Communications Audit Seeks Church Members' Input
To disseminate conference and denominational news and information more effectively, the Northern Illinois Conference is undergoing a communications audit. Big Heart Creative of…
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.