Servant Leadership: Personal and Professional Self-Care
Free workshops for clergy, clergy spouses, and church staff - underwritten by the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund
Pre-registration is required. Register online or download and print the brochure pdf and follow instructions within.
Questions about the workshops or about registration? Call Judy Johnston at 316-293-1861.
Schedule of workshops
Note: all workshop dates and locations were determined through a May 2008 clergy survey
2009 Workshop Schedule
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Why Self-Care?
Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, loving the Lord your God; obeying Him and holding fast to Him; for that means life to you and length of days, so that you may live in the land that the Lord swore to give to your ancestors, to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob. Deuteronomy 30: 19-20
We are constantly presented with choices that either enhance or detract from our overall health and well-being. When we are not healthy in body, mind, and spirit together, we are less than what God intended us to be and are less available to do the work to which God has called each of us in ministry. To deny interconnectedness of body, mind, and spirit -- or to shortchange any aspect of our lives is to deny the fullness of what God has called each one of us to be. To recognize the inseparability of our complete nature and to operate from that center is to lead from the soul.
The Self-Care Covenant Workshop provides a structured opportunity for individuals to examine their current choices within the mental/emotional, physical, social, and spiritual health areas. Led by trained professionals and church leaders, the workshop encourages discussion and self-examination while providing information and collaborative support. The end product of the workshop, a personal Self-Care Covenant, provides participants with a structured plan for one or more behavioral and/or environmental changes to improve their personal health.
Each participant will receive a notebook--for use during and after the workshop--which includes self-examination tools, encourages reflection and journaling, and includes the Self-Care covenant worksheets.
The workshop helps participants:
- Make the connections among spiritual, mental, social, and physical health
- Describe how Servant Leadership requires self-care
- Experience stress management techniques & learn how to say "No"
- Discuss recommendations for eating, physical activity, water, sleep, and how to personally implement those recommendations
- Self-assess current health behaviors and choices
- Develop a self-care covenant with an accountability plan
Continuing education credits
Continuing education credits for clergy have been applied for and individuals who participate in the entire workshop will receive certificates of completion. Health care professionals who wish to apply for continuing professional education credits will be provided with the agenda, learning objectives, bio-sketches of the presenters, and a certificate of completion that they can use to apply for their continuing education credits.
Pre-registration is required. Register online or download and print the brochure pdf and follow instructions within.
Questions about the workshops or about registration? Call Judy Johnston at 316-293-1861.