Pastoral Excellence

Communities of Practice are offered to gather authorized ministers into small groups of care, spiritual nurture and professional development.

Communities of Practice are:

• Led by trained Facilitators, usually colleagues who receive training and financial support in their role as they are charged with keeping the groups calendar, lifting up the mutually created covenant, providing hospitality and worship for the group, and facilitating conversation.
• Gathering monthly for 2 hours according to a schedule determined by the group. The group also determines whether it will gather in person or electronically.
• Ranging from five to ten participants
• Focusing on support and mutually identified topics of interest

Join a Community of Practice to:

• Be fed spiritually and learn from colleagues
• Share information and insight around case studies or situations in your own setting
• Explore ideas and reflect on common issues in ministry
• Develop a sense of connection, collegiality and covenant
• Ponder new practices and approaches to ministry and congregational life
• Provide spiritual discernment and prayerful support to one another

To register, please read the Community of Practice policy and complete the form below.

Participation fee is $200 per program year. Participants will receive an invoice. Scholarships are available.

The Communities of Practice in our Pastoral Excellence Program provide opportunities that meet the following expectations as stated in the Manual on Ministry: “to provide support for the authorized minister, to encourage ministers’ personal and vocational development, and to provide an occasion for reflection and feedback on the practice of ministry.”

Please Register here: