Archive for Continuing Ed
Alban’s Response to The Economic Situation
Although we had been paying attention all year to worrying signs about the economy—especially the impact of high gas prices and the collapse of the housing market—we still weren’t sure what to expect when we began to construct our business plans this Fall. Enough uncertainty had been introduced to make us reluctant to continue to [...]
Faith & Everyday Leadership
Reinventing the 21st Century Church
September 9, 2008 – September 11, 2008
Roslyn Retreat Center , Richmond, Virginia
Facilitator: Wayne Floyd
Note: Seminar begins at 12 noon on day 1 and concludes with lunch on day 3.
This retreat introduces you to the exciting new curriculum developed by the Alban Institute, “Faith and Everyday Leadership.”
Are you someone [...]
Holy ground in cyberspace
One of the perennial concerns raised about online learning is that some sorts of education simply must occur face to face — that group process, for instance, or the forming of strong interpersonal bonds, or the intimacy of peer to peer mentoring, requires the physical proximiity of teacher to student, and students to one another, [...]
New Assets for Educating Congregational Leaders
Alban Weekly feature article, March 17, 2008
Wayne Whitson Floyd, Education Department Manager
Depending on whom you ask, continuing-education for ministry is either flourishing, with assets that have never existed before, or struggling to survive.
Troubling symptoms include increasing costs amidst anecdotal reports of decreasing support for staff and programs sponsored both by seminaries and by national [...]