Boundary Training
We are created in and for relationships. Life-enriching relationships, whether with intimate partners, family, friends, colleagues or parishioners, require healthy boundaries. This workshop explores the meaning and practice of healthy boundaries in the context of ministry. It will also identify the signs, dangers, and preventions of boundary violations, including those in today’s social media. The workshop begins with an assumption that the complexity of relational dynamics in the congregation is one of its greatest possibilities and its greatest challenges for ministry.
Clergy with active ministerial standing in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) must participate in such a boundary training session every three years. The registration fee for Mid-America in-person sessions includes lunch and all distributed materials.
Any alternatives to what the Mid-America Region lists for Boundaries Training (BT) and Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation (ARPR) Training must receive advance approval for guarantee that the credits will be honored based on Regional training expectations. Contact the Springfield office with questions.
In-Person courses
Saturday, June 29, 2014, 10am-4pm, First Christian Church, Warrensburg
101 E. Gay St., Warrensburg, MO 64093
Regional Board Secretary Nancy Rogers and Regional Minister Paul Koch will be co-leading this training focusing especially on how pastors and churches can better understand mental health issues in our communities with a close focus on adolescent mental health. Youth ministers and lay leaders are especially invited to attend. Registration due by midnight on Sunday, June 23.
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Online Courses
The Christian Church in Kansas will be offering online sessions. Each runs 9:30-3:00 and the fee is $35.
May 11, 2024
July 27, 2024
August 24, 2024Our ministry partners in the United Church of Christ invite Disciples clergy to participate in their Zoom training sessions. Each runs 11am-2pm on both days listed. The registration fee is $60.
February 13-14, 2024
April 10-11, 2024
September 4-5, 2024Understanding Clergy Sexual Ethics, via the Lewis Center for Church Leadership. This is an introductory level course with no prerequisites.
Maintaining Boundaries in a Digital Age, via the Lewis Center for Church Leadership. This is a second level course. Participants must have attended either the LCCL Understanding Clergy Sexual Ethics class, or another qualifying introductory level session, prior to enrollment.
Each of these LCCL courses takes approximately 8-10 hours to complete. Participants can begin any time and then have up to 60 days to complete.