Programs for Clergy & Congregational Leaders

Do you wish you had more time to pause, reflect, and reconnect with your calling?

Do you feel isolated and long for a community where you can candidly share your successes and failures without being judged?

Do you want space to explore spiritual practices that can strengthen your faith and ministry?Are you looking for ways to breathe new vitality into your ministry?

If so, consider one of the Courage & Renewal programs for Clergy and Congregational leaders, designed to sharpen your discernment, revitalize your vocation, and sustain your service in the world.  

Serving those who serve communities of faith

In today's landscape, clergy and congregational leaders are juggling an exhausting number of roles, while trying to measure up to the expectations of their congregations.  Learning to hold these tensions in a healthy way is essential to sustaining a ministry.  

In our retreat-based programs, using the Circle of Trust® approach, leaders can discover new ways to embrace multiple roles, reclaim balance between their personal and professional lives, and lead from a place of wholeness.  With the help of skilled Courage & Renewal facilitators, and guided by unique principles and practices, participants create a community of mutual respect and engage in prayerful listening to one another and God's inner guidance.  This model of spiritual formation is described in depth in Parker J. Palmer's book A Hidden Wholeness. 

Courage & Renewal programs for Clergy and Congregational Leaders are made possible, in part, by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc.  

Discover a program that fits your unique needs

Introductory Courage & Renewal Retreats (One-day and Three-day retreats)
Courage & Renewal Training for Alumni -  a 4-day principles and practices training 
Seasonal Retreat Series - 4 retreats in a cohort over the course of a year

Learn more about the Circle of Trust approach from Parker Palmer