Key Details

Wed Sept 25th at 1:30 pm - Friday Sept 27th at 4:30 pm

Crieff Hills Community
Puslinch, Ontario

Cost

2 night single - $425

Includes accommodation Wed-Thurs nights; all meals from Wed supper-Fri lunch, and a $50 non-refundable deposit.

2 night shared - $375

Includes accommodation Wed-Thurs nights; all meals from Wed supper-Fri lunch, and a $50 non-refundable deposit.

Commuter - $275

Includes lunch & supper Wed-Thurs; lunch-Fri and a $50.00
non-refundable deposit.

Full payment is due by Sept 18th, 2013. This is also the last day for a full refund, 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.

Secure online registration is available here.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE
SEPT 11th, 2013!

The Centre for Clergy Care and Congregational Health
is thrilled to offer...

Take Care 2013: Mid-Career Stretch

1:30 pm Wednesday Sept 25th - 4:30 pm Friday Sept 27th, 2013

at Crieff Hills Community

7098 Concession 1, R.R.#2, Puslinch ON N0B 2J0

Facilitated by our Centre Director the Rev. Andrew Irvine, PhD

We all need time - time to dream dreams and have renewed vision. When was the last time you had opportunity to dream and imagine what could be?

Research has shown that as clergy approach the decade mark in their ministry, a time of reflection and refocus is often needed. The sparks of newness have faded and the finish line seems far off. Issues of mid-life begin to creep in.

The Centre offers this event for ordered clergy and diaconal ministers, and designated lay ministers in their 8th, 9th or 10th year of pastoral ministry or in the midst of their mid-life years.

Come and experience time with colleagues, consider your journey and equip yourself to continue with renewed vitality and self-awareness!

Andrew Irvine is the Director of the Centre for Clergy Care and Congregational Health. Andrew also teaches Pastoral Theology at Knox College.

Andrew’s interests include issues of leadership and pastoral ministry, the well-being of clergy, congregational studies and small church ministry.

Comments from past Take Care participants:

“Thank you for telling us that we matter! For reminding us that the Church was here before, will probably be here after, and that we have a stewardship/a responsibility to care for ourselves.”

"It helped me to see the persona we take on as ministers, and that we need places to let them down and be ourselves. We need to build in time to be intimate with God, with self and with others."

"Rediscerning the call with the Biblical story – this gave me a lot of peace! Talking to colleagues – knowing that their insecurities are the same – or that they even have problems I don’t was helpful!"

The centre is generously sponsored by Knox College, denominational offices of The Presbyterian Church in Canada and The United Church of Canada, and the Beatty Ryckman Trust.