FORMAT
OF THE WORKSHOPS
Each
workshop includes both spring and fall sessions and the
published fee covers both sessions.
All
workshop sessions follow the themes of Dr. Edwin
Friedman's book, Generation to Generation, with
one day's small group sessions devoted to each of the
minister's three interlocking families:
- Church
member families
- The
congregation as a family
- The
minister's own personal family (nuclear and
extended)
Although
workshop sessions include faculty presentations, major
emphasis is placed upon the small groups in which
participants present ministry case studies and work
on their genograms. Guided by a trained and
experienced faculty, the overall emphasis in both group
settings will be upon the practical integration of theory
and practice.
All
workshops include veteran attendees as well as first-time
registrants. Experience teaches that new registrants ask
the basic questions all participants need to continue to
deal with - - and the mentoring and experience of the
'veterans' is a source of encouragement to
'first-timers'.
