Center for Pastoral Effectiveness
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The Center for Pastoral Excellence
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Our Purpose --- The Center for Pastoral Excellence 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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A Teleconversation Model
Topic: GETTING A STUCK SYSTEM UN-STUCK
with John Winn
Four Weeks
One 90-minute Session per week
Dates: October 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2009
Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am
Cost: $65
Contact Hours: 6 hours
Register Online Flyer
For additional information, please contact Craig Gilliam at
504-250-4046 or wcraiggilliam@hotmail.com
or Linda Gregg, at 225-346-1646 or lindagregg@la-umc.org
The Choice for Ministers
The Choice offers a lens … to see in a different way —
to see others and ourselves differently, leadership and congregations differently,
problems differently, solutions differently.
Seminar #1:
October 13-14, 2009 The Wesley Center,
Woodworth, LA
Seminar #2: February 9-10, 2010 The Wesley Center, Woodworth, LA
(Participants of Seminar #2 should have completed Seminar #1.)
Brochure: The Choice 1 The Choice 2
Register Online: The Choice 1 The Choice 2
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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 Excellence, 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 Blackbird Whistling ... Or Just After
by Dr. W. Craig Gilliam
As a result of our SPE conversations the past three years, I have learned that pastoral excellence is not about a particular set of “good” behaviors or “stronger” programs that pastors are supposed to employ, however important those might be. Instead, pastoral excellence is about something deeper — a way of being.
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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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