Shaping the Parish June 15-21 at Trinity Church in Seattle

From National Episcopal Health Ministries

National Program:

Dates: June 15 – 21, 2011 & June 13 – 19, 2012

For more information, please visit: http://www.shapingtheparish.com/.

The National Program, in Seattle, includes two June week-long workshops, with participants completing readings and six parish projects between summers and just after the second June. You finish the program in a little over one year. 

The Program:

• Focuses on making immediate, tangible improvements while building long-term health.
• Equips participants for effective leadership through their own spiritual and personal growth and

an increased ability to shape the parish.

Provides the methods and knowledge needed to shape a parish culture centered in spiritual maturity and emotional intelligence.

Gives you the tools to focus your energies around what works and the primary task of a parish church.

Provides for the direct transfer of learning to the participant’s leadership in the parish.Shaping the Parish™ is a new program to equip lay and ordained leaders to develop and nurture healthier parishes.

Shaping the Parish assumes that vibrant, faithful churches will flourish as leaders and parishes improve their own:

• Spiritual practice
• Emotional and social intelligence
• Change theory and methods
• We focus on immediate, tangible improvements while building long-term health.

Shaping the Parish is about the renewal of your parish. You are giving these 16 months to its revitalization. The program is a resource in helping a healthy and stable parish continue to develop. It’s also a resource for parishes that are struggling and seeking new life.

You are deciding to invest your time and energy in the shaping of your parish. We are there to help you do that. We are here to assist leaders and parish communities take responsibility for their ongoing health and formation.

The stance needed is “This is what I’m doing for the next 16 months.” The program is based on full participation in every session. It also assumes reading in the field and the designing and completion of six projects in your parish.