In this edition:
When
Children Suffer:
Care for Children and Families
Experiencing Violence
Presenter:
Kathy Manis Findley, M.Div. / 12.0 contact hours (CCEs,
NBCC, WEOI)
Many well trained care giving professionals have
not had the opportunity to study the specific dynamics
surrounding children and abuse. Therefore, they
have not been prepared to recognize the signs and
consequences of abuse. The capacity for
early intervention by as many of these professionals
as possible broadens a child's safety net and enables
intervention that may prevent more devastating
consequences.
This seminar--featuring
presentations on children and domestic violence,
grief, and trauma --will allow participants to
explore the ramifications of violence and to consider
ways that ministry can be a part of the healing
process. It is designed for religious leaders,
nurses, and other professional care givers that
work with children.
For
more information about this seminar, click
here. 
The
Family Experience Around Mental Illness
An online seminar on Ministry with Families Experiencing
Mental Illness
Presenter: Rose Ann Briotte,
M.Div. / 12.0 contact hours (CCEs, NBCC, WEOI)
While the severity of mental
illness with an individual may vary, the effect of
mental illness is usually experienced by the individual's
family and friends. This seminar provides the opportunity
for participants to explore the effect that mental
illness has on family members, close friends, and the
family system. Participants will be invited to
reflect on presented material and films in light of
their own personal experience and ministry context.
For
more information about this seminar, click
here.
New
in the Center for Oates Studies
Part Two: Wayne Oates Discusses
Writing (A video interview)
In the second part of
this videotaped interview with Dr. Wayne Oates, Dr. Oates
talks about coining the term "workaholic" and
the publishing of his book, Confessions of a Workaholic.
This interview was conducted by Claudia Crawford in 1991
and is one of the many resources available in the Center
for Oates Studies. The Center for Oates
Studies is being developed as a multi-year project, as
funded by contributions, to archive, digitize, and make
accessible the papers, letters, books, interviews, and
presentations of Dr. Wayne Oates.
To view the second part
of this interview (2:56) or to download an MP3 copy,
go to the Center for Oates Studies Media Center or click
here. Non-WEOI members may use the guest access codes
identified below (under Subscriber Bonus).
Scholarships
Available for the Pauline Oates Pastoral Care Specialist
Certificate
A limited number of scholarships will be
offered for participants of the fall 2007 Pauline Oates
Pastoral Care Specialist Certificate program. These scholarships,
funded by contributions in honor of Pauline Oates, will
be awarded in response to financial need. Scholarship
applications for the PCS certificate must be submitted
by June 30, 2007.
The Pauline Oates Pastoral Care Specialist
Certificate provides training in brief, supportive pastoral
care and counseling for congregational leaders (clergy
and laity). This is a six month program consisting
of four core seminars and a pastoral care practicum.
The fall 2007 peer group is scheduled to begin in September
and applications are now being accepted (limited to 12
participants).
For
more information about the Pauline Oates Pastoral Care
Specialist Certificate, click
here.
Featured
Book in the Bookstore at
Oates.Org:
Behind the Masks: Personality Disorders in Religious Behavior
by Wayne E. Oates
When describing this
book by Wayne Oates, Dr. John Patton wrote, "In Behind
the Masks: Personality Disorders in Religious Behavior Wayne
E. Oates effectively demonstrates one of his fundamental
convictions--the wisdom of the Bible in complementing
that of modern psychiatry in interpreting the human predicament.
The book is excellent for increasing the perceptiveness
of pastors and as a study and discussion guide for Adult
Sunday school classes."
Copies of this book may
be purchased through the Oates Institute's Amazon Connection,
part of the Bookstore at Oates.Org. By going to Amazon
through the Oates' bookstore a percentage of your purchase
is contributed by Amazon to the Oates Institute.
For
more information about Behind the Masks, click
here.
Subscriber
Bonus --
"The
Care of theCompetitive Divider of the Congregation"
an excerpt from The Care of Troublesome People by
Wayne Oates
"Competition
among congregational members has been with the Christian
community since the beginning", wrote Dr. Wayne
Oates in this fourth chapter of The
Care of Troublesome People.
"In the contemporary church," he continues, "competition
tends to be measured in terms of success--in terms
of the number of followers a person can gather; the
amount of prestige a given individual has in the
eyes of followers; the degree
of superiority in these respects one has over one's
chief competitors."
To read the full text
of this chapter in the Center for Oates Studies,
click on the link below. If
you are not a member of the Oates Institute,we
invite you to read the full text of this article by subscribing
to Lifelong Learning @ Oates.Org.
Click
here to read Chapter 4 of
The Care of Troublesome People by Wayne Oates
