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Correction: The next
Redefining Aging conversation is July 28, 2016.
It is not June 30, as previously indicated. There is
no meeting on June 30 for Redefining Aging. We apologize for the confusion.
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Leadership and Spiritual Life Newsletter / 6.29.16
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Do you want to know essential information about your congregation to make the right decisions?
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The Church Assessment Tool (CAT)® can help.
The Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center's trained consultants, in collaboration with Holy Cow! Consulting, are ready to work with you and your leadership to administer the
CAT, a process to
collect, analyze and share information
from your entire congregation.
The CAT is a method of organizational listening so that leaders can move forward with decisions in a way that includes everyone,
not just the voices that are the loudest,
and does not rely on opinions or guesses of the few.
When might your congregation benefit from a CAT process?
1. If your congregation is in transition, for example in a pastoral search or if you have just received a new pastor.
2. If your congregation is preparing for strategic planning.
3. If your congregation is launching a capital campaign.
The CAT is also an invaluable tool for reading the overall health and vitality of
congregations, to:
- measure the level of community satisfaction and energy
- identify the critical success factors for improving organizational climate
- envision the future
- gauge readiness for change
- uncover potential resources
Thousands of CATs have been administered throughout the country and the Center is ready to help you.
For a complementary initial consult or for more information, please contact Diane McClanahan, the Center's Director for Leadership and Spiritual Life, by email:
[email protected]
or telephone: 515-251-6667.
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Redefining Aging, a conversation series - register for July
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Thank you to everyone who has joined us for conversations in April, May and June. You are invited to join us in July.
Not a class, not a support group, this conversation series will
explore ways to reframe common misconceptions about a universal experience: growing older.
While pop culture tends to focus only on the losses that come in this time of life, we will consider the significant opportunities. Participants will discover new ways to express their values, creativity and spirituality - in a joyful and supportive community.
The conversations will be expertly facilitated, yet evolve dynamically according to participant interest. Like good cheese and fine wine, we age better together.
The following schedule of conversation topics is based on the interest that bubbled up in the first session in April:
- May 26, 2016: Living with Meaning and Purpose: Practices for Maintaining Vitality (done)
- June 23, 2016: Death, Dying and Loss: How to Live through to the End (done)
- July 28, 2016: Community: Relating to People on Macro and Micro Levels
We plan to continue conversations in the fall. Please stay tuned!
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Diane McClanahan,
Director of Leadership and Spiritual Life |
Leadership and Spiritual Life
at the Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
- leadership development
- psychological assessments for clergy candidates
- clergy coaching
- boundary training for clergy
- conflict transformation services for congregations, nonprofits and businesses
- strategic planning services for congregations, nonprofits and businesses
For more information on any of these services and programs, contact Diane McClananahan, M.Div., Director of Leadership and Spiritual Life (formerly known as the Institute for the Practice of Ministry) at Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
, 515-251-6667,
[email protected].
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Our mission is to bring understanding, hope and healing to people of all ages through counseling and education.
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Who we are:
Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization offering a broad range of mental health services
, serving 2,450 individuals annually including 700 children.
Although best known for its 43 years of quality, professional mental health therapy, the Center is a multi-faceted organization providing a range of services:
- Counseling, including specialized services for children and adolescents
- Psychological testing and assessment
- Psychiatric consultation and care
- Training for clinical professionals
- Leadership and spiritual life programming
- Career Coaching
- Conflict transformation and strategic planning services for congregations, nonprofits and businesses
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