Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process (Group B: Part 2 of 3)

Lombard Mennonite Peace Center will host its Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process over this coming fall, winter, and spring.
The Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process is designed to enhance the ability of participants to function as self-differentiated leaders within their own ministry setting. It will provide a safe forum for processing challenging situations in one’s ministry, while also facilitating reflection on a way of thinking about the human condition which has implications for all aspects of life.
Since the publication of Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue by Dr. Edwin Friedman, pastors and other clergy have recognized the importance of understanding Bowen family systems theory as it relates to congregational systems.
Dr. Murray Bowen understood families as emotional systems impacted by two key factors: the level of anxiety within the system and the level of differentiation of family members. As a student of Bowen, Dr. Edwin Friedman saw the relevance of Bowen’s ideas for religious congregations and their leaders.
With today’s rising level of anxiety in society and its resulting impact on families, there is little doubt that such anxiety will impact the church with increasing intensity in the years ahead. The resulting elevation of pressures within congregations and the increasing demands which that places on clergy make it imperative that leaders step back occasionally from the fray to assess their own capacity for managing themselves in a calmer, more differentiated way.
Schedule
The Clergy Clinic meets three times each year for three successive days each time for a total of nine days.
Group B meets:
November 5-7, 2018
February 25-27, 2019
May 6-8, 2019
Monday: 11/5, 2/25, 5/6
1:00 p.m. Faculty Input
5:30 p.m. Supper (provided on site)
6:30 p.m. Faculty Input
8:00 p.m. Adjournment
Tuesdays: 11/6, 2/26, 5/7
9:00 a.m. Input: Bowen Family Systems Theory
12:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m. Family of Origin Groups
5:00 p.m. Adjournment
Wednesdays: 11/7, 2/27, 5/8
9:00 a.m. Input: Emotional Process and Congregational Systems
12:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:15 p.m. Congregational Case Study Groups
4:30 p.m. Conclusion
Location
First Church of Lombard, UCC
220 South Main Street  Lombard, Illinois
Lombard is in the western suburbs of Chicago, approximately 30-45 minutes by car from both O’Hare and Midway airports.
Tuition
Tuition is $975 for the entire series for registrations received prior to September 17, 2018. The fee is $1,175 for registrations received after that date. Cancellation Policy: All refunds subject to approval. Please contact LMPC at 630-627-0507.