Key Details

9:30 am October 24th -
12:00 pm October 25th

at Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Centre

(A) $540 for single room for 2 nights; TTTT

(B) $400 for a single room for 1 night; T TTTTTTTTT

(A) and (B) include accommodation,
all meals, program costs and a
$50.00 non-refundable deposit.

Accommodation is hotel style. Room details and further information is available at the hotel website.

Full payment is due by October 15th, 2012. This is also the last day for full reimbursement less the deposit should you have to cancel.

Printable registration form is available here.

To mail it to Rick at our address or to register by phone go here.

Please make cheques out to The Centre for Clergy Care and Congregational Health.

Secure online registration is now available here.

Once registered, you can pay securely online by clicking here:

DUE TO POPULARITY, REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 22nd, 2012!

Comments from previous participants:

"(This) special time apart is an opportunity to have time to think, imagine, clarify – with input from experienced leaders and other clergy families."

"This was a well-rounded program. There was a good balance to the content and the participants’ contributions were really helpful."

"most clergy I know are not prepared for the non-financial aspects of retirement – they really need this seminar"

"I’d encourage people to come as couples, even when one of them is not in ministry."

A Way Forward For the Small Church 2012

Wednesday, October 24th - Thursday, October 25th, 2012

at Holiday Inn Hotel & Conference Centre

437 Prince Street Truro, Nova Scotia B2N 1E6

Co-facilitated by The Rev. Dr. Todd McDonald and The Rev. Dr. Andrew Irvine

In the Canadian context, many congregations are experiencing the shift of the culture away from church attendance.

In this time when the church has been marginalized in their own communities, what is the congregation's future in this new reality? What is God's new future for them? In the life cycle of a congregation marked by fewer numbers and rising anxiety, what is God's new identity for a congregation which leads to a renewed sense of purpose?

This workshop seeks to teach congregational leaders a way of discerning its future identity and mission. We will talk about what has happened in recent times to the place of the small church in its community.

Next, the workshop will introduce ways of discerning a communal identity for the small church and how a new sense of identity leads to renewed purpose and mission.

Finally, we will work on how to take back learning to congregations and integrate into the local context.

Join us and build supportive relationships, experience a diverse learning community and be rejuvenated!

Andrew has taught in the area of rural and small church at such seminaries as Acadia, Tyndale, Queen’s and Knox College. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Clergy Care and Congregational Health and on the faculty of Knox College, Toronto.

Todd is a recent graduate from the Doctor of Ministry program. His thesis centered on a small rural church which was discerning its future mission together as a faith community. Todd has served in out port Newfoundland, rural and suburban Ontario. Currently he is a Conference Personnel Minister with Toronto Conference, United Church of Canada.