{"id":21956,"date":"2023-06-16T21:35:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T21:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=21956"},"modified":"2023-06-16T21:36:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T21:36:15","slug":"new-book-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2023\/new-book-study\/","title":{"rendered":"New book study offered by Part-time Pastor, Full-time Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beginning on July 11, Part-time Pastor, Full-time Church \u201ccircuit rider\u201d John Fillmore will be facilitating a 10-week discussion on Peter Steinke\u2019s book, <em>How Your 21st Century Church Family Works<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In spite of their diversity, when people gather together they often interact in predictable ways; the congregational family can behave like a biological family. Using the insightful perspectives of Family Systems Theory, Steinke offers a helpful road map to navigate some of the complex actions and reactions that occur in a congregational system. His book explores the landscape of emotional relationships within the church.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/part-time-pastor-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18829\" width=\"402\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/part-time-pastor-logo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/part-time-pastor-logo-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/part-time-pastor-logo-560x152.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#e6ebf1\"><em><strong>Please pray\u2026<\/strong> For this book study and all who participate.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Open to pastors, the discussion will include conversations about the emotional forces that draw us together and push us apart, the ways we avoid and engage in conflict, and the benefits of being a non-anxious and differentiated leader in the congregational setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sessions will be held virtually on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. (Eastern time). Continuing education credits will be available, and the program will provide participants a copy of the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration is limited, so reserve your spot soon at <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/GArVEkhKKjJ5bgVKA\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/GArVEkhKKjJ5bgVKA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find a downloadable flier about the book study at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice\">www.brethren.org\/ministryoffice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011\u2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Find more Church of the Brethren news:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/cds-volunteers-support-kerrville\/\">CDS volunteers support \u2018Faith and Fellowship\u2019 memorial event in Kerrville<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/pastors-ordained-in-south-sudan\/\">Pastors ordained for Church of the Brethren ministry in South Sudan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/speakers-for-nyc-2026\/\">The speakers for National Youth Conference 2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/brethren-and-the-declaration\/\">Brethren and the Declaration of Independence: Denise Kettering-Lane presents an equipping session<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2026\/god-of-grace-and-god-of-glory\/\">\u2018God of grace and God of glory\u2019: A call to worship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning on July 11, Part-time Pastor, Full-time Church \u201ccircuit rider\u201d John Fillmore will be facilitating a 10-week discussion on Peter Steinke\u2019s book, How Your 21st Century Church Family Works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1703],"tags":[2055,3,2718,1561,1914,2056,1304],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-21956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-church-of-the-brethren-newsline","tag-book-study","tag-church-of-the-brethren","tag-family-systems","tag-office-of-ministry","tag-part-time-pastor-full-time-church","tag-pastors","tag-training"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21956"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21960,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21956\/revisions\/21960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21956"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=21956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}