Customized training for lay leaders serving in ministry settings and congregants wanting to improve ministry relationships in your church. Together we will explore how to recognize the red flags of unhealthy ministry relationships, imbalances of power and vulnerability in ministry interactions, and establish the practices of healthy communication, public disclosure, and conflict resolution. Join us for refreshments following the event.
Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Tracey Dawson
Rev. Dr. Tracey Dawson brings a combined expertise in the fields of law and ministry ethics. She is ordained in the United Church of Christ and retired from pulpit ministry. She has been a guest speaker numerous times, an expert witness in ministry ethics, and an adjunct professor of Boundaries and Ethics at Iliff School of Theology. Rev. Dr. Dawson’s article entitled, “Clergy Burnout: Whose Problem Is It?” was featured in The Christian Century magazine (Nov. 18, 2020). Rev. Dawson has taught boundaries and ethics to many Hawai’ian ministers, lay leaders, and congregants over the past few years and throughout the Hawai’i Conference