Clergy Day Apart: October 10, 2024
Calling all clergy! Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson invites you to attend the Clergy Day Apart entitled “Dreaming Foward” on October 10, 2024, at Floris UMC in Herndon, Virginia. The event will be from 10:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. There are in-person (full-day) and streaming options (half-day) to choose from.
Rev. Dr. Laceye Warner will kick the day off with worship, followed by an address from Bishop Sue Haupert-Johnson. Next, we will hear a keynote from Dr. Joy Kreider, a neuroscientist and trauma consultant who will address the trauma that pastors face and how we can move forward from it together.
Provision Church will serve lunch, and the afternoon will be filled with workshops led by Rev. Dr. Laceye Warner, Dr. Joy Kreider, Rev. Dr. John Obeng, Rev. Cassandra Nunez from the Baltimore-Washington Conference, and Rev. Dr. Jason Stanley. We will end the day with worship and the sacrament of Holy Communion.
Go to this website to register and to read more information: https://vaumc.org/clergydayapart2024
Resources for Clergy Spiritual Renewal
Resource list (Word)
Covenant
Self-care Covenant (Word)
Community
Spiritual Directors
Kimberly Barker-Brugman, Soul Story Ministries
Dawn Peck, Spiritual Life, Contemplative Prayer
Janet Salbert. Shalem Spiritual Guidance, [email protected]
Tracy DePue, Certified through Perkins School of Theology, [email protected]
Community
Thomas Keating – Seven-minute introduction to centering prayer video.
Leigh Anne Taylor, Chair of Spiritual Formation Committee Candidacy Summit Self-Care Talk video (27 minutes)
Clergy Retreat Directory
The United Methodist Camp & Retreat Ministries (UMCRM) Association, made up of United Methodist camps and retreat centers across the country, continually strive to provide intentional, sacred spaces where the faithful can find rest and rejuvenation. The leaders of these ministries see the heavy weight that local church leaders have been carrying, especially over these past two years. In response, they have come together to create the Clergy Retreat Directory, a list of UM sites across the connection that offer free or reduced cost retreat space for United Methodist clergy. As clergy navigate their ministry year, may they find comfort knowing that there are “sacred places apart” prepared for them in all U.S. jurisdictions. View directory…