Ministering to Ministers

06/02/2025

𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜
Wounded Minister's Retreats

"I attended this retreat for support and resources at a time when I was forced to terminate my pastorate.

I received more from the retreat than I expected. The retreat provided me professional resources, both practical and relational/collegial, as well as personal and spiritual rest and renewal.

𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆.

I will have an easier time leaving now. Perhaps this will also be better for the parish I am leaving. The opportunity for post-retreat therapy with the clinical staff was paramount to this outcome.

𝑰 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔."
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02/07/2025

Wounded Ministers Retreats help clergy and their spouses experience help, hope, and renewal after a forced termination.

When a minister is involuntarily separated from a church, both the minister and the church are damaged. The clergy retreat provides spiritual, emotional, and vocational support for ministers from all faith groups.

It is also open to those encountering congregational conflict that may lead to dismissal.

The retreat costs $100 for a single participant OR $150 for couples. It is offered multiple times throughout the year at various locations.

𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭
May 19-22, 2025

𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞, 𝟑𝟐𝟗 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭, 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝟐𝟖𝟕𝟓𝟕

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08/27/2024

Wounded Ministers Retreats help clergy and their spouses experience help, hope, and renewal after a forced termination.

The Ministering to Ministers program sponsors the retreat, which provides spiritual, emotional, and vocational support for ministers from all faith groups. The retreat experience is also open to those encountering congregational conflict that may lead to dismissal.

The retreat costs $100 for a single participant OR $150 for couples.

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05/14/2024

Register for the July 2024 retreat in Cullman, AL
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01/23/2024

“When our wounds cease to be a source of shame and become a source of healing, we have become wounded healers.”

– Henry Nouwen, The Wounded Healer

REGISTER for the April retreat!

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10/12/2023

I’ve learned in times of crisis, you can count on seeing five kinds of people emerge. Leaders do well to discern the persons in the system that represent each leadership type and respond appropriately.

You can count on seeing five kinds of people emerge during a crisis. Leaders do well to discern the persons in the system that represent each leadership type and respond appropriately.

08/03/2023

Explore the Psalms as a source of faith, formation, devotion, and worship.
Join Paul Lang at Montreat Conference Center this October.

In this course, you'll...

*Review the types of Psalms, their use and significance in worship and music;
*Explore the use of Psalms in the daily patterns of prayer;
*Identify how Psalms continue to resonate with life experiences;
*Practice disciplines to deepen our experience and love for the Psalms.

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07/29/2023

Every living thing needs nourishment to support its health and growth; our souls are no different.

Register for 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐀𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 (𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞)
September 11 – October 13, 2023

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07/25/2023

A chronically anxious system in the grips of acute anxiety has a tremendous capacity for self-sabotage. There will be no lack of volunteers willing to lead the way.

Leaders in systems of acute anxiety have a twofold job: first, self-regulation, and being attentive to the system's emotional processes.

07/17/2023

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06/01/2023

People come to church looking for something sacred or to experience God from their deep longing for God. Our job (as Spiritual Directors) is not to become God but to introduce them to what they’re longing for.

𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬.

The Spirit is the director. Spiritual Directors are the 𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, guided by the Spirit. We ask ourselves how we can help people be in tune and directed by the Spirit.

-Sharon Junn
Associate Director of Spirituality Programs
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