A diverse set of workshops
NACC members spent the morning learning about topics as diverse as storytelling, ministry to the “nones,” and diversity itself. In “Diversity, Social Justice, and Pastoral Competence,” Thomas Chirdo, BCC, an ACPE supervisor, said, “We are not just individuals interacting. There are multiple group identities, each with a particular history that bears on our relationships.”
Race and gender are obvious categories, but Chirdo asked participants to recognize Jesus himself as a person in the margins, outside the power structure of the Roman Empire. “How is power used?” he asked. “As a supervisor, I know a lot of information about my students that they don’t know about me. That’s a power difference.”
In “Spiritual but Not Religious: A Path for Connection and Comfort,” Kristie Zahn told participants to consider, “Where can I build bridges?” Members at this conference come from a very particular faith tradition, and the trend especially among younger people is for a more individual, amorphous experience of “the big questions.”
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2017 Conference Workshop Descriptions, Objectives, Handouts, and other Materials
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