{"id":11806,"date":"2016-08-19T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=11806"},"modified":"2018-11-03T20:27:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:27:26","slug":"ventures-webinar-trains-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2016\/ventures-webinar-trains-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventures Webinar Will Train Leaders for Congregational Ethics Self-Study"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"A Ventures online course is planned to aid congregations in training leaders to help them study the Congregational Ethics document adopted recently by Annual Conference. Ventures is a ministry training initiative hosted at McPherson (Kan.) College.<\/p>\n

The online course, \u201cCongregational Ethics: Patterns of Healthy Communities,\u201d will be held onf Saturday, Sept. 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon (central time). The leader for the course is Joshua Brockway, director of spiritual life and discipleship for the Church of the Brethren and the Congregational Life Ministries staff member who worked most closely with the congregational ethics document.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll congregations are being asked to study the Congregational Ethics paper passed at last year\u2019s Annual Conference,\u201d noted an announcement that identified the Ventures course as a way for congregation to develop leadership for their own study processes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this webinar we will explore the vision for vital congregations,\u201d said Brockway. \u201cWe will look briefly at the structure of the polity, and then explore the Code of Ethics through a number of case and Bible studies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Go to www.mcpherson.edu\/ventures<\/a> to find more information and to register for the course. There is no charge for the course, but a $15 donation is welcomed. Continuing education credit is available for ministers at the cost of $10.<\/em><\/p>\n

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