The Challenge of Assessment Part 2 - Congregations
An On-Line Presentation/Webinar
Thursday, February 4, 2010
7:30 - 9:00 pm
Experience has shown that both congregations and clergy benefit when regular assessments are conducted and done well. Useful, relevant and timely feedback is essential for learning and growth of congregations and individual clergy. There are many ways to perform assessments and no one model can serve all of our varied congregations and ministries. There are also many things to avoid in assessment -- unfortunate practices that block learning and may even be destructive.
Rev. Kenn Hurto (District Executive, Florida District) and Rev. Joan Van Becelaere (District Executive, Ohio-Meadville) will explore the Who, What, Why, When, and How of assessment in a 2-part webinar series. The first webinar looked at clergy assessment. The second webinar, scheduled for Feb 4, will look at assessment of the congregation as a whole. We will look at some assessment models that might be helpful tools to create collaborative approaches to gather feedback that incorporates observed patterns, affirms strengths and encourages continual growth – both for the minister and the ministry of the whole congregation.
Who should attend: clergy, Committee on Ministry members, board members and others interested in congregational health.
NOTE: You do not need to have attending Part 1 to attend Part 2.
For more information contact Joan Van Becelaere: jvanbecelaere at uua.org or Kenn Hurto: khurto at uua.org.
Information concerning how to connect to the webinar and hear the audio will be emailed to those who register by the February 1st registration deadline. There is a limit of 25 logins for this workshop.
Some congregations and individuals have the necessary equipment to be able to host several people at one time to participate in this webinar. To do this you need a speaker phone and be able to connect your computer to a large screen (usually a large television). If your congregation or a member of your committee is able to do this, we recommend that you consider participating as a group. This will allow more people to participate since it will only count as one log-in.
What are the requirements?
- You will need access to a phone that you can use to make a long distance phone call. The call charges are your only cost for the webinar.
- To participate in the webinar you must have one of the following browsers: Firefox 1.0 or higher, Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Safari 1 or higher. You will need Adobe Flash version 9 installed on your computer. You can download flash here.
- You need an internet connectio of at least 56 kbps - typically DSL, cable or T1. Dial up connections are not usually fast enough to handle the video downloads and tend to skip.
- This video is a tutorial that can help you figure out what will happen during the webinar. It is for a different activity, but the program used is the same. Webinar Tutorial.
Deadline for registration is Monday, Feburary 1, 2010.
If planning to attend as a "group" then only the leader of the group should register.
Please register soon as space is limited.
To register, complete the form below.
- You will receive an confirmation email when you complete the form. Directions for how to access the webinar will be sent out after the registration deadline of February 1st.
- If you are attending as part of a group who will only be logging in once, please only have one member of the group register.
- Please note that we have a limit of 25 registrations. If the form below says it is full and not accepting additional registrations, please contact the district office to be put on a waiting list. If enough people are placed on the waiting list we will re-run the webinar.
- If you have difficulties, please contact the OMD Office.
Questions? Contact the registrar at office at ohiomeadville.org.
