Kaleidoscope Institute East
June 13–18, 2010
Trinity Conference Center, West Cornwall, Connecticut
A chance for East Coasters to learn fundamental skills and ways to transform your community. Take advantage of a reduced rate for the inaugural Kaleidoscope Institute East!
This is our first offering of our basic KI training on the East Coast of the U.S. We are grateful that the Trinity Conference Center is giving us a major discount in order for us to keep the cost low. Please spread the word about this event especially to church leaders in the east coast conferences, dioceses, presbyteries and synods.
Here are the reasons why the Trinity Kaleidoscope Institute is special:
- The Trinity Conference Center in West Cornwall is beautiful and the food is amazing.
- If you are from the East Coast, you save money from not having to fly to Los Angeles or Toronto to get the basic training from KI.
- You get to network with people in the east-coast area to create community of support for your ministry.
- Eric Law will be there.
Please e-mail our East Coast KI Program Coordinator, Bill Cruse,
as soon as possible if you are interested in this event: bill.cruse@kscopeinstitute.org
The Institute covers the basic material from the two courses we offer in the Kaleidoscope Summer Institute in Los Angeles:
- Fundamental Skills for Building Inclusive Community
- Models and Processes for Community Transformation
REGISTRATION FORM for the 2010 Kaleidoscope Institute East
FIRST COURSE | JUNE 13–16| Sunday 4 p.m.–Wednesday 12 noon | $675
Fundamental Skills for Building Inclusive Community
In a fast-changing and diverse world, what skills do leaders need to practise in order to create a more inclusive environment in which people of diverse backgrounds and experiences are welcome and no one person or group is disadvantaged? In this foundational workshop, the Rev. Eric H. F. Law will guide participants through a practical and spiritual journey toward becoming competent leaders in a diverse changing world.
Topics to explore:
- What is culture and why are there cultural differences?
- Cultural differences and their Impact on our leadership
- Theological reflection on multicultural leadership
- Skill, models and processes for building inclusive community
- Developing a spirituality for leadership in a diverse, changing world
- Training Modules I–VII of the Kaleidoscope Institute basic training
Who should attend?
- People involved in small group ministries – Bible study, youth ministry, adult forums, discussion groups.
- Chairs of committees and commissions
- Religious educators
- People who have read Eric Law’s books and want to get a hands-on, in-depth experience in putting the theory, method, and spirituality to practice.
SECOND COURSE | JUNE 16–18, Wednesday, 4 p.m.–Friday. 2 p.m. | $475
Models and Processes for Community Transformation
The Rev. Eric H. F. Law will share from his experiences in working intensively with over 300 churches in the U.S. and Canada over the last 10 years. What methods and processes work and what do not work for churches that find themselves in diverse fast-changing communities?
He will discuss the impacts of cultural differences, specifically in communication and power perception, on church planting, revitalization, shared facility, cross-racial appointments, and cluster ministry development. How we can enable local churches to analyze their situations (their church culture, local community and social contexts) and move toward faithful and constructive change?
Topics to explore:
- Impact of fast-changing community on community redevelopment
- Impact of cultural diversity on church revitalization and new church development
- Tools to enable local community leaders to analyze their organizational culture, local community and social contexts
- A process for faithful transformation
- Theological reflection on faithful transformation
- Training Module VIII-X of the Kaleidoscope Institute basic training
Who should attend?
- Church leaders interested in church revitalization and congregational development from a multicultural perspective
- People involved in Interim Ministry
- Consultants and facilitators for communities in transition
- People involved in leadership development in local community
SPECIAL RATE | BOTH COURSES: $1100
See registration form for more details. Commuter rates available (details in the registration form.)
