Utilizing three online presentations, peer group interaction, and case study, this seminar provides a foundation toward developing one's ministerial identity in Health Ministries and an understanding of how to work collaboratively with other ministers.

Learning Objectives:

• To articulate one's sense of "Call" to Health Ministries.

• To assess one's leadership in nurturing and maintaining a collaborative system.

• To articulate a pastoral understanding of the role of "listening" and "presence."

• To identify ways to care for one's mental, physical, and spiritual needs while functioning as a caregiver.

• To discern the place of Health Ministries in the mission of one's faith.

Utilizing three online presentations, peer group interaction, and case study, this seminar provides a theological foundation for holistic health as a basis for health ministry.

Learning Objectives:

• To develop a comprehensive view of health.

• To articulate a personal theology of health and wholeness.

• To identify the meaning of faith and health in suffering and despair.

• To recognize the role of "Community" in the maintenance of health.

Utilizing three online presentations, peer group interaction, and case study, this seminar explores options and approaches for setting up a health ministry program and addresses practical, legal, and ethical issues involved with each model.

Learning Objectives:

• To articulate the scope of a Health Ministries practice.

• To develop a Health Ministries model for one's specific ministry context based on an assessment of that community's needs.

• To reflect on ways to bridge discipline-specific values in order to facilitate a collaborative approach to Health Ministries.

• To evaluate best practices in terms of legal and ethical boundaries in the context of Health Ministries.

• To identify the strengths and weaknesses of various Health Ministries practice models.