Foundational Training 2010-2011 (Dingmans Ferry, PA class)
with Tilda Norberg and Rhoda Glick
Description
Pastors and others in healing ministry deal with broken, hurting people every day. Often we don't know how to help. We refer people to other professionals when perhaps we ourselves might be the ones who could best offer what people need. This training program will focus on:

• Helping us reclaim our unique contribution as pastors and people of faith: the role of worship and ritual in the healing process, the therapeutic value of confession and forgiveness, the function of shepherding people to allow God to heal their pain, the practice of laying on of hands.

• Theoretical background and practical skills.

• A model of healing ministry which is both theologically and psychologically responsible

Dates/Times
All classes begin at noon on Wednesday, and end at noon on Saturday
at Dingmans Ferry, PA (80 miles W. of NYC, 20 miles N. of Stroudsburg)

• September 29 - October 2, 2010
• December 1 - December 4, 2010
• March 23 - March 26, 2011
• May 11 - May 14, 2011
• September 14 - September 17, 2011

For Further Information
Contact Tilda Norberg (718-273-4941 / tilda@gestaltpastoralcare.com). Here is biographical information for all Gestalt Pastoral Care teachers.

Foundational Training 2010-2012 (Alburtis, PA Class)
with Wanda Craner and Rhoda Glick

Gestalt Pastoral Care is a model of healing ministry that integrates Gestalt growth work, Christian spiritual companioning, and healing prayer. ĘGestalt Pastoral Care rests on the belief that God's healing grace is available to us, and that God desires to heal holistically -- body, mind, spirit, emotions and social context -- in a way that is unique for each person. ĘThis course will focus on:

• Gestalt theory, pastoral skills, and personal growth work
• Reclaiming our unique contribution as pastors and people of faith by integrating Christian practices, such as worship, personal liturgies and prayer, the laying on of hands, confession and forgiveness in the healing process
• Shepherding people to respond to God's invitation to wholeness and healing

Sample topics include: Gestalt theory and practice; healing prayer; function and mechanism of resistance; spiritual brokenness; healing from sexual trauma; establishing a healing environment; faith imagination; dream work.

This course is an integrative approach that gives participants the opportunity to learn and grow through:

• discussions on theory and practice
• demonstrations of applied GPC and focus skills highlighting the topic of the day
• supervised experiential work in a small group setting
• contemplative prayer
• awareness exercises
• breath and energy work
• case study reviews (optional)

Registration deadline is August 13, 2010.

To Apply: Send a one to two page statement of your spiritual and professional journey, and what moves you to consider this GPC basic course. Include two letters of reference, and a $300 deposit. (Deposit is refundable until September 15, 2010.) Send this packet to:
Wanda Craner
67 Valley Brook Road
Boyertown, PA 19512

These classes will be held at The Kline Center, at the Mensch Mills Retreat Center, Alburtis, PA.

Opening Retreat will be Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 6pm, until Friday, October 8, 2010, at noon.

First Year:

• November 8, 2010
• December 6, 2010
• January 10, 2011
• February 7, 2011
• March 7, 2011
• April 11, 2011
• May 9, 2011

Second Year:

• October 3, 2011
• November 7, 2011
• December 5, 2011
• January 9, 2012
• February 6, 2012
• March 5, 2012
• April 16, 2012

Advanced Class
Description
PREREQUISITE: The Advanced Class can only be taken by those who have completed BOTH the foundational (basic) course AND the advanced practicum.

In this class participants go deeper into theory and practice. They will broaden their understanding of how to, when to and why apply the principles of Gestalt Pastoral Care. Themes to be explored include:

When the way is long and difficult

• Core wounds and interpersonal difficulties

• Sitting with self and other
• Awareness and contact
• Interruptions to contact
• Discerning order in the healing process: how persons move and grow in the healing process
• Shame as impasse and wound

• Touch and bodywork/laying on of hands and prayer
• Bodily nature of experience

Registration/Contact Information
Please contact Sara Goold at 203-227-3312 or at sara@gestaltpastoralcare.com for more detailed information and to register. A class packet will be provided upon registration and a $300 deposit made out to "GPCEA". Here is biographical information for all Gestalt Pastoral Care teachers.