September 15, 2023 in Leadership, Roster
Kindling Faith Events Update
Kindling Faith—because learning continues.
Kindling Faith is for everyone (new events are in *bold)…
- For Rostered Leaders who want to improve their Pastoral Care Skills (offered on zoom every other month through July 2024!)
- For Everyone who enjoys the art of “The Naked Pastor” (registration closes Thursday, 9/14/23)
- For Church Musicians who want Inspiration (postponed until March 2nd)
- For Congregational Leaders who need ideas for aging infrastructure and membership (registration closing soon!)
- *Luther Colloquy 2023: Luther and Doubt (registration now live!)
- For Rostered Leaders in Rural Ministry (this event underwitten by funding from TCCI and ELCMA)
- For Rostered Leaders who need Boundary and Anti-Racism training (offered in late November!)
- *For Rostered and lay leaders who want to grow in their LGBTQIA2S+ cultural competency
- *Refining Success for Small Churches (the first of our “Small but Mighty Church” series of events)
- *For Women in Ministry to be Affirmed and Celebrated (new date)
- *Depolarization and Church Adovcacy: an interactive online experience (sponsored by LAMPa)
- For anyone who’s dreamt of spending six weeks learning about life in the Holy Land while living in Bethlehem
- For Rostered Leaders in support roles in larger congregations (Two day seminar, Gettysburg, February 26 – 27)
- For those who care about justice for the wrongly imprisoned (Author Anthony Ray Hinton, March 18th in Philadelphia)
- For those who’ve found inspiration from reading Kate Bowler (Save the date: she’ll be in Gettysburg on April 24th)
- For any congregation that would enjoy a field trip to Gettysburg (email to plan your trip)
*For anyone who enjoys a veritable buffet of learning opportunities in one day (Schmucker Birth Anniversary Learning Day in Gettysburg, March 2nd)
- What does it mean for a person to be Transgender?
- Inspiration for Church Musicians
- Gender Equity in Church and World
- Making a mandala workshop
- Hospice Care and end of life decisions
- A different Kind of Battlefield Tour
*Save the date for Summer 2024:
- Theological Learning with Adults, July 14 – 19
- Wine, Cheese, and Chocolate II: Gettysburg Drift, July 28-August 2
- Summer Ministry Institute: Pastor as Public Presence, August 11 – 16
A special thank you to our partners in ministry at the Lower Susquehanna Synod who collaborated on several of these events!
For more information contact:
Pastor Martin Otto-Zimmann, PhD he/his
Kindling Faith, Because Learning Never Ends
United Lutheran Seminary
61 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Office: 717-338-3011
Cell: 734-755-4523
