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Cultivating Caring Congregations
EVENT DATE & DETAILSNote: These workshops take place on Eastern Time.
In today’s world, many congregations struggle to sustain meaningful connection and care amid change, isolation, and cultural divides. The antidote to many of the obstacles faced in today’s world is a reclamation of a core calling to love God and neighbor through authentic relationships, shared purpose and compassionate presence. It’s a renewed vision for congregational care. By fostering empathy, trust, and spiritual grounding, congregations become spaces of healing, hope, and genuine community reflecting God’s love in action.
This workshop will provide congregational leadership with the practical tools they will need to create a care ministry that will nurture and support every person so that each one feels valued and connected. You will explore how compassion, belonging and spiritual vitality can transform congregational life.
Participants will learn to:
- Use practical strategies for creating and strengthening care ministries.
- Form care teams within your congregational context.
- Equip other congregational leaders with tools to foster spiritual and emotional well-being.
- Discuss themes such as empathy, hospitality, intergenerational connection, and pastoral care.
- Explore how to use the tools learned in this workshop in small group ministry, worship, and leadership development.
About the instructorDr. Sherri Session is a preacher, teacher, chaplain, group facilitator, and certified Companionship trainer with over 30 years of deeply rooted service in improving lives and building stronger, more compassionate communities. A fierce advocate for the most vulnerable, she leads with justice, healing, and unwavering hope, carrying the torch for ministries of care across diverse settings.
Dr. Session holds a Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership from Purdue University, a Master of Divinity, and a Doctor of Ministry from Christian Theological Seminary. She is also a graduate of Yale University’s Executive Women’s Leadership Program at the School of Management.
Rev. Dr. Lynn Jameson lives out her call through preaching, teaching, and leading workshops centered on care, compassion, and community. With over four decades of experience spanning business management, community service, and religious leadership, Lynn bridges the worlds of corporate strategy and spiritual formation with grace and grit.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University, a Master of Divinity, and a Doctor of Ministry from Christian Theological Seminary. Her ministerial journey has included leadership roles within the United Methodist Church, the Baptist Church, and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), where she is ordained and currently an elder.
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