Louisville, Kentucky

September 19-21, 2001 at Louisville Presbyterian Seminary’s Garden Court

Co-sponsored by

The Ecclesia Project & Life Long Learning at LPTS

The Church is dealing with rapid and accelerating change.  We do not yet know what established churches could become or what new types of Christian communities may emerge.  In this uncharted environment, leaders can cultivate sacred spaces that invite new possibilities, evoke passion, encourage creativity and support innovation so we can become the church that wants to emerge.

Hosting the Spirit is a three-day workshop designed for leaders at all levels of church and denominational life who are seeking new wisdom and tools to evoke and support an emerging Christianity and a reforming church.

Leaders will:

• Learn when and how to apply conversation and process tools in congregational and denominational life. (i.e. Theory U, Passion Summit, Conversation Café, Open Source Technologies).

• Discover new forms of personal and pastoral identity (i.e. The leader as “conversation alchemist”).
• Discern how to evoke and invite all voices to be heard so collective intelligence, passion and intention can surface.

• Cultivate their own inward capacity to “hold space” for the church which wants to emerge.
• Create optimal conditions for innovative ministries and new communities to be born.

The workshop is not about giving easy answers to hard questions.  There are no experts here, nor will we be sharing best practices from “successful” churches. We will simply seek to host the work of the Spirit as together we create sacred and hospital spaces for emergence to happen.

The workshop will be facilitated by New Possibilities Associates, a team of facilitators trained in the art of emergent and dynamic change.

Cost: $200.00

Space is limited to 40 participants

Register Online at:  www.lpts.edu/lifelong-learning (click on “Hosting The Spirit”)