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Featured Webinars & Seminars

Highlighted webinars are listed roughly from most immediate to furthest out:

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DESIGNING FAITH FORMATION PROGRAMMING WITH LIFELONG FAITH

Lifelong Faith Clinics will guide your team in designing faith formation programming. The Clinics are not webinars, but two-session, online, design labs for creating programming that addresses peoples’ needs using the most effective skills, tools, and processes.

Session One presents key principles and practices; the intervening week is time to design your program; Session Two provides feedback and guidance for your design.

Registration is limited to 20 congregations. Find the overview for each clinic here.

Clinics include:

Moving from Design to Implementing New Projects

Wednesdays, May 18 & 25; 12:00 PM CT

Register here.

Designing Faith Formation with Adolescents

Thursdays, May 26 & June 2; 12:00 PM CT

Register here.

Designing Playlists for Faith Formation

Wednesdays, June 8 & 15; 12:00 PM CT

Register here.

Designing Intergenerational Faith Formation

Fridays, June 10 & 17; 12:00 PM CT

Register here.

Designing Faith Formation with Adults

Tuesdays June 14 & 21; 12:00 PM CT

Register here.

Designing Faith Formation with Children

Thursdays, June 16 & 23; 12:00 PM CT

Register here.

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ECO PREACHER WORKSHOP

Knowing the importance of ecological preaching, the BTS Center is pleased to partner with Rev. Dr. Leah D. Schade and Rabbi Yonatan Neril for an Eco Preacher Workshop in which participants will gain tools to become “EcoPreachers” in their contexts.

Learn more and register here.

Thursday, May 19, 2022; 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM CT

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A NEW TURN – HYBRID FAITH FORMATION

This two-day virtual conference from AUCE will consider what hybrid faith formation is; how to engage it in healthy, sustainable ways; how to bring creativity into the mix to extend reach; and how to care for the self as you lead through times of transition.

Join faith formation colleagues from across the country to learn, connect, worship, and renew.

Learn more and register here.

June 8 & 9, 2022; 11:00 AM – 8:30 PM CT

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LIVING THE QUESTIONS – BETHEL UNIVERSITY YOUTH THEOLOGY INSTITUTE

Youth are invited to dialogue and reflect on life’s three big questions: identity, belonging, and purpose (including the role media plays in all three), through workshops with Bethel faculty; service-learning opportunities; small group discussions and new friendships.

Learn more and register here.

June 19-25, 2022

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DIGITAL MINISTRY SUMMIT

In this five-day summit, learn from 20 leading digital ministry experts and explore new possibilities for digital ministry, hybrid worship, and online church in your context.

Daily participation is free; $149 grants congregational lifetime access.

Learn more and register here.

June 27-July 1, 2022

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SCATTER THE IMAGINATION OF OUR HEARTS

The 2022 Conference for Worship, Theology, and the Arts invites you to join in imagining what it means to be the people God has called in the church, scattered in service throughout the world. Featuring theologians & preachers Willie James Jennings & Enjoy Mary Kim and musicians including Anton Armstrong, Tesfa Wondemagegnehu, and Jill Mahr.

Learn more and register here.

St Olaf College, Northfield, MN

July 25-28, 2022

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(POSTPONED) FACING HUMANITY’S SHADOW AND AWAKENING THE MYSTIC AND PROPHET IN ALL OF US

Join this two-hour online event to hear Rev. Dr. Barbara Holmes (former president of United Theological Seminary and current Center for Action and Contemplation teacher) and Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox (spiritual theological, Episcopal priest, & activist for gender and eco-justice) guide participants into the call of a new consciousness creating a new world in the face of deep crisis.

Learn more and register here.

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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  • Six New Things
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  • Midweek Retreat

Learn More

Have something you’d like to discuss? Need to check out resources? Share questions, interests and ideas with The Ministry Lab’s Executive Director, Rev. Emily Meyer, visit our FAQ page, or search our site.

Co-Lab Feedback Loops

The Ministry Lab’s Co-Lab Feedback Loops are cohorts in which leaders exchange ideas and resources to multiply and amplify one another’s positive experimentations and explorations.

A positive feedback loop, biologically speaking, is when the end product of an action causes more of that action to occur. A negative feedback loop “reduces the stimulus of that process”. But just as too much negativity will stifle health and growth, too much of a “good thing” can pull an organism or ecosystem away from homeostasis, and the imbalance can lead to illness or death.

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Our Spring/Summer 2021 Loop is launching!!

Each gathering will consist of:

  • a contemplative moment
  • reflection time
  • partnered discussion
  • large group inspirations and encouragement
  • resourcing for the road (specific items to “take” with you)

Our Spring/Summer 2021 Co-Lab Feedback Loop is geared toward progressive congregational leaders as we emerge from Covid-19 precautions. This cohort group is a sharing ground for innovative and transformational approaches to community building and congregational life, resourcing for meeting challenges, and mutual support and affirmation.

Our Spring/Summer 2021 Loop will meet on the second Tuesday of each month, April through July, from 2:00-3:30 PM CST.

  • April 13: Summer Plans
  • May 11: Hybrid Worship
  • June 8: Outreach and Service
  • July 13: Planning for Fall

Co-Lab Feedback Loops are free for Ministry Lab judicatory members.

Non-members may opt for the $25/four session fee; or can become subscribing members.

Register here to receive the zoom link.

Join Us!

Sign up to receive our regular posts, event reminders, or to participate in any of our regularly-meeting groups, including:

  • Daily Breath
  • Six New Things
  • Blue Whirl Webinars
  • Co-Lab Feedback Loops
  • Midweek Retreat
  • Spiritual Direction Group

Learn More

Have something you’d like to discuss? Need to check out resources? Share questions, interests and ideas with The Ministry Lab’s Executive Director, Rev. Emily Meyer, visit our FAQ page, or search our site.

Co-Lab Feedback Loops

The Ministry Lab’s Co-Lab Feedback Loops are cohorts in which leaders exchange ideas and resources to multiply and amplify one another’s positive experimentations and explorations.

A positive feedback loop, biologically speaking, is when the end product of an action causes more of that action to occur. A negative feedback loop “reduces the stimulus of that process”. But just as too much negativity will stifle health and growth, too much of a “good thing” can pull an organism or ecosystem away from homeostasis, and the imbalance can lead to illness or death.

~~~

Our Spring/Summer 2021 Loop is launching!!

Each gathering will consist of:

  • a contemplative moment
  • reflection time
  • partnered discussion
  • large group inspirations and encouragement
  • resourcing for the road (specific items to “take” with you)

Our Spring/Summer 2021 Co-Lab Feedback Loop is geared toward progressive congregational leaders as we emerge from Covid-19 precautions. This cohort group is a sharing ground for innovative and transformational approaches to community building and congregational life, resourcing for meeting challenges, and mutual support and affirmation.

Our Spring/Summer 2021 Loop will meet on the second Tuesday of each month, April through July, from 2:00-3:30 PM CST.

  • April 13: Summer Plans
  • May 11: Hybrid Worship
  • June 8: Outreach and Service
  • July 13: Planning for Fall

Co-Lab Feedback Loops are free for Ministry Lab judicatory members.

Non-members may opt for the $25/four session fee; or can become subscribing members.

Register here to receive the zoom link.

Join Us!

Sign up to receive our regular posts, event reminders, or to participate in any of our regularly-meeting groups, including:

  • Daily Breath
  • Six New Things
  • Blue Whirl Webinars
  • Co-Lab Feedback Loops
  • Midweek Retreat
  • Spiritual Direction Group

Learn More

Have something you’d like to discuss? Need to check out resources? Share questions, interests and ideas with The Ministry Lab’s Executive Director, Rev. Emily Meyer, visit our FAQ page, or search our site.

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