Clergy Leadership Conference

Clergy, Congregations, & Communities: Deepening the Connections
February 1-3, 2010
Oak Grove UMC Hattiesburg, Mississippi

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Event Purpose: To explore the impact of healthy clergy & healthy congregations on their communities; to consider how each person present can lead a congregation to transforming connections with Christ, each other, & their neighbors. Lay persons are encouraged to attend!

What Participants Will Learn: Characteristics of Well-Connected Clergy & Churches
The Science of Connectivity
How to Move from Isolation (individual & congregational) to Partnership

Ministry Pathways: Tuesday Afternoon Workshops (Times in parentheses; choose three)

1. Best Practices of Healthy Congregations (2:30 ,4) -- Mike Hicks & Hattiesburg-area clergy

2. Life @ the End of Life in the African-American Context (1,4) -- Chaplain Eddie Conner

3. Scripture as Wisdom for Body & Soul (1, 2:30) -- Myra Bennett, pastoral counselor 4. The Leading Causes of Life as a Devotional Resource (1) -- Chaplain John Wilcher

5. Leadership for Lively Clergy (1) -- Mike Ward

6. Life & the Liturgical Year (4)-- Larry Pray

7. Congregations in Communities: Moving Toward Integration (2:30)-- Teresa Cutts

8. Tending the Home Fires: Clergy Family Life (4) -- Dorothy Dickson-Rishel

9. The Life-giving Potential of Conflict (2:30)-- Joe Ranager

10. Amazing Pace: Getting Started or Checking In -- Rep available during all workshop times

Registration includes dinner on Monday and lunch on Tuesday. Register by January 12, and pay only $95. After January 12, the cost is $110. Click here to register online.

Continuing Education Credits: 1.5 CEU's for full participation

Event Sponsors: The Clergy Leadership Conference is one of the annual continuing education opportunities offered by the Board of Ministry of the Mississippi Conference & the Center for Ministry. It is supported by participant fees & a gift from the W.D. & Inez Myers Trust.

For More Information: Contact the Center for Ministry office at 601.974.1488 or by email to info@centerforministry.com