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Building Healthy Community
Accepting Registration NOW for Spring 2005
Register with Fuller Seminary or Biblical Seminary
Send ETREK Collaborative Learning Journeys the following informatoin after you register with Fuller: please include your name, phone #, address, church / organization, short description of your church / organization's community and why you are interested in this program. Send to Todd@ETREK.com or call (405)392-4753 for more information.
How are you being supported, cared for, and continuing your learning? ETREK Learning Groups are peer-to-peer groups that connect 15 to 25 individuals with a natural affinity, such as lead pastors.
"ETREK is something I wish I had when I was in seminary and in my church ministry experience", says Spencer Burke, Founder of ETREK Learning Groups. "After a staff meeting is over and people move on to their work and home, no one else carries the weight of the church like a lead pastor. You will be the one always second-guessing the direction of your church, and staying awake at night holding the awesome responsibility of leading the community. As many teams as you create, and partnerships you design, no one truly understands the responsibilities and rewards of being a lead pastor apart from other lead pastors."
A group of pastors, youth pastors and others interested in communicating the Gospel committed to an ETREK learning group and sharing from their own experience, will be able to create the safe, interactive and accessible community you might be looking for.
5-7 private conference calls with Facilitator and Guest Faculty. Interact with thinkers on the front lines. They will help you grapple with today's challenges facing the church and her leadership. Guest Faculty will include those like: Leonard Sweet, Tim Keel, Doug Pagitt, Randy Frazee, Gary Pool, Bill Donahue, Dwight Freisen.
Meet face to face - If you registered with Fuller Seminary we will meet on the Fuller Seminary Campus in Pasadena, CA. The Winter Quarter initial two-day gathering will be on January 4-5, 2005. The second two-day gathering will also be on the Fuller Campus in Pasadena, CA on March 10-11. You will be notifited of the exact details once the course is filled and confirmed.
If you registered with Biblical we will meet on the Biblical Seminary Campus in Hatfield, PA. The Spring Semester initial two-day gathering will be on January 31-February 1, 2005. The second two-day gathering will also be on the Biblical Campus in Hatfiled, PA on April 28-29, 2005. You will be notified of the exact details once the course is filled and confirmed.
Your fellow traveler will be Joe Myers. Joe is a multiprenuer, interventionist, and thinker; a speaker, writer - author of The Search to Belong, and conversationalist.
The Basics of the Course
* Learning groups have 15-25 learners and a facilitator and convene for 10-12 weeks. Summer courses 5-6 weeks.
* Groups meet face-to-face twice: for the first session to meet each other and develop the topics to be explored, and for the final session to celebrate and compile learnings.
* Group members participate in facilitated group phone conferences with experts or authors in the agreed upon subjects (5-7 calls).
* Twice a month, peer-to-peer phone conferences are used to further explore the topics being discussed.
* Once a month, one-on-one personalized learning with facilitator. Phone conversations focused on how the topic uniquely plays out in your real-life situation (three calls).
* For each subject there is a reading list developed by the group with feedback from our academic advisors.
* Learners capture and share their learnings and ideas via Etrek?s online web tools.
* Optional Credit, Graduate credit may be obtained through Fuller Seminary or Biblical Seminary.
* "Experts" may include those like; Leonard Sweet, Tim Keel, Doug Pagitt, Randy Frazee, Dwight Freisen, Gary Pool, Bill Donahue
Requirements
1. You are a leader of community for a congregation or organization
2. Your congregation / organization wants to address the needs of the emerging culture
3. You are open minded and willing to explore emerging culture trends and issues that affect your church / organization
Cost
In addition to Etrek Certification for your completed course you receive; (materials, travel, food and lodging not included)
5-7 - 90 minute conference calls with ?experts?
3 - 30 minute private calls with facilitator
2 - 2 day onsite learning gatherings
1 - 6 month subscription to Etrek.com
Schedule
@ Fuller Theological Seminary - Winter '05 - Jan.4-March 11, 2005
The initial two-day gathering will be on January 4-5, 2005 and the culminating two-day gathering will be on March 10-11, 2005.
@ Biblical Theological Seminary - Winter '05 - Jan.31-April 29, 2005
The initial two-day gathering will be on January 31-February 1, 2005 and the culminating two-day gathering will be on April 28-29, 2005.
Each Initial Two-Day Gathering will include:
2 day gathering on the Fuller Seminary Campus in Pasadena, CA or Biblical Seminary (determined by registration)
1 conference call with "expert" with group and facilitator. There is always potential for a "bonus" call.
Face to face time developing relationships for the group learning journey.
The Intervening Weeks betwen the first and second two-day gathering will include:
5 conference calls with "expert" with group and facilitator. Schedule for these calls given during two-day event.
1 - 30 minute private call with facilitator each month (for Fall, Winter and Spring) or 1- 1 hour or 2-30 minutes private calls during the Summer Courses
Peer to peer calls
Each Culminating Two-Day Gathering will include:
Potential Bonus conference call with "expert" with group and facilitator
Face to Face debrief time with group and facilitator to evaluate the learning journey
2 day gathering with group and facilitator
Facilitator
 Joe Meyers - Joe Myers is a multiprenuer, interventionist, and thinker; a speaker, writer - author of The Search to Belong, and conversationalist.
He owns the consulting firm, FrontPorch, which helps churches, business, and other organizations promote and develop healthy community. FrontPorch also analyzes spatial language (physical and metaphoric, verbal and non-verbal) to help create environments that promote healthy experiences of belonging.
Joe has spent the last several years in study and research discovering how language influences community development. Join the community conversation at http://www.languageofbelonging.com.
Joe and his wife Sara are founding partners of a communication arts group, settingPace. settingPace has an office in Cincinnati and one in Los Angeles. Both specialize in publishing services primarily for the educational markets.
Joe lives in Cincinnati with his wife Sara. He has a daughter Jaclyn and the three of them enjoy golf, bicycling, and Scrabble.
WebSite Includes
Private and password protect area on ETREK.com (availible soon)
* Archive of recorded conference calls with "experts" from ETREKrning groups.
* Your group topic - Articles, Resources and Message Boards with weekly updates form facilitator.
* Group learnings posted by each participant.
* Access to all areas of ETREK; Other learning groups and ETREK archives.
Email Todd@ETREK.com for more information
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