The Collaborative's mission is to open doors for growth and learning among those called to develop ministering congregations by building links among dioceses, seminaries, institutes, and programs.

News:

Companion Training offered May 13-14.

Become familiar with and comfortable with LifeCycles materials. Meet with members of existing LifeCycles groups in Northern Michigan to experience LifeCycles sessions. Sessions will be held in Marquette Michigan. A flyer (in PDF form) has more information.

Collaborators offer on-line courses for deacons and others developing diaconal ministry.

Deacons Phina Borgeson, Susanne Watson Epting and John Willets are presenting courses through CALL at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

With a revised start date of March, courses will be discounted for those who are members of the North American Association for the Diaconate, but are open to all interested people.

Willets' "Learning Foundations for Diaconal Ministry" will help those with responsibility to those preparing for ordination and to deacon groups of lifelong learners, as well as those who just want to know more about current adult learning theory and how it relates to the church's diakonia.

Watson Epting's "Passions, Problems, Possibilities and Processes" will focus on dealing with issues in the congregation, but certainly not limited to churchy issues.

In "Multiplying Ministry" Borgeson will offer foundational ideas and identify key skills in developing community ministry.

For more info, follow the link and scroll down
http://www.cdsp.edu/call_onlinecourses.html

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