Featured Webinars & Seminars
Highlighted webinars are listed roughly from most immediate to furthest out:
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THE PRAXIS OF LOVE: A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ON ALL ABOUT LOVE: NEW VISIONS, BY BELL HOOKS
Join the Leadership Center for Social Justice for a special event highlighting the significance of love as a revolutionary praxis. In honor of the first anniversary of bell hooks’ death (Gloria Watkins, 1052-2021), and in celebration of her life and legacy, you are invited to engage in a community discussion focused on one of her classic texts, All About Love: New Visions.
The event will feature a panel conversation followed by small group discussions, as we reflect on the power of love in the practice of social justice.
Attend in-person at United’s campus or via livestream.
Learn more and register here.
December 1, 2022; 6:30 PM CT
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RURAL INNOVATIONS TWO-PART WEBINAR SERIES
Session 1: Giving Birth to Raise the Dead: Black Mold, the Gift of Desperation, and Rural Innovation
Hear from rural pastors, Rev. Michael Beck and Rev. Tyler Kleeberger on how innovation unfolded in their unique rural contexts – what they learned from their failures… and what you can build on in yours.
Session 2: Growing Thorn Bushes in the Wild: Rural Innovation in the 21st Century
What can and should rural churches look like in this unprecedented time of innovation – and how can you go there with yours?
Learn more and register here.
December 6 & 8, 2022; 5:30-7:00 PM CT
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BECOME A TIME BOSS – FOR CHURCH LEADERS
Make space for SELF-CARE –
while challenging CULTURAL NORMS –
and creating GRACIOUS BOUNDARIES
Join Rev. Nicole Havelka, a leadership coach and mindful meditation teacher, in a workshop that will help you step back, name your self-care needs and priorities, empower you to manage your time for work-life balance, and introduce you to mindfulness practices that will sustain you through stress-filled times and spark transformation.
Learn more here.
Register here to receive the zoom link.
Members: freewill donation
Non-member fee: $25
January 10, 2023; 2:00-3:30 PM CT
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2023 FORMA ANNUAL CONFERENCE: CALLED TO COVENANT
Forma’s annual conference is an opportunity to connect with other leaders, find support, and grow. This three-day event will invite formation leaders to explore the call of Micah 6:8, to ‘do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God’ with engaging worship, four plenary speakers, 29 workshop options, a networking lunch, and a hybrid format so people can participate in-person or remotely.
Learn more, including the full schedule for both online and in-person participation, and register here.
January 17-19, 2023
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DISCERNING WHITENESS: THE UNACKNOWLEDGED BARRIER
Join Antiracism Study Dialogue Circles (ASDIC) and The Leadership Center for Social Justice for two clergy-specific trainings on Discerning Whiteness: The Unacknowledged Barrier.
Each three hour session will take place over Zoom so participants can engage from anywhere. The sessions count toward 6 Continuing Education hours for clergy members.
Learn more and register here.
Thursdays, January 19 & February 2, 2023; 9:00 AM – 12:00/Noon
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WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF SPIRITUALITY?
An imaginal workshop for denominational leaders wrestling with the biggest questions of our time.
The global pandemic has fundamentally changed our future. It created deep shifts in our institutions. It invited new questions of spirituality and faith. It opened new possibilities for how humanity might thrive in partnership with the earth.
While these past many months have been disorienting and painful, they have also been an invitation to rethink the future we want to build together. At the heart of that invitation is, ‘What kind of spirituality do we wish to shape?” What is the future of faith?
We get to decide the answer to that question.
Join Rev. Cameron Trimble and Wise Woman Warrior Meryl Marshall Daniels for this Futures Literacy Lab.
February 1, 2023; 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM CT
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2023 FESTIVAL OF HOMILETICS: PREACHING HOPE FOR A WEARY WORLD
We believe in a hope that defies all odds. A hope that speak of new life amidst death. A hope that reaches for justice amid inequity. A hope that knows the promise of God’s righteousness amid fear and despair.
The Festival of Homiletics 2023 will inspire us to a renewed sense of our radical calling.
Our weary world needs us, preachers. Hope wins.
Come renew, refresh, and recharge your spirit!
In-person (Minneapolis, MN) or Digital Access
Learn more and register here.
May 15-18, 2023
A “blue whirl” is a newly-discovered phenomenon in which four separate types of flame combine into a blue fire-tornado that burns without soot: a tool researchers hope will lead to more environmentally friendly oil-spill clean-ups and perhaps cleaner energy.
We curate Blue Whirl Webinars from opportunities around the region and across the country to support leaders and congregations – in all areas of ministry – bringing together presenters, leaders, colleagues, and the Holy Spirit: four flames combining to “clean-up” tired ministries and energize leaders and communities for new life – hopefully without leaving any environmental hazards in our wake!
Get inspired, learn something new, explore others’ innovations, grow and develop as an individual and/or as a congregation.
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