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Pathways to Pastoral
Insight
The Middleton Center
for Pastoral Care and Counseling and Lilly Transition into Ministry Program of
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
invite you to a six-session series aimed at increasing your insight about your
congregation, context and self. Led by area professionals, each session will
focus on an essential aspect of pastoral and congregational life. Each of these
sessions will take place at the Middleton Center, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
from 9:30 AM to noon and will be in workshop format with lecture, small group
exercises, and large group discussion.
September 30, 2010: The Family Dance
Led by Michele Marsh, Ph.D., Council for Relationships
We will explore 2
models of assessing and understanding families: 1/ From the Structural Family
Therapy school, we will learn how mapping family hierarchies, roles and
inter-relationships sheds light on the ways families function, either increasing
or decreasing the life satisfaction of its members. 2/ We will also explore
family legacies and themes, giving the participants an opportunity to understand
some of the ways in which families transmit their values and expectations
through stories and even legends passed down through the generations.
November 18, 2010: The Congregation as a Family
System
Led by Rev. Richard R. Wohlschlaeger, Senior Pastor, Swarthmore Presbyterian
Church
In his book
Generation to Generation Rabbi Edwin H. Friedman compares the emotional
processes at work within individual families to those in church and synagogue
and suggests that clergy can often do more to help families by the way they lead
their congregations than they can through specific counseling sessions. In this
session we will use precepts of this book as a starting point to understand the
operative family systems theories as they apply to congregations. The
presenter, Richard R. Wohlschlaeger, has been pastor of the Swarthmore
Presbyterian Church for seventeen years and will use his experience in the
congregation to illustrate theoretical principles and stimulate discussion among
participants.
January 20, 2011: Conflict Resolution in
a Congregational Setting
Led by Barbara Foxman, LCSW and Kathryn Mariani, MAR
This
workshop will help clergy increase their ability to role model productive
communication with congregational members or committees when conflict is
present. Participants will examine their personal responses to conflict,
discuss the relationship between stress, anger and conflict, and review and
practice productive conflict resolution skills.
March 17, 2011: Boundaries in Pastoral Care
Relationship
Led by Rev. Steven Treat, DMin., LMFT, Council for Relationships
This
seminar will discuss core dynamics of effective leadership and the need to
develop healthy boundaries. Different types of boundaries and the difficulties
of implementing them in a faith setting will be the focus of the conversation.
May 26, 2011: Addictions – a Pastoral Response
Led by Fred Baurer, M.D., Medical Director, OATS (Outpatient Addiction
Treatment Services)
In this session, we
will consider a framework for an empathic approach to addictions and the role of
spirituality in the recovery process. We will discuss the distinctions between
chemical use, abuse, and addictions; addiction as a process and its impact on
the addict – body, mind, spirit, and in relation to others. The presenter will
also discuss how addictions develop and unfold, and the recovery process as a
response to addictive illness. Recovery will be considered from the 12-step and
psychodynamic perspectives.
July 21, 2011: Sustenance for Pastoral
Caregivers: What Makes it so Hard?Led by Ruthy Kaiser, Licensed Marriage
and Family Therapist, Council for Relationships
We will explore and
experience strategies for bringing awareness and loving kindness into
relationship with ourselves! The teachings of the wisdom traditions suggest
that we bring compassion to all beings, which is in fact meant to include
ourselves as well. This session will be conversational and experiential with
guided mindfulness practices.
To Register:
Joyce Krajian,
mail@middletoncenter.org
or
610-525-0766.
Cost:
$30 per session or $150 for the full series, payable at the first session. For
directions to Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church and the Middleton Center see
http://bmpc.org/Directions.html. |
