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Center for Clergy and Congregations offers Summer Sabbath retreat program, September 17-19

“Being in Ministry Without Losing Your Soul,” September 17-19, at Camp St. Christopher, Seabrook Island, SC, offers a deeper look at what drains the life from clergy and a deeper understanding of what can empower clergy to serve faithfully as vocational ministers. This interactive retreat is designed to address the Soul Drainers and Soul Gainers for ministers.

Fees:single occupancy: Lodging, meals and program, $275; double occupancy: Lodging, meals and program, $240. More info: 803.296.3045 or 800.444.9334.

Complete brochure, including agenda and registration form, here. Center for Clergy and Congregations March newsletter, here.
 

SC State Day (July 15) offers great confirmation prep opportunity

SC State Day at the National Cathedral will be July 15, 2007. Every Sunday at the National Cathedral one of our 50 states is honored, but every four years there is a great celebration for the state remembered on that day, and 2007 is our year to celebrate.

Congregations in the Diocese are encouraged to consider the opportunity for participation in the SC State Day at the National Cathedral as part of a preparation process for confirmation.  The Saturday morning pilgrimage opportunity (Saturday, July 14, 2007) is from 9:30 a.m. through the end of a Eucharist about 1:00 p.m.  The pilgrimage includes a guided contemplative walk, meditation, and centering prayer, and explores the woods south of the cathedral, and the wonderful gothic stone structure itself.  Cost is $25 for adults, $20 for youth and seniors, and $15 for Cathedral Association members.

St. David’s, Columbia, has often included State Day events in their confirmation program. For info or with questions, contact the Rev. Bob Chiles (incidentally also in charge of acolytes for State Day!).

download the flyer for State Day 2007 now!!

 

Lombard Mennonite Peace Center seminar in Columbia, April 20

The Lombard Mennonite Peace Center is offering its seminar "Leadership and Anxiety in the Church:  A Family Systems Perspective" on April 20, 2007, in Columbia. 

 

Topics to be covered include:  "The Road to Damascus:  The Church and Change in an Age of Anxiety," "'They Know Not What They Do':  The Scapegoat Mechanism and Church Conflict," "The Importance of Not Being Earnest:  Reversals, Playfulness, and Paradox," "The Road to Damascus: Lessons for Leadership in Anxious Times."

 

Those who attend the seminar will be exposed to material that could have an impact in preventing destructive conflict from emerging in churches served by your judicatory. Clergy who are currently in the midst of a challenging conflict situation may particularly want to attend.

 

Pre-registration fee is $79. For more information, contact the Peace Center, 630.627.0507 or visit the Web site. Download the complete flyer.

Good Friday offering

Good Friday offering for Jerusalem and the Middle East:  More information, including a Good Friday Offering poster and other materials, is available online. The site also has information for submitting your offering.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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