Boundary Training
We are created in and for relationships. Life-enriching relationships, whether with intimate partners, family, friends, colleagues or parishioners, require healthy boundaries. This workshop explores the meaning and practice of healthy boundaries in the context of ministry. It will also identify the signs, dangers, and preventions of boundary violations, including those in today’s social media. The workshop begins with an assumption that the complexity of relational dynamics in the congregation is one of its greatest possibilities and its greatest challenges for ministry.
Clergy with active ministerial standing in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) must participate in such a boundary training session every three years. The registration fee for Mid-America in-person sessions includes lunch and all distributed materials.
Any alternatives to what the Mid-America Region lists for Boundaries Training (BT) and Anti-Racism/Pro-Reconciliation (ARPR) Training must receive advance approval for guarantee that the credits will be honored based on Regional training expectations. Contact the Springfield office with questions.
In-Person courses
Saturday, January 11, 2025. We've partnered with the Illinois/Wisconsin Region and invite Mid-America clergy to the newly scheduled "Choices for Abundant Living: An Ethical Boundaries Training Event". This is an introductory level session. The cost is $40 and the location is FCC in Quincy, IL, just a short drive across the river from Hannibal, Palmyra, or Canton. Learn more & register>
Online Courses
Understanding Clergy Sexual Ethics, via the Lewis Center for Church Leadership. This is an introductory level course with no prerequisites.
Maintaining Boundaries in a Digital Age, via the Lewis Center for Church Leadership. This is a second level course. Participants must have attended either the LCCL Understanding Clergy Sexual Ethics class, or another qualifying introductory level session, prior to enrollment.
Each of these LCCL courses takes approximately 8-10 hours to complete. Participants can begin any time and then have up to 60 days to complete.