
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Where Angels Dare to Dance:
Anxiety and Conflict in Congregational Life
by Dr. Craig Gilliam. ($6.00 per copy)
Also available: Peer Spirit Circling in Congregational Life,
by Christina Baldwin and Dr. W. Craig Gilliam,
(Having healthy conversations), $5 per copy
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This tool assists clergy and other leaders as they minister with and in congregations and other organizations. Its purpose is to offer a lens and way of thinking as we navigate in the wonderful, but sometimes tricky, currents of community life.
To purchase: make checks payable to the Louisiana Conference, and mail to The Center for Pastoral Effectiveness, c/o LA Conference, 527 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, LA 70802. |
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Dr. W. Craig Gilliam, Director |
Principles the Center uses in Group Work:
• Whoever shows up are the right people
• Whatever happens is what needs to happen
• Whenever it starts (or happens) is the right time
• Be open to God, whose middle name is Surprise
• When it's over, it's over
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CPE Blog
The Center now has its own blog. It will allow us to post articles and reviews periodically.
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The Voices Inside: Listening and the Interior Life of the Leader
by Dr. W. Craig Gilliam
All of us are affected by what goes on inside us. Whether we recognize it or not, our interior life profoundly shapes the way we act in the world, how we perceive and respond to the challenges before us. The same is true for clergy, of course. A pastor’s interior world has a dramatic impact on his or her life and ministry.
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Guidelines for the blog:
Welcome to this interactive ministry of the Center for Pastoral Effectiveness! This blog's purpose is to pool the wisdom, share experiences, create conversations, cultivate learning, and explore pastoral care, systems, and leadership for ministry. The focus is not on negativity or complaints, but on being proactive and being explorers together in ministry.
- This blog is about interactive learning from one another through our conversations of attentive, deep listening and intentional, compassionate speaking.
- The focus is not on complaints and being critical, but on insights and honest, open responsible conversation.
- Please make "I" statements in ways that do not belittle people who stand at a different place from you --- "I think, I feel, I believe, I perceive."
- Speak the truth without blame or judgment.
- Always include your name and where you serve (in case you are serving in another Conference) with your post.
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On this site are the following:
- Every-other-month, a new article will be posted on the topic of pastoral care, systems and/or leadership.
- A blog is provided for you to respond to and have interactive conversations about the article or another conversation that emerges.
- A Good Books Review - Because leaders are always looking for new good books on various topics of congregational life and leadership, as leaders, you can let us know what you are reading and submit a review. The book review is not to take the place of someone reading the book. It is to simply make a statement about the book's subject matter, why it spoke to you, and why you recommend it for others. The book reviews will be changed-out (no more than) monthly and as submissions are offered. If you need a possible outline for your book review, please refer to Outline Suggestions for Good Books Review. A Good Books Review must not exceed 300 words.
- Creative Expressions is for clergy and other church leaders. It can be poetry, which you have created; or it can be a poem written by another poet (Be sure to give the author credit for writing it!). It grows out of the belief that expressing our creativity is an important part of our spiritual and soulful growth. This Creative Expression can be poetry, some short quote, or a short writing you have created. (No Sermons allowed! Ha!)
- Archives is to preserve articles that have been written on this site for future reference.
If you desire to submit an Article, Good Book Review or Creative Expression, please be aware that submissions and comments are moderated prior to publishing. It is not necessary to re-submit your comments. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Craig Gilliam or Linda Gregg.
If you do not receive a password, it may have been blocked or put in a spam folder by your email program. If this is a problem, please contact Linda Gregg and she can send you a new password.
We anticipate your interaction and insights as we grow in ministry and learn from each other along the journey.
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