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Leadership and Spiritual Life Newsletter / 1.11.17
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January Health Tip - Exercise Gratitude
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James E. Hayes, D.Min, M.Div., Executive Director
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by Jim Hayes, Executive Director, Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center
January 2017 - The turning of the year provides an opportunity to look back with gratitude for all that has given us life in the past year, and to direct that positive energy into our communal and individual resolution to make 2017 an even better year.
I'm a big believer in the nurturing of habits and virtues.
Through the habitual exercise of virtues we value, we can make them a more integral part of who we are. Gratitude is certainly one of those virtues for me.
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 New Support Group for Survivors of Suicide Loss
The Center is starting a new support group for survivors of suicide loss, no matter how long ago your loss occurred.
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Intentional Interim Ministry Training - 2017
Watch for registration information coming soon!
We are pleased to offer Intentional Interim Ministry training to pastors:
- who are mature in ministry
- whose leadership skills are proven
- who are called to connect their specialized gifts and graces to congregations with special transitional needs on a short term basis (six months to three years)
- who are able to do ministry under pressure and prefer to reset a congregations course swiftly and surely
- who enjoy providing leadership that restores and renews a congregation spiritually and procedurally
If the qualities described above describe your leadership style and your sense of call, you are eligible to participate in the Intentional Interim Ministry training program.
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Ethical Boundary Training for Clergy
The Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center is pleased to offer Ethical Boundary Training for Clergy at four locations this fall. Training is being made available through the efforts of the Disciples of Christ and three Associations of the United Church of Christ. Clergy form other traditions are welcome to attend.
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Organic Ministry Program: Cultivating Soil and Soul
March - December, 2017
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Facilitators: Lori Diebel, Ph.D., and Tim Diebel, M.Div., D.Min. |
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The course is built upon the participant's direct experience of creation within the culture of a small, diversified family farmstead. The farm serves as the context for practical and theological study of the nature of the church within the divine economy of Creation and Kingdom. Attention is given to those understandings and practices that make for the health of the individual and the community of faith within the spiritual, emotional, intellectual, physical, interpersonal, vocational and creational dimensions.
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Coming Soon - Clergy Peer Groups
The Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center will soon be offering clergy peer groups, facilitated by counselors on staff who are also ordained clergy. The groups will provide a variety of opportunities for peer support and professional development.
Please watch for more details coming soon.
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Soul Shop Suicide Awareness Training
Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center is pleased to partner with the Soul Shop program to help communities share life with those impacted by suicidal desperation.
Soul Shop
equips leaders of faith communities to minister to those impacted by suicidal desperation, whether they are currently considering suicide, anxious about a loved one, or have lost a loved one to suicide. You will learn tools to make a positive difference in the lives of many people, and you will be trained to lead
Soul Shop
TM
for your congregation.
Soul Shop
is equally relevant to the needs of mental health professionals. You will understand the spiritual dimensions of suicidal desperation to better serve clients, and you will serve as a resource for faith community leaders.
There will be a free Community Awareness Skills Training on
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 from 6 - 7 :30 p.m.
Soul Shop
One-Day Training
Thursday, April 27, 2017 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Training Cost: $30 per person
If registering with others from the same church, each additional person is $15
Please pay at the door.
CEU's Available for Clergy
at
Trinity Lutheran Church
213 Pennsylvania Ave. North
Mason City, Iowa 50401
These trainings will be led by
Fe Anam Avis
,
creator of
Soul Shop
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author of
A Second Day: A Hopeful Journey out of Suicidal Thinking.
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Do you want to know essential information about your congregation to make the right decisions?
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C A T
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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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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
- and more
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Diane McClanahan, Director of Leadership and Spiritual Life |
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For more information on any of these services and programs, contact Diane McClananahan, M.Div., Director of Leadership and Spiritual Life at the 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 4,000 individuals annually including up to 800 children plus their families.
Although best known for its 44 years of quality, professional mental health therapy, the Center is a multi-faceted organization providing a range of services through 26 licensed counselors including:
- 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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