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Center Staff
Bill Wilson
President [email protected]
Les Robinson
Vice President & Manager, Interim Ministry Resources [email protected]
Beth Kennett
Network Coordinator
e[email protected]
Dawn Hall Administration Coordinator [email protected]
Robin Danner
Events Coordinator [email protected]
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A weekly newsletter to provide useful tools to use in your ministries and communities of faith as well as updates on the Center's ministries
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The Center Moves to the Center by Dr. Gary Gunderson
The Center for Congregational Health, known for two decades for its powerful consulting with congregations in many states, is be  | Gary Gunderson
Vice President
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coming the center of a strategy for advancing the wholeness and health of entire communities of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The new strategy brings together 90 years of innovation in faith and health with a sharp focus on the role of congregations as agents of healing in their neighborhoods, especially those facing the greatest challenges of poverty, race and poor health. FaithHealthNC is the emerging network of hundreds of congregations underway in the Piedmont communities of North Carolina, but already attracting national attention. The Center for Congregational Health, Inc. will adopt a new name, FaithHealth Innovation, and be the consulting, and technical assistance resource underneath the field network. Readers of DoorPost will continue to be part of the ongoing learning community. The Kate B. Reynolds Trust has announced a $428,636 grant to FaithHealth Innovations for the purpose of extending the FaithHealthNC network into the poorest mountain counties of the state. The strategy, directed by Dr. Chris Gambill, rests on the long experience of CCH in helping congregations clarify their strategic mission and nurture clergy in their leadership roles. FaithHealth Innovations will also expand CCH's traditional networks by serving as the secretariat for a network of more than three dozen faith-based healthcare systems, Stakeholderhealth.org, embracing similar congregation and community strategies nationally. The legacy of Center for Congregational Health will continue to thrive in several new ways. The extensive work in congregational consulting and coaching will mostly transfer to a new organization led by Dr. Bill Wilson who will be leaving Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for this ministry. It will use the same weblink www.healthychurch.org, but work as the Center for Healthy Churches. We regard this as a sister ministry operating as a separate entity. FaithHealth Innovations will continue to be the hub of the work in training and coordinating interim minsters under Dr. Les Robinson's leadership. Rev. Beth Kennett will focus her work in leadership development on the major new role for clergy in advancing the health of their members and communities. The close partnership with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's Fellows Program will continue as well as the Young Leaders' Program. Ninety years ago the Baptists of North Carolina invented a hospital they believed would fulfill God's goal for health and wholeness for the whole state. This became a huge Medical Center in Winston-Salem which included a division linking faith to health in highly creative ways: the first Clinical Pastoral Education in the South, the largest counselling network of counselling centers (CareNet) and the Center for Congregational Health, Inc. Each reflects a key to the fulfillment of the original prophetic vision. The 21st century now needs all those innovations to be aligned so tightly that they become one focused strategy operating across the state at full scale. That dream of people of faith creating healthy communities is now back at the center of the Medical Center's strategy.
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In the next issues of the DoorPost, Bill Wilson will provide more information about the new Center for Healthy Churches
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Learning to Coach Training Scheduled
Today's world requires people to be flexible and collaborative. Professionals have to be able to experiment with possibilities and encourage strong participation within communities. Coaching is an amazing tool for just this kind of deep listening and conversation!  The Center for Congregational Health, Inc. invite you to participate in a Coach Training event that involves four sessions in Thomasville, North Carolina.
Session 1: February 6-7, 2014
Session 2: May 8-9, 2014
Session 3: August 14-15, 2014
Session 4: November 6-7, 2014
This training is a 60-hour event based on the Coaching Core Competencies of the International Coach Federation, Inc. and is a Center for Credentialing & Education-Approved Board Certified Coach Training Program. During these sessions, participants will cover:
- Basic coaching techniques
- Assessments and communication styles
- Using coaching with teams and groups
- Coaching using the tools of "Adaptive Leadership" from Heifetz, Grashow, and Linsky and "Appreciative Inquiry"
You will have the opportunity to learn about coaching, observe a certified coach practice the art of coaching, and develop your art!
The tuition for all four sessions is $1,400. Single housing and meals for all four sessions is $440. Commuter fee (meals only) for all four sessions is $210.
All four sessions must be attended.
Meet the Trainers:Beth Kennett is network coordinator of healthy faith communities for the Center for Congregational Health. She leads the coaching and consulting ministries for the Center. She is a Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and has been coaching congregational and denominational leaders for 7 years.
Monica Rivers is a licensed psychologist and organizational consultant and holds the Board Certified Coach (BCC) credential from the Center for Credentialing and Education. She has received advanced training in leadership assessment and congregational consultation and is a network consultant for the Center for Congregational Health.
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Learning Opportunities Now Available for Registration
Intentional Interim Ministry Residential Lab
March 17-21, 2014 Thomasville, North Carolina April 21-25, 2014 Paron, Arkansas May 12-16, 2014 Lynchburg, Virginia Interim Ministry for Today's Church February 18-29, 2014 Paron, Arkansas February 24-26, 2014 Mobile, Alabama March 3-5, 2014 Thomasville, North Carolina March 10-12, 2014 Lynchburg, Virginia
Learning to Coach Training All Sessions Held in Thomasville, North Carolina Session 1: February 6-7, 2014 Session 2: May 8-9, 2014 Session 3: August 14-15, 2014 Session 4: November 6-7, 2014
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 Center for Congregational Health
Opening Doors to Hope and Wholeness with Faith Communities, Lay Leaders, and Clergy
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston Salem, North Carolina 27157-1098
336.716.9722
[email protected]
www.healthychurch.org
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