Turn-Around Resources in Hiding in Plain Sight
Rev. Christian Coon, the NIC director of congregational development, once thought there might be some yet-to-be-discovered magic program or resource that is going to help the chur…
Location: Faith UMC, 15101 S 80th Ave, Orland Park, IL 60462
Richard Blackburn
Date: May 21, 2019
8:30 am check-in
9:00 am program begins
Speaker: Richard Blackburn, Executive Director Lombard Mennonite Peace Center
Blackburn has broad experience as a trainer, mediator, and consultant with conflicted churches and their leaders. The congregational mediation model he developed represents a transformational approach, placed within the context of Bowen family systems theory. For several years, he attended Edwin Friedman’s Post Graduate Clergy Seminar in Family Emotional Process in Bethesda, MD. Richard also participated in the Postgraduate Program in Bowen Family Systems Theory and Its Applications at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington, D.C.
Link to Lombard Mennonite Peace Center: https://lmpeacecenter.org/
Clergy are invited to be part of the new NIC Photo Directory and get their pictures taken at this session. Beat the rush for sittings at Annual Conference! No need to sign up, just walk up photo ready. Directories will be available to purchase.