Intensive Care Course Catalog

Intensive Care Course Catalog
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Title:  "Incline My Heart: A Spiritual Oasis"

Leaders: Bill and Carolyn Kees
Description:    “Be still, and know that I am God! (Psalm 46:10a). “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.” (Romans 8: 26).

St Augustine wrote "God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you." (4^th century).

“The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything. God is the ground, the substance, the teaching, the teacher, the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.” Julian of Norwich (14^th century).

Lancelot Andrewes shared these words in the 16^th century poem “Open thou my eyes… incline my heart O God, and I shall desire.”

During this intensive we will journey with scripture and with the wisdom of persons through the ages who embraced a contemplative life. In honest reflection, we may note that our busyness exacerbates our longing for God and our “on the go” prayer life does not satisfy.

We will experience individual and community spiritual prayer practices (some familiar and others new) to offer opportunities to expand the ways we might grow in an intentional awareness of God’s presence and God’s working in our lives.

Title:   Multicultural Competencies

Leaders: Veronica Britto, Aaron Tidwell and other members of the Nework's Vision 2.0 Team.
Description:   To make sure that everyone is not only present at the table, but can also participate fully, we need to be what we call “culturally competent.” Cultural competency is the ability to understand another culture well enough to be able to communicate and work with people from that culture. Multicultural competence is fluency in more than one culture, in whichever cultures are part of your surroundings.

Learning to be sensitive to the cultural expressions of others is not difficult, but does require time and energy.

During this course we will explore real world situations and learn to observe, empathize, and appreciate other people’s ways of doing things to become culturally competent. Even beginning levels of such competency open doors to understanding different perspectives.

This course will include:

1. Multimedia Presentations
2. Group Discussions
3. Interactive engagement (hands on play)
4. Leaving the Oasis (field trip into the city)

Title:   "The Sojourning Project: Training for Short-Term Mission Trips"

Leaders: Rozella Poston & ELCA Staff
Description:
"The Ministry of traveling is a pilgrimage. It is a journey of people going together to Jerusalem. It is a way that goes on foot, alone, in company, in tents, for peace, for justice, by grace. Through faith. This journey is open to you. Love and wonder and praise is our reason to go." - Adapted from a quote by Herb Brokering

The Sojourning Project was born out of a desire to live faithfully into the calling to walk alongside brothers and sisters in local and global communities. This project seeks to equip, network, and support those who lead short term mission trips with the purpose of discovering best practices - ways of engaging that honor host communities and ways of being that challenge travelers to think beyond the trip experience to discover new ways of living faithfully in the world. During this course, participants who serve as trip leaders will be asked to think critically about the "why" of short term mission trips and will explore six key areas that serve as foundational elements of planning these trips:

From Trip to Pilgrimage: A Theology of Accompaniment

Sustainable Mission

Service Learning

Intercultural Competence

Advocacy

Evaluation, Reflection and Discernment

The goal of this course is to help change ways of thinking about short term mission from merely a one-time trip or travel experience to a life-time pilgrimage.

Title:   "Belonging, Behaving & Believing: Undestanding how we "Go, make disciples" with Children and Families"

Leader: Marilyn Sharpe
Description:    What can congregations do to make disciples of our young children? We baptize them. We offer Sunday school and VBS. But kids aren’t regular attenders. They seem bored They aren’t with us in worship. Discipleship seems to have been watered down to learning a few Bible stories and being in the Christmas pageant. Was this really what Jesus intended, when he told us to “Go, make disciples.”

Join Marilyn Sharpe, woman with a passion for faith formation in all God’s children, to explore strategies for making disciples of children from birth to 12, by helping them

Belong - Embed them in relationships with all generations; offer real ways to serve; connect them in ongoing, life-giving relationships. Build the foundation they need.

Behave - NOT about running in the hall or making noise in worship, this happens when adults and older youth model how we “love one another as you have been loved.”

Believing - Now, and only now, are children ready to care about what we believe. Help them learn about and experience Jesus in a multitude of ways.

Return home, equipped to “Go, make disciples” of all God’s children.

Title:   "Counseling and Caring Skills for New and Experienced Youthworkers"

Leader: Dennis "Tiger" McLuen
Description:    We live in a fallen world and our teens are hurting. This intensive will give you tools, information and strategies to increase your counseling and caring skills. We will prepare you to care for teens dealing with a wide variety of adolescent issues while avoiding common counseling danger areas.
We will give you helpful, concrete tools to improve your focus, your effectiveness and your confidence in care giving. Youth ministry constantly requires you to be in the middle of crisis issues and it takes more than good intentions. This is where you can powerfully communicate God’s love and grace if you know how to respond. This class is an excellent resource for every adult who truly wants to love and care for teenagers. Crisis can happen any time. Don’t be caught unprepared - your students are counting on you.

Title:   "Power, Politics and Partnership"

Leader: Lorna Rickard
Description: As a youth minister, you have to thrive in many environments. You need to be insightful, dynamic and playful, yet firm, with the youth entrusted to your care; diplomatic and straightforward with parents; persuasive and powerful with your pastor; clear and strong with the church council and other committees with whom you interact. And, you have to do all this in a way that keeps these divergent constituencies – sometimes with very different agendas – moving forward in a direction that supports your work.

This dynamic, invigorating, and enlightening workshop will provide insight into each of these worlds through the lens of human systems theory. As well, we’ll identify and practice using strategies that will improve your interactions and help you create collaboration within your parish. Hands-on exercises, in-class coaching, and peer discussion will reinforce your learning.

Due to the highly interactive nature of this course, registration will be limited to 50 participants.

	Title: "Incline My Heart: A Spiritual Oasis" Leaders: Bill and Carolyn Kees Description: “Be still, and know that I am God! (Psalm 46:10a). “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.” (Romans 8: 26). St Augustine wrote "God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you." (4^th century). “The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything. God is the ground, the substance, the teaching, the teacher, the purpose, and the reward for which every soul labors.” Julian of Norwich (14^th century). Lancelot Andrewes shared these words in the 16^th century poem “Open thou my eyes… incline my heart O God, and I shall desire.” During this intensive we will journey with scripture and with the wisdom of persons through the ages who embraced a contemplative life. In honest reflection, we may note that our busyness exacerbates our longing for God and our “on the go” prayer life does not satisfy. We will experience individual and community spiritual prayer practices (some familiar and others new) to offer opportunities to expand the ways we might grow in an intentional awareness of God’s presence and God’s working in our lives.

	Title: Multicultural Competencies Leaders: Veronica Britto, Aaron Tidwell and other members of the Nework's Vision 2.0 Team. Description: To make sure that everyone is not only present at the table, but can also participate fully, we need to be what we call “culturally competent.” Cultural competency is the ability to understand another culture well enough to be able to communicate and work with people from that culture. Multicultural competence is fluency in more than one culture, in whichever cultures are part of your surroundings. Learning to be sensitive to the cultural expressions of others is not difficult, but does require time and energy. During this course we will explore real world situations and learn to observe, empathize, and appreciate other people’s ways of doing things to become culturally competent. Even beginning levels of such competency open doors to understanding different perspectives. This course will include: 1. Multimedia Presentations 2. Group Discussions 3. Interactive engagement (hands on play) 4. Leaving the Oasis (field trip into the city)

	Title: "The Sojourning Project: Training for Short-Term Mission Trips" Leaders: Rozella Poston & ELCA Staff Description: "The Ministry of traveling is a pilgrimage. It is a journey of people going together to Jerusalem. It is a way that goes on foot, alone, in company, in tents, for peace, for justice, by grace. Through faith. This journey is open to you. Love and wonder and praise is our reason to go." - Adapted from a quote by Herb Brokering The Sojourning Project was born out of a desire to live faithfully into the calling to walk alongside brothers and sisters in local and global communities. This project seeks to equip, network, and support those who lead short term mission trips with the purpose of discovering best practices - ways of engaging that honor host communities and ways of being that challenge travelers to think beyond the trip experience to discover new ways of living faithfully in the world. During this course, participants who serve as trip leaders will be asked to think critically about the "why" of short term mission trips and will explore six key areas that serve as foundational elements of planning these trips: From Trip to Pilgrimage: A Theology of Accompaniment Sustainable Mission Service Learning Intercultural Competence Advocacy Evaluation, Reflection and Discernment The goal of this course is to help change ways of thinking about short term mission from merely a one-time trip or travel experience to a life-time pilgrimage.

	Title: "Belonging, Behaving & Believing: Undestanding how we "Go, make disciples" with Children and Families" Leader: Marilyn Sharpe Description: What can congregations do to make disciples of our young children? We baptize them. We offer Sunday school and VBS. But kids aren’t regular attenders. They seem bored They aren’t with us in worship. Discipleship seems to have been watered down to learning a few Bible stories and being in the Christmas pageant. Was this really what Jesus intended, when he told us to “Go, make disciples.” Join Marilyn Sharpe, woman with a passion for faith formation in all God’s children, to explore strategies for making disciples of children from birth to 12, by helping them Belong - Embed them in relationships with all generations; offer real ways to serve; connect them in ongoing, life-giving relationships. Build the foundation they need. Behave - NOT about running in the hall or making noise in worship, this happens when adults and older youth model how we “love one another as you have been loved.” Believing - Now, and only now, are children ready to care about what we believe. Help them learn about and experience Jesus in a multitude of ways. Return home, equipped to “Go, make disciples” of all God’s children.

	Title: "Counseling and Caring Skills for New and Experienced Youthworkers" Leader: Dennis "Tiger" McLuen Description: We live in a fallen world and our teens are hurting. This intensive will give you tools, information and strategies to increase your counseling and caring skills. We will prepare you to care for teens dealing with a wide variety of adolescent issues while avoiding common counseling danger areas. We will give you helpful, concrete tools to improve your focus, your effectiveness and your confidence in care giving. Youth ministry constantly requires you to be in the middle of crisis issues and it takes more than good intentions. This is where you can powerfully communicate God’s love and grace if you know how to respond. This class is an excellent resource for every adult who truly wants to love and care for teenagers. Crisis can happen any time. Don’t be caught unprepared - your students are counting on you.

	Title: "Power, Politics and Partnership" Leader: Lorna Rickard Description: As a youth minister, you have to thrive in many environments. You need to be insightful, dynamic and playful, yet firm, with the youth entrusted to your care; diplomatic and straightforward with parents; persuasive and powerful with your pastor; clear and strong with the church council and other committees with whom you interact. And, you have to do all this in a way that keeps these divergent constituencies – sometimes with very different agendas – moving forward in a direction that supports your work. This dynamic, invigorating, and enlightening workshop will provide insight into each of these worlds through the lens of human systems theory. As well, we’ll identify and practice using strategies that will improve your interactions and help you create collaboration within your parish. Hands-on exercises, in-class coaching, and peer discussion will reinforce your learning. Due to the highly interactive nature of this course, registration will be limited to 50 participants.