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Important This Week
- The Conference Office is closed Tuesday, April 3 - Wednesday, April 4 for a staff retreat.
- Phoebe Berks is hosting a free clergy breakfast later this month.
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Upcoming Boundary Training events open for registration
Many of the pastors in PSEC are due for Boundary Awareness Training this year. There is one opportunity later this month to take this training, and three locations and dates next month. For more information on these trainings and how to register, visit
psec.org/boundary-training
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Phoebe Berks holding free clergy breakfast on April 27
Phoebe Berks is hosting a free breakfast and presentation Friday, April 27 at 9:00a. The topic is: Dementia and Pastoral Care in the Community and Congregation. Understanding how to relate and support those with dementia doesn't always come with ease; learn practical pastoral care interventions and valuable techniques for supporting those with dementia both in your congregation and your community. RSVP by April 20 to Rev. Leah Knox at 610-927-8515 or
lknox@phoebe.org
.
Click here
to download a flyer.
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Conference on aging services model planned at Phoebe
The Phoebe Institute on Aging is offering a conference to educate aging services professionals and family caregivers about customer driven culture as a model of care. Speakers will explore an exciting new direction in the way we work with older adults, as well as its effect on family caregiving and dementia care.
Building a Customer Driven Culture
,
presented by Cura Hospitality, will take
place on Thursday, April 26 from 8:00a-4:15p at DeSales University
, Center Valley. Registration and a continental breakfast will begin at 7:15a. The fee for the conference is $25 and includes continental breakfast, morning program, buffet lunch and a full afternoon of breakout sessions.
Online registration and a full list of speakers and sessions are available at
phoebe.org/piaconference
. The deadline for registration is April 17.
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Resources: Opioid Epidemic Practical Toolkit
The PSEC website features a Resource library, with helpful materials for church leaders, pastors, volunteers, retirees... The most recent item posted was an "Opioid Epidemic Practical Toolkit." The Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnership, under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, released the resource, which provides a simple, but proven, list of actions churches can take to make a difference in their communities’ fight to end drug addition.
To browse the PSEC Resource Library, visit
psec.org/resources
and use the search bar on the right, select a "Resources Category" to browse, or scroll down to see what's been added recently.
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Registration open for May PAM Pastoral Care class
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PAM is offering its
Pastoral Care
class on
May 12
from 9:00-4:00pm at First UCC in Schuylkill Haven. This session will consider both the theological underpinnings and the practical application of pastoral care, including hospital visitation, grief counseling, and crisis care. This class is a required “advanced” course for Licensed preparation and a vital continuing education class for all parish ministers.
Click here
for a registration form with pre-class reading and writing assignments or register on the PAM website:
paacademyofministry.org
. The pre-class assignments will be on the student page under Pastoral Care.
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Register for Annual Meeting
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Join us for Annual Meeting June 1-3 at West Chester University as we work to deepen our relationship with Jesus Christ and each other and to strengthen our gifts to ministry in service to God’s people. Friday, Conference Minister Bill Worley hosts a conversation, “Reconciling Past and Future”, for laity and clergy to both experience and engage the possibilities beyond attempting to “fix” the church to an orientation of God unfolding new possibilities before us.
Rev. John Dorhauer, General Minister & President, will preach Friday evening. Conference business will be handled Saturday morning followed by an afternoon of workshops, including one with Jeff Chu who will be the speaker for the Saturday evening program. There will be Celebration Worship Sunday morning with guest preacher, Rev. Dr. Bonnie Bates, followed by lunch and fellowship to end the meeting.
- Annual Meeting info, including an agenda and workshop descriptions are at psec.org/annualmtg18
- To register now and get early registration rates, click here.
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PSEC Secretary Training event scheduled for this month
Churches can treat their secretaries to a special lunch and training event on Administrative Professionals' Day, Wednesday April 25. Church admins are invited to this year's Secretary Training event, where we will fellowship over lunch, then spend the afternoon sharing ideas on setting boundaries, staying positive when others are negative, dealing with difficult/ demanding members, how to say "my plate is full" when others keep putting things on you, and sharing time-saving tips with one another. The training will be 11:30-3:30 at Church of the Good Shepherd, Boyertown. The cost is $15 and registration is now open;
click here to register
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