Learning Opportunities
What's Next Retreat
A Retreat for Discerning Next Steps in Vocation for Mid-Career Clergy
God's call is both enduring and dynamic. A call to ministry brought you to this point in your vocational journey and God's call will lead you forward. To remain effective and faithful, it is essential for ministers to keep asking the question, "What is God calling me to do now?" Mid-career/mid-life is a time when adults naturally assess where they have been and where they are going. The goal of the What's Next? retreat is to help clergy better understand themselves, their God-given strengths and abilities, and to identify ways they can apply these within the context of calling.
The What's Next? retreat offers clergy a safe place to explore God's continuing call using a state of the art assessment tool-the WorkPlace Big Five Personality Inventory. The WorkPlace Big Five is based upon the new standard for understanding human personality-the Five Factor model. Each participant will receive an individual profile report along with an additional personalized Career Guider report. The Career Guider is a special report based on the Big Five with specific feedback and guidance for applying God-given strengths and abilities to various kinds of work. The retreat will also offer opportunities for individual coaching and conversation, rest, reflection, and recreation among the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Site information
The retreat will be held at the St. Malo Retreat Center in Allenspark, Colorado (12 Miles South of Rocky Mountains National Park entrance at Estes Park). St. Malo is a modern, comfortable facility located on 160-acres of wooded property, just to the east of Rocky Mountain National Park. It is approximately 67 miles northwest of the Denver International Airport. Participants must arrange their own transportation to and from the retreat center. You can find more information about St. Malo at http://www.saintmalo.org/.
Schedule:
Monday afternoon
2:00 - 5:00 Exploring the context and theology of calling and vocation
Monday evening
Rest, reflection, recreation
Tuesday morning
9:00 - 12:00 WorkPlace Big Five feedback and exploration
Tuesday afternoon
1:00 Career Guider Feedback
2:00 - 5:00 Rest, reflection, recreation and individual conferences
Tuesday evening
7:00 - 9:00 Rest, reflection, recreation and individual conferences
Wednesday morning
9:00 - 11:00 Individual asset mapping and collaboration
11:00 - 12:00 Closing worship
CEU credits are available through the Northwest Area Health Education Center (of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and a part of the North Carolina AHEC Program). It is recognized by the National Board of Certified Counselors as Provider # 5456. Northwest AHEC abides by all NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines. Participants must attend all sessions and complete all assigned work in order to receive a certificate of completion and full CEU credits.
Faculty
Dr. Chris Gambill holds a Ph.D. in organizational psychology and is an ordained minister with more than twenty-five years of combined ministry experience as a pastor, missionary, campus minister, consultant, and leadership development specialist. He is currently the Manager for Congregational Health Services at the Center for Congregational Health® and has worked with the Center since its beginning in 1992. Chris has extensive experience in the areas of conflict management, emotional intelligence, strategic planning, staff development, and leadership coaching.
Rev. Beth Kennett is an ordained United Church of Christ minister with more than twenty years experience in ministry. Beth has experience in serving as pastor, educator, denomination staff, conflict management facilitator, church consultant and leadership coach. She has worked in the areas of Faith and Vocation and leadership development training. Beth has worked with churches in transition for the past nine years, as a regional minister for the Eastern North Carolina Association of the Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ, and as a church consultant for the Center for Congregational Health. She currently serves on the Board for the Office of General Ministries for the national setting of the United Church of Christ and as Co-Pastor of Hillsborough UCC.
Cost: $500 per person. This fee includes:
" Lodging for two nights
" Five meals
" Personal WorkPlace Big Five report
" Personal Career Guider report
" Individual coaching conference
" All program materials and fees
A non-refundable deposit of $100 is due by September 15, 2010.
God's call is both enduring and dynamic. A call to ministry brought you to this point in your vocational journey and God's call will lead you forward. To remain effective and faithful, it is essential for ministers to keep asking the question, "What is God calling me to do now?" Mid-career/mid-life is a time when adults naturally assess where they have been and where they are going. The goal of the What's Next? retreat is to help clergy better understand themselves, their God-given strengths and abilities, and to identify ways they can apply these within the context of calling.
The What's Next? retreat offers clergy a safe place to explore God's continuing call using a state of the art assessment tool-the WorkPlace Big Five Personality Inventory. The WorkPlace Big Five is based upon the new standard for understanding human personality-the Five Factor model. Each participant will receive an individual profile report along with an additional personalized Career Guider report. The Career Guider is a special report based on the Big Five with specific feedback and guidance for applying God-given strengths and abilities to various kinds of work. The retreat will also offer opportunities for individual coaching and conversation, rest, reflection, and recreation among the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
Site information
The retreat will be held at the St. Malo Retreat Center in Allenspark, Colorado (12 Miles South of Rocky Mountains National Park entrance at Estes Park). St. Malo is a modern, comfortable facility located on 160-acres of wooded property, just to the east of Rocky Mountain National Park. It is approximately 67 miles northwest of the Denver International Airport. Participants must arrange their own transportation to and from the retreat center. You can find more information about St. Malo at http://www.saintmalo.org/.
Schedule:
Monday afternoon
2:00 - 5:00 Exploring the context and theology of calling and vocation
Monday evening
Rest, reflection, recreation
Tuesday morning
9:00 - 12:00 WorkPlace Big Five feedback and exploration
Tuesday afternoon
1:00 Career Guider Feedback
2:00 - 5:00 Rest, reflection, recreation and individual conferences
Tuesday evening
7:00 - 9:00 Rest, reflection, recreation and individual conferences
Wednesday morning
9:00 - 11:00 Individual asset mapping and collaboration
11:00 - 12:00 Closing worship
CEU credits are available through the Northwest Area Health Education Center (of Wake Forest University School of Medicine and a part of the North Carolina AHEC Program). It is recognized by the National Board of Certified Counselors as Provider # 5456. Northwest AHEC abides by all NBCC Continuing Education Guidelines. Participants must attend all sessions and complete all assigned work in order to receive a certificate of completion and full CEU credits.
Faculty
Dr. Chris Gambill holds a Ph.D. in organizational psychology and is an ordained minister with more than twenty-five years of combined ministry experience as a pastor, missionary, campus minister, consultant, and leadership development specialist. He is currently the Manager for Congregational Health Services at the Center for Congregational Health® and has worked with the Center since its beginning in 1992. Chris has extensive experience in the areas of conflict management, emotional intelligence, strategic planning, staff development, and leadership coaching.
Rev. Beth Kennett is an ordained United Church of Christ minister with more than twenty years experience in ministry. Beth has experience in serving as pastor, educator, denomination staff, conflict management facilitator, church consultant and leadership coach. She has worked in the areas of Faith and Vocation and leadership development training. Beth has worked with churches in transition for the past nine years, as a regional minister for the Eastern North Carolina Association of the Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ, and as a church consultant for the Center for Congregational Health. She currently serves on the Board for the Office of General Ministries for the national setting of the United Church of Christ and as Co-Pastor of Hillsborough UCC.
Cost: $500 per person. This fee includes:
" Lodging for two nights
" Five meals
" Personal WorkPlace Big Five report
" Personal Career Guider report
" Individual coaching conference
" All program materials and fees
A non-refundable deposit of $100 is due by September 15, 2010.