All diocesan clergy are invited to gather for the annual Fall Clergy Day, featuring the Rev. Karen Hering (bio below) as guest presenter.
In the program, Trusting Change, we’ll consider the dynamics of change and how it becomes more trustworthy when we participate in it – honoring the past, pausing on the threshold of the present, and imagining the promise of the future. On the cusp of our own change in leadership, we’ll explore the importance of celebrating and grieving, of befriending the unknown, and of widening our trust. The morning will include poetry and powerful questions, conversation and reflection, as together we take time to notice the new things God is doing in our midst.
The day also will include a lunchtime conversation with the bishop-elect, the Rev. Julia Whitworth, a Eucharist and leave-taking litany for Bishop Alan Gates, and an informal celebration with cake. Clergy are welcome to stay beyond the 3:30 p.m. end time to enjoy fellowship.
Cost: In-Person Registration: $25.00 (Includes light morning refreshments, coffee all day, lunch and celebratory cake); Virtual Registration: Free
Books For Sale: Copies of Karen Hering's book are available for pre-order at a discounted price to be picked up at the conference. A limited number of books will be available for purchase onsite.
Financial Assistance: If you find the cost to attend Clergy Day a financial hardship (including the need to have extra hours of childcare at a location other than the Cathedral Church of St. Paul) financial assistance is available. Please contact Jennifer Garrettfor information about how to request funds.
The Rev. Karen Hering is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister in St. Paul, Minnesota and the author of two award-winning books, Writing to Wake the Soul: Opening the Sacred Conversation Within and Trusting Change: Finding Our Way through Personal and Global Transformation, newly published in 2022. Karen leads online and in-person guided writing sessions, retreats and programs about living well in the midst of change in community, congregational and workplace settings and online. She also serves as a threshold guide to people and organizations on the cusp of significant change.
Her writing has appeared in literary journals, periodicals, and anthologies including the Amoskeag literary journal, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and Creative Transformation. Her Substack community/newsletter, “Threshold Times,” supports reflection and deep conversations about how to engage the dynamics of change to create a better world for all. Visit: karenhering.substack.com.
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