{"id":8767,"date":"2017-12-05T20:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T20:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=8767"},"modified":"2018-10-18T21:01:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T21:01:04","slug":"january-ventures-course-congregation-in-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2017\/january-ventures-course-congregation-in-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"January Ventures course to focus on \u2018Congregation in Mission\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Church of the Brethren Newsline<br \/>\nDecember\u00a05,\u00a02017<\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"image-843577880\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail\">\n<div class=\"image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7310 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/ventures-in-christian-discipleship.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/ventures-in-christian-discipleship.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/ventures-in-christian-discipleship-136x300.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/>The next course offering from the \u201cVentures in Christian Discipleship\u201d program at McPherson (Kan.) College will be \u201cCongregation in Mission.\u201d Congregational life provides settings for persons in community to flourish in their faith. What are the dynamics to allow this to happen?\u00a0 What are the impediments that get in the way of this flourishing? These and other questions can be a spring board for drawing us into a lively discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The event will work on the concepts of \u201csettler\u201d versus \u201cfrontier\u201d churches, and explore how these concepts impact congregational life and mission. The class will be held online Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, at 9 a.m. to 12 noon (central time). It will be taught by Jim Tomlonson, who has served the denomination in many ways including as district executive minister, campus minister, and associate pastor. He also has served in rural parish ministry.<\/p>\n<p>All classes are donation-based and continuing education credit is available for $10 per course. To learn more about Ventures and to register for courses, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcpherson.edu\/ventures\">www.mcpherson.edu\/ventures<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;\u00a0<em>Kendra Flory, advancement assistant at McPherson (Kan.) College, contributed this report to Newsline.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brethren.org\/Newsline\">www.brethren.org\/Newsline<\/a>\u00a0to subscribe to the Church of the Brethren Newsline free e-mail news service and receive church news every week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next course offering from the \u201cVentures in Christian Discipleship\u201d program at McPherson (Kan.) College will be \u201cCongregation in Mission.\u201d Congregational life provides settings for persons in community to flourish in their faith. What are the dynamics to allow this to happen?  What are the impediments that get in the way of this flourishing? 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