Ending with Grace - Spring '23

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This five-session course will be held on Tuesday mornings, 9-11, beginning April 25, 2023.
Instructors
Rev. Peter Soli
Deacon Erin Power
For both clergy and lay faith leaders
Video time: 6+ hours
Five two-hour sessions
held on Tuesdays from 9 to 11 am.

Course overview

Learn from pastors and judicatory leaders who have walked with congregations as they end their ministry.
After completing the course, you will:

Understand strategies and rules for meaningful and legal closing.
Learn how theologies of place and journey affect closure.
Know how conflict and respect shape a closing.
Discover how closing a church can be either a Good Friday or an Easter experience.

2.0 CEU Certificate

Walking with a congregation as it closes its doors is a unique experience layered with grief, legal and practical issues, sometimes conflict, and the question, "Where is God in the closing of a congregation?" This course draws on the experience of:

Gail Cafferata – Priest, sociologist, and author
Deacon Erin Power – Director of Evangelical Mission, ELCA
Peter Soli – Director of Dialog Works
Pastors who have prepared case studies based on their walk with congregations that have closed.

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