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3 Practice Circle Training
3 Practice Circle Training
September 9th and 10th at Grace UMC Centre Hall
September 9th and 10th at Grace UMC Centre Hall
What if there was a better way to have difficult conversations? A better way to lead Bible studies that invite participation? Or a simple framework for building stronger relationships in your congregation and community?
Join us for this two-day 3 Practice Circle Training and learn a practical, repeatable process for fostering conversations grounded in curiosity, listening, and mutual respect. Whether you're leading a Bible study, facilitating meetings, navigating conflict, or building community, you'll leave with skills you can immediately apply in your ministry.
Tuesday, September 9, 2026 (10:30 am - 3:30 pm) & Wednesday, September 10, (9:30 am - 2:30 pm)
Grace UMC Centre Hall, 127 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, Centre Hall, PA 16828
Lunch is included each day
Cost: $75/person
REFUND POLICY
Refunds of $55 are available through August 19 (3 weeks before the event). A $20 processing fee is non-refundable. No refunds after August 19.
Sign up now at this link: 3 Practice Circle Training - New Registration
Training for Lay Members is found on our Lay Servant Ministries page
Leading to the Future - Albright Bethune.pdfRegister now on the following link: Strengthening the Black Church for the 21st Century: Leading to the Future
CLERGYWOMEN - The Tenacity to Hope: The Courage to Walk the Path
CLERGYWOMEN - The Tenacity to Hope: The Courage to Walk the Path
Through this in-person Circle of Trust® Retreat, we will explore what hope looks like in the midst of our current circumstances. While living in a time that makes hope hard to see, how do we have the courage to embody hope?
Engaging in reflection, conversation, and guided activities, we will practice together what it means to live into hope as clergywomen.These practices will allow participants to cultivate the resources of stillness, gratitude, and healthy boundary-setting.
Based on the work of author and spiritual elder Parker J. Palmer, this retreat will also provide the opportunity to engage in a Clearness Committee to:
Discover a process for discernment to reach clarity
Explore the connection between inner landscape and outer world
Learn healthy ways to embrace paradox and hold tension in life-giving ways
Be within a community of mutual respect and caring that welcomes the soul
What to Expect: In the retreat, skilled facilitators help to create a quiet, focused, and disciplined space — a Circle of Trust® — in which the noise within us and around us can subside and we can begin to hear our own inner voice. In large group, small group, and solitary settings, we will explore what it means to have hope in our lives, making use of stories from our own journeys, as well as insights from poets, storytellers, and various wisdom traditions.
Dates: Sept 21-23
Location: Wesley Forest; 58 Wesley Forest Lane, Weikert, PA 17885
Cost: $100 for the first 10 people. $400 for those beyond the first 10.
Registration Deadline: 8/21/2026
Registration: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZJv1ka66YGoaNR5nGJTBFxxCTpwdqw2pebqcdotnGqUR1hg/viewform?usp=header
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