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2008 Faculty

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“I appreciated everyone’s insight and honest comments. I thought many of the heartfelt conversations revealed a real need for open dialogue. I wonder how much of that would have occurred in a face-to-face meeting.”

—Rev. Bruce Frogge, pastor

 

 

September 2008
Connected Learning Seminars

September 8-26, 2008
(Register by September 3, 2008)

Art as Centering Prayer
12.0 contact hours / Facilitator: Jeanne Tessier, MA, BCC

    Before we human beings had words, we had images and symbols.  We were (and still are) moved by sunsets, mountains, rain and our own reflections in still water.  Many of us – including many who don’t know it – are visual learners, better able to receive wisdom when it comes in the form of images and symbols. Art as Centering Prayer is a seminar for non-artists and artists alike.  In the course of this seminar, we will explore art as centering prayer in a variety of ways.

    WEOI members free / non-member $60
    (limited to 12 participants)

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Care at the End of Life
12.0 contact hours / Facilitator: Dr. Martha Rutland

Providing care for persons at the end of life requires a variety of special considerations. This seminar, featuring presentations by bioethicist Paul Simmons and hospice chaplain Jim England, explores issues related to hope and healing in hospice, pain and suffering, and aging and human dignity.

    WEOI members free / non-member $60
    (limited to 12 participants)

Healing Power of Stories -- 6 weeks
September 8-October 17 / 24.0 contact hours / Presenter: Canon Marlin Whitmer

    This online seminar led by the Rev. Canon Marlin Whitmer will take the stories you hear as a basis for reflecting on metaphors and metaphorical patterns. Also through the metaphors and metaphorical patterns we will make connections with Biblical stories as well as our own stories. This on-going learning experience will relate these fundamentals of language and Word to pastoral care and health care. Both are grounded on listening, language, and metaphor as health care moves out into the community with chronic illness overshadowing acute care.

    WEOI members free / non-member $90
    (limited to 12 participants)

Hope in Conflict
12.0 contact hours / Presenter: David Sawyer, Ph.D.

    The seminar introduces a new approach to conflict as a hopeful sign of God's transforming mercy for a congregation. Using case studies from his new book, David Sawyer will introduce participants to the three keys that help unlock the deep mystery of congregational conflict: looking at structures, listening to stories, and learning from symptoms.

    WEOI members free / non-member $60
    (limited to 12 participants)

Integrating Spirituality and Health -- 6 weeks
September 8-October 17 / 24.0 contact hours / Facilitator: Carl Aiken

    As society is recognizing the fragmentation of care for the body, mind, spirit, and soul, there is increased recognition of the need to integrate spirituality as an important dimension of health and healing. Such an integrative approach, as Carl Middleton writes, "is comprehensive, collaborative, personalized, and based on a multi-dimensional view of the patient." Through interdisciplinary, peer reflective dialogue around three key presentations participants will explore this holistic focus.

WEOI members free / non-member $90
(limited to 12 participants)

Ministry to an Aging Society
12.0 contact hours / Facilitator: Martha Rogers, M.Div.

    Whether in the congregational, healthcare, or community setting, numerous aging issues that need to be proactively addressed are going unconsidered. In addition, the challenges are exacerbated by a societal ambivalence that in general ignores some of the deeper issues of self-esteem, meaning, and sense of purpose experienced in the aging process. The primary goal for this seminar is to provide a constructive and integrated format for addressing some of the spiritual, mental, and physical health issues of Senior Adults as they encounter new challenges in the aging process.

Nurturing Silence and Sabbath II (with Travel Study option)
September 2-26 / 12.0-18.0 contact hours / Facilitator: Chris Hammon, D.Min.

    In the process of giving care to others, care givers often overlook their own practice of self-care. Through peer dialogue around three presentations, this seminar provides participants an opportunity to reflect on their own care regarding rest and personal renewal while learning to observe the sacrament of the present moment and affirm the gift and necessity of rest.

    WEOI members free / non-member $60
    (limited to 12 participants)
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