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MARCH 2010
Awakening – Integration of Sexuality & Spirituality [ Click for Details ]
Awakening – Integration of Sexuality & Spirituality A Guided Exploration of Self for Women $198.00 / per person for two-day workshop Many of us experience a longing for wholeness and a sense of connectedness with others and with out inner most selves. Giving ourselves permission to find joy in our bodies and feel our aliveness can be a challenge, particularly in finding the place where our sensuality and spirituality meet. We offer the space to delve into our inner wisdom and find our own answers. A variety of activities will be used in our journey such as conversation, storytelling, body movement, journaling, meditation, play, visualization, music and art. Absolutely no prior experience is necessary and all you need bring is yourself. Spring Weekend 2010 To Register, call Lupe at 773.643.6259 |
Emotional Discipline - STEP ONE [ Click for Details ]
Emotional Discipline - STEP ONE Allow the Surprise! – and Be Ready for it. $125.00 / per person (scholarships available) Emotional honesty is a challenge! As simple as it is to say that “the truth will set me free”, it is not easy to live this way. Experiences regularly come along that stir challenging feelings. Sometimes I’d rather not feel what’s going on inside me. Like any person, I have longstanding ways of avoiding inner truth. Sadly, what I judge unworthy of attention in myself, I consider unlovable – and this keeps me distant from myself, and from others. If I am to live in the truth with myself and others, emotional discipline is required. It takes work to develop the courage to face my feelings. This workshop offers the first step in a series of experiential exercises, along with a manual, all designed to provide practical tools for accepting and understanding my feelings, as well as making them available in a relationship. These tools include basic methods for self-awareness, and enhanced methods for going deeper. Please note that this workshop has a follow up on November 14, which is an opportunity to go further with the work, if you so choose. When you feel what you feel, you feel the value of your life! Date / Saturday, March 20, 2010 To Register, call Lupe at 773.643.6259 |
Leadership Dilemmas in Ministry [ Click for Details ]
Leadership Dilemmas in Ministry $40.00 / per session “Great Leaders inspire us to go places we would never go on our own and to Leadership is always complicated. Leadership in religious organizations is particularly complex; it engages the idealized expectations that others have of their religious leaders, as well as what these leaders expect of themselves. It is fraught with the tensions between the roles of pastoral minister, task leader and administrator. It is layered with the complexity of relationships which span the boundaries of friendship, co-worker and healing community. It involves sensitive response to volunteers and all that that means – whether in religious orders or parishes. These workshops have been designed to address these issues for parish staffs, religious leaders and other church organizations. Connie Vitale is the facilitator. They can be taken as a course for 200.00 or individually for 40.00/ session. Participants are encouraged to attend the entire course. Monthly meetings are on Monday evenings from 6:30-8:30. 1. What is Your Leadership Style Leadership calls out the very best and the very worst in us. The more consciousness and self-awareness that we can bring to our leadership, the more empowered and empowering we are able to be. One on one coaching is also available. “He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him, only taketh a walk” Dates / Meets Monday evenings (see above listing) To Register, call Lupe at 773.643.6259 |
APRIL 2010
Parent Roundtable Discussion: TOPIC #5 [ Click for Details ]
PARENT ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Topic #5 – How Can I Help When My Child is Being Bullied or is Bullying Others? The parent roundtable discussions are a series of dialogues about our child's (and our own) life, growth, success, and happiness. $50.00 / per person What is bullying? How can I tell when my child is a victim of bullying? How can I tell when my child is bullying others? Why is bullying serious and what can I do about it? A conversation about the ever increasing incidence of bullying taking place with both boys and girls.
Date / Saturday, April 17, 2010 To Register, call Lupe at 773.643.6259 |
Emotional Discipline - STEP TWO [ Click for Details ]
Emotional Discipline - STEP TWO Allow the Surprise! – and Be Ready for it. $125.00 / per person (scholarships available) Emotional honesty is a challenge! As simple as it is to say that “the truth will set me free”, it is not easy to live this way. Experiences regularly come along that stir challenging feelings. Sometimes I’d rather not feel what’s going on inside me. Like any person, I have longstanding ways of avoiding inner truth. Sadly, what I judge unworthy of attention in myself, I consider unlovable – and this keeps me distant from myself, and from others. If I am to live in the truth with myself and others, emotional discipline is required. It takes work to develop the courage to face my feelings. This workshop offers the second step in a series of experiential exercises, along with a manual, all designed to provide practical tools for accepting and understanding my feelings, as well as making them available in a relationship. These tools include basic methods for self-awareness, and enhanced methods for going deeper. Please note that it is necessary to have done Emotional Discipline – Step One in order to participate in this second workshop. It is also possible to meet with the facilitator individually several times in order to be ready for Step Two. When you feel what you feel, you feel the value of your life! Date / Saturday, April 17, 2010 To Register, call Lupe at 773.643.6259 |
Leadership Dilemmas in Ministry [ Click for Details ]
Leadership Dilemmas in Ministry $40.00 / per session “Great Leaders inspire us to go places we would never go on our own and to Leadership is always complicated. Leadership in religious organizations is particularly complex; it engages the idealized expectations that others have of their religious leaders, as well as what these leaders expect of themselves. It is fraught with the tensions between the roles of pastoral minister, task leader and administrator. It is layered with the complexity of relationships which span the boundaries of friendship, co-worker and healing community. It involves sensitive response to volunteers and all that that means – whether in religious orders or parishes. These workshops have been designed to address these issues for parish staffs, religious leaders and other church organizations. Connie Vitale is the facilitator. They can be taken as a course for 200.00 or individually for 40.00/ session. Participants are encouraged to attend the entire course. Monthly meetings are on Monday evenings from 6:30-8:30. 1. What is Your Leadership Style Leadership calls out the very best and the very worst in us. The more consciousness and self-awareness that we can bring to our leadership, the more empowered and empowering we are able to be. One on one coaching is also available. “He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him, only taketh a walk” Dates / Meets Monday evenings (see above listing) To Register, call Lupe at 773.643.6259 |
