Introduction to Congregations as Emotional Systems
Saturday, December 19, 2009
10 am - 11:15 am
This free webinar introduces the basic, introductory concepts of congregational dynamics and systems theory as used in the Healthy Congregations Workshops that have recently been offered in Cleveland and will soon be offered in Columbus starting January 2010 Congregational lay leaders, clergy, as well as interested members from OMD congregations (and beyond) are invited to participate. The webinar will be facilitated by the Rev. Joan Van Becelaere, Ohio-Meadville District Executive.
If you would like more information about the Healthy Congregation's program please vist the Healthy Congregations page.
Information concerning how to connect to the webinar and hear the audio will be emailed to those who register by the December 16th registration deadline.
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 1.5 or higher, Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Safari 2 or higher. You will need Adobe Flash version 10 installed on your computer. We also recommend that you access the webinar through a high speed connection such as DSL, broadband cable or T1. Dial up connections are not usually fast enough to handle the video downloads and tend to skip.
- You can test your computer system to see if it will work for the webinar at http://www.dimdim.com/support/dimdim_resources.html. Click the "Test Your System" link under "Supported Platforms". There is also a link to install Adobe Flash if you need it.
Deadline for registration is Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
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 December 16.
- 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.
