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Navigating Ministry:
Church Leadership and Administration
A close look at the Church's proclamation of the Word for the sake of the World! Rostered leaders and laity may wish to check in with these special presenters and topics.
July 7-11, 2008
Presented by
The Rev. Roy Oswald
The Rev. Dr. Robert Bacher
The Rev. Michael Cooper-White
(PDF) Registration Form
(please print, fill out, and return)
The Summer Institute for Ministry brings together pastors and other rostered leaders for a week of in-depth continuing education. The topics and focus vary from year to year. Participants enjoy the seminary ammenities of structured study, free time, recreation, food and fellowship and library resources through the week.
At the 2008 Summer Institute for Ministry nationally know authors Roy Oswald, Robert Bacher, and Michael Cooper-White will explore themes of leadership and balance and in developing a practical theology of administration. |
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One pastor-participant said: "I so appreciated the emphasis on mission, vision and celebrating Christ. The need for innovation, the dynamics involved in change/conflict and leadership were good and helpful topics. Thanks for a great week!" |
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MONDAY, JULY 7
4:00 p.m. Arrivals and registration
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30 p.m. Roy Oswald: "Open Space Technology Team Building"
8:00 p.m. Compline
TUESDAY, JULY 8
8:30 a.m. Morning worship
9:00 a.m. Bob Bacher and Michael Cooper-White: "Administration as Holy Calling: Theological Foundations and Historical Perspectives"
10:45 a.m. Bob Bacher and Michael Cooper-White: "Godly Governance: Planning with Passion"
1:15 p.m. Roy Oswald: "Clergy Self-Care: A Leadership Competency"
6:45 p.m. Vespers
Evening: President's Reception at the President's House
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9
8:30 a.m. Morning worship
9:00 a.m. Roy Oswald: "Leadership in the Midst of Conflict"
10:45 a.m. Bob Bacher and Michael Cooper-White: "Building and Balancing Budgets: Life Under Law"
1:15 p.m.
Bob Bacher and Michael Cooper-White: "The Big C's: Communication and Conflict"
Evening: Theater night at Totem Playhouse: "The Underpants"
THURSDAY, JULY 10
8:30 a.m. Morning worship
9:00 a.m. Roy Oswald: "Situational Leadership"
10:45 a.m. Roy Oswald: "Introduction to Polarity Management"
1:15 p.m. Bob Bacher and Michael Cooper-White: "Who Am I? CEO or Chief Shepherd?"
6:45 p.m. Vespers
FRIDAY, JULY 11
9:00 a.m. Wrap-up team presentation: "Riding Time to the End"
11:15 a.m. Eucharist
12:30 p.m. Lunch; departure
Our Presenters
The Rev. Roy M. Oswald, author, seminary leader, and consultant, has provided leadership for hundreds of conferences and training events in the U.S. and Canada. A variety of denominations have called on him to focus on the pastoral role and the dynamics of parish leadership. Oswald served as Senior Consultant with the Alban Institute for 31 years, and now continues his ministry as a free-lance consultant. His books include Clergy Self-Care: Finding a Balance for Effective Ministry, Personality Type and Religious Leadership and The Inviting Church. His areas of expertise include emotional intelligence and leadership, healthy clergy transitions, and leadership in longer pastorates.
The Rev. Dr. Robert N. Bacher is formerly assistant to the Presiding Bishop of the ELCA, where he was chief administrator of the churchwide organization, and is coauthor with Ken Inskeep of Chasing Down a Rumor. With a doctorate in public administration, Bacher has served as a parish pastor in Colorado, developing a new parish there, headed leadership training in the LCA Youth Office, and then led research, planning, and budgeting in the Division for Parish Services, where he also served as Executive Director. With Michael Cooper-White he co-authored Church Administration.
The Rev. Michael L. Cooper-White is president of Gettysburg Seminary and author of On a Wing and a Prayer: Faithful Leadership for the 21st Century. Ordained in the ELCA, his past service includes inner-city ministry in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area, chaplaincy, synodical and national denominational administration, and involvement in public policy. As Director of the ELCA Department for Synodical Relations, he served as chief staff person for the Conference of Bishops and as a consultant to leaders throughout the church. Fluent in Spanish, he has been a consultant in the development of Hispanic and bilingual outreach ministries. At Gettysburg he teaches the course "Church Administration, Leadership and Polity."
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