Announce Your EventFaith and Wisdom compiles events and programs throughout the world. Post your event, or find an event to attend. Nurturing Innovative Clergy LeadershipThe Office of Continuing Formation for Ministry of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry is launching a pilot continuing education program for clergy: Nurturing Innovative Clergy Leadership (NICL). NICL is a peer-based continuing education model. The goal of the program is to nurture healthy and competent UMC clergy. This program is particularly for United Methodist ordained and licensed clergy who have been serving the Church as a full time pastor for five or more years. Dr. D. Bruce Roberts is a consultant who is working with GBHEM for this program. Dr. Roberts is a co-editor with Robert E. Reber of A Lifelong Call to Learn: Approaches to Continuing Education for Church Leaders and a member of the research team doing a comparative study of the peer learning components in the Sustaining Pastoral Excellence Program, a national initiative of the Lilly Endowment, Inc. If you are interested in this program, please contact HiRho Park at eoneal@gbhem.org Policies and GuidelinesAn educated and learned clergy is necessary for growth in our church. The GBHEM Strategic Plan includes intellectual excellence as part of our core values. More Standards for Use of CEUsEducation has been characteristic of the Methodist movement form the beginning and continues to be vital for effective ministry More The Landscape of Continuing Education in The United Methodist ChurchThe General Board of Higher Education and Ministry express our gratitude for your participation in the January 2007 survey, The Landscape of the United Methodist Continuing Education. The research was conducted by Jennifer Phillips, Coordinator for Continuing Education and Academic Outreach at Drew University Theological School with collaboration of steering committee members. Please take a few minutes to review the results of the survey. Please use this PowerPoint presentation (230KB) for your annual conferences and constituencies as a discussion tool. Annual Conference Continuing EducatorsView a list of endorsed continuing educators by annual conference. Seminaries and Independent Centers of Continuing EducationView a list of endorsed continuing educators by seminary or independent center affiliation. More Recommended ReadingA list of materials to help you in your journey of continuing education and spiritual formation. More |
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- Administering God’s Grace
- When I accepted the invitation to accompany other Georgia Harkness Scholars to Honduras, I was grateful, but somewhat anxious about what I would encounter. My experience in Honduras revealed more to me than I ever expected. I not only returned from the experience with a stamp in my passport, my experience in Honduras became a turning point in how I viewed the church.
- Conversations with Honduran Clergywomen Transformative
- Writing this reflection paper has been a “sweet burden.” I have been moved and transformed by this experience. I expected to find poverty – and I did; I expected to find resilience - and I did; but I found more people who possessed richness in faith, love, and endurance.
- Great Things Happen When We Cross to the Other Side Under God’s Command
- As I write this theological reflection one month after returning from Honduras, I am amazed by the prevalence of water imagery – both physical and biblical. Honduras is a country rich in natural resources and yet water is in short supply, especially for those living in in impoverished areas, served by our new Honduran clergy and lay friends.
- Hope in a Barren Land
- Since I accepted my call into ministry, I have intentionally been focused on the spiritual and emotional well being of young people; specifically young women. During a recent trip to Honduras as a member of the Georgia Harkness Scholars Program, it became apparent to me that the lens through which I was focused needed to be expanded beyond the comfort of the United States borders.
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- Reflection on Georgia Harkness Immersion Trip to Honduras
- Most experiences in my life lead to further questions rather than answers. In fact, I am coming to believe that the pursuit of questions makes more sense than the pursuit of answers. Answers signify an end – to discussion, to the journey, to life. Questions lead us to exploration. Perhaps that is why Jesus so often responded to people with questions of his own.
- Only True Way to Accept Holy Communion is with Gratitude
- The Fuerzas Unidas church is located in one of the poorest neighborhoods of Tegucigalpa. It is one of several small United Methodist churches in the Honduras mission. Sandra Carcamo has been pastoring the Fuerzas Unidas (“United Forces”) congregation for about 10 years. She has received numerous death threats and the church has been broken into at least three times.
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