Friday, March 24, 2017

PRESBYTERIAN POLITY - with the Rev. Kamal Hassan

The Class - Saturday - April 29, 2017

Education Center Leadership Classes

PRESBYTERIAN POLITY

Presbytery of San Francisco – April 28 – April 29, 2017
@ the Presbytery Education Center - 545 Ashbury Ave. El Cerrito CA 


INSTRUCTOR:
Rev. Kamal Hassan
510-691-5204 "teachelder@gmail.com"




Course Description  This is a course on the basics of Presbyterian governance and the guiding principles that inform how congregations in the PCUSA can do mission and ministry in light of contemporary concerns in Church and society.


Required Readings
The Bible – NRSV Study Bible (Harper Collins or Oxford)
“Presbyterian Polity and white privilege: A denomination out of order,” Magdalena I Garcia, February 7, 2017 by The Presbyterian Outlook


Gray, Joan S., Spiritual Leadership for Church Officers, A Handbook, Louisville: Geneva Press 2009

Book of Confessions, The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church Part I, Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, Louisville, KY, 2016


Book of Order 2015-2017, The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church Part II, Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, Louisville, KY, 2015


Recommended Readings
Small, Joseph, The Great Ends of the Church, Short Term Study Course for Adults, Louisville, KY, Witherspoon Press 2003. www.pcusa.org/witherspoonpress


Gray, Joan S. and Tucker, Joyce C., Presbyterian Polity for Church Leaders, 4th Ed., Louisville, KY, Geneva Press, 2012


Course Requirements
  1. Attendance at both class sessions
  2. Completion of all required readings
  3. A final assignment TBA. DUE: May 19, 2017


Pre-Course Assignment
Read the Garcia article and the Confessions of 1967 and Belhar in the Book of Confessions before class. As you read these texts, record what are – for you – 10 key insights that illumine, deepen, or challenge your knowledge and understanding of how the congregation that you are a member of can best embody the PCUSA core identity of being “Reformed but always Reforming” in the post 2016 presidential election environment in Church and society in the United States. In addition, list 5 questions that remain for you – for further study or to be answered in class. This assignment will be collected on Friday evening. It will shape the instruction for the Saturday class and the nature of your final assignment.

Monday, March 20, 2017

Building and Maintaining Boundaries in Ministry

The Presbytery of San Francisco
Classes for all Elders, Deacons, CLPs and other servants
a ministry of the Presbytery Education Working Group
Building and Maintaining 
Boundaries in Ministry:

March 25, 2017 Saturday 8:30 – 3:30pm

This class will meet the required 

“Sexual Misconduct Prevention Training Class”

required by Presbytery for all Pastors to take every three years

Class held at the: 

Presbytery of San Francisco Education Center

545 Ashbury Ave., El Cerrito, CA 94707 


(across from El Cerrito High School)
  • COST: $40 
  • SATURDAY LUNCH: $10.00
  • Class taught by: Kibby Ruth
Founder and Senior Consultant of Kyros Ministry.
Dr. Ruth works with judicatories and congregations to establish safe relationships and faith communities, including prevention of child abuse, domestic violence, elder abuse, sexual harassment, professional misconduct and other abuses of power.
WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES
1) To increase awareness of the need for healthy and appropriate boundaries in the
clergy/congregant or teacher/student relationship
2) Review the Sexual Misconduct Policy of the Presbytery of San Francisco
2) To illustrate the impact of appropriate vs. inappropriate boundaries in promoting effective ministry.
3) To provide clergy and spiritual teachers with guidelines and suggestions for developing appropriate boundaries and necessary self-care strategies
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Name: 
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Address:

Telephone : 
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Church affiliation: 
I would like a lunch at $10: _________________

Mail this application and a payment to: (made out to the Presbytery of San Francisco)
Presbytery of San Francisco, Attn: CLP Coordinator
2029 University Ave. Suite 200, Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: 510 - 849-4393

QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact the Rev. Karl Shadley at:
karl@shadley.net 0r 510-435-4264