Ending with Grace - Spring '25
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This is online with live sessions
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Contributors
Gail Cafferata, Erin Power,
Peter Soli -
For both clergy and lay faith leaders
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Video time: 7+ hours
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Rich discussions and case studies
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Earn 2.4 Continuing Education Units (CEU's)
Course overview
Learn from pastors and judicatory leaders who have walked with congregations as they end their ministry.
After completing the course, you will:
After completing the course, you will:
- Understand strategies and rules for meaningful and legal closing.
- Learn how theologies of place and journey affect closure.
- Know how conflict and respect shape a closing.
- Discover how closing a church can be either a Good Friday or an Easter experience.
2.4 CEU Certificate
Walking with a congregation as it closes its doors is a unique experience layered with grief, legal and practical issues, sometimes conflict, and the question, "Where is God in the closing of a congregation?" This course draws on the experience of:
- Gail Cafferata – Priest, sociologist, and author
- Deacon Erin Power – Director of Evangelical Mission, ELCA
- Peter Soli – Director of Dialog Works
- Pastors who have prepared case studies based on their walk with congregations that have closed.
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