Growing Healthy Congregations: Responding to Anxiety and Change
General Assembly 2010 Event 2039
Presenters: Rev. Dr. Richard Speck, Rev. Kenneth Hurto
This workshop focused on building health in congregations and leadership. Congregations are viewed as emotional systems with identifiable processes that can support or block mission and growth. Essential to health is the ability to manage anxiety and change.
- Workshop Presentation: Growing Healthy Congregations (PDF, 45 pages): Responding to Anxiety and Change
- Workshop Handout: The Congregation as an Emotional System (PDF, 7 pages)
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Last updated on Wednesday, June 22, 2011.
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