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Wouldn’t it be nice to take some time for your learning and growth over the winter? To set yourself up for that possibility a season from now, consider applying for Continuing Education grant soon.
At the beginning of COVID-19, Andy Crouch wrote about churches preparing for a blizzard, winter, and a mini ice age. Here's a tool to help churches be ready.
Calvin Seminary is offering a 9-week online course on stewardship. Financial Shalom will cover course costs. Spring Session 1 begins February 3; sign up today!
Looking for a way to encourage and equip congregational leaders who are engaged in faith formation ministry? Check out this event.
Join us for a 1-hour roundtable exploring how the experience of dementia can be faith-formative, and for discussion on ministering to the person, the family, and the congregation.
How do we develop a pattern of lifelong learning that intentionally reflects the broadness of our calling?
Leaving congregational ministry after twenty three years led to two "Aha!" moments and an important reminder.
Four things that are essential to an effective mentoring relationship: knowledge, character, identity and perseverance.
What I want to underline, however, is the need for everyone to advocate and act for the well-being of the pastor. Failure to take this seriously can result in spiritually unhealthy pastors AND spiritually unhealthy congregations.
Even the best seminary degree represents little more than a priming of the pump for a lifetime of abiding learning. The wise church knows this and provides pastors with rich and ongoing opportunities to be led by the Spirit.
These Continuing Education pages are organized by the Five Callings that the CRC has adopted and are designed to assist pastors and councils make plans for ongoing learning.
I am looking for some resources and opportunities to do some education in the areas of spiritual health and intellectual growth. What are pastors doing these days?