Service to the Public Module, Pastoral Care
Place:
(Building of the former Castle Brewery)
Dates:
27–31 of March, 2019
27–31 of March, 2019
Foreign teachers:
Rev. Tera Klein, Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena a Starr King School for the Ministry, USA
Botond studied at the Protestant Theological Institute in Cluj (Romania) with intership at the Meadville Lombard Theological School (Chicago). He graduated at the Debrecen Reformed Theological University (Ph.D.). In 2000 and 2001, he worked on a research grant at Starr Kings School for the Ministry in Berkeley. He also completed scholarships at Harris Manchester College in Oxford and Unitarian College in Manchester. Between 1997 and 2009 he worked as a minister in Transylvanian Unitarian church in Torockószentgyörgy. Since 2007, he teaches Practical Theology at the Protestant Theological Institute in Cluj (Romania). He is an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Science.
Tera currently teaches at Starr Kings School for the Ministry in Berkeley and serves two ministry positions: part-time UUA Congregational Life Staff and part-time parish minister at Throop UU Church in Pasadena. Tera graduated from Meadville Lombard Theological School in 2010, where her studies focused on eco-feminist theology and justice ministry. She has enjoyed long-time connections with the UU Justice Ministry and with Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice, Los Angeles.
The Rev. Jill McAllister has been a Unitarian Universalist minister in the United States since 1992, serving congregations in Oregon and Michigan. From 1990-1998 she served on the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). She was one of the founders of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists (ICUU), and served as its treasurer, President, and program coordinator, over 20 years, helping to support and train UU leaders and congregations around the world. At home in Oregon, she is the minister of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis, and also an adjunct faculty member in the School of History, Philosophy and Religion at Oregon State University, teaching comparative religion.
PASTORAL WORK MODULE - SCHEDULE
Wednesday, March 27
| 15:00–15:30 | Opening ceremony for N Module |
| Training |
Pastoral care as a crucial component of ministry
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15:30–16:15
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Ministerial role in the pastoral care area (possibilities, duties, responsibility, principles)
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16:20–16:50
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Signals illustrating the need of pastoral care
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17:00–17:45
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Pastoral care and its boundaries, environment for pastoral care
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17:55–18:40
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Basic principles of pastoral care
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Thursday, March 28
| 07:30–08:30 | Breakfast |
| 08:35–08:50 | Service |
| Training | Pastoral care in practice (various approaches and examples) |
| 09:00–09:45 | Verbal communication |
| 09:55–10:40 | Non-verbal communication |
| 11:00–11:30 | Pastoral care to the terminally ill |
| 11:40–12:10 | Pastoral care to the mentally ill |
| 12:20–13:05 | Further areas of pastoral care |
| 13:05–14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30–16:30 | Pastoral care - workshop |
| 16:30–17:30 | Additional program for N module students |
SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC MODULE - SCHEDULE
Friday, March 29
| 07:00–07:30 | Meditation |
| 07:30–08:20 | Breakfast |
| 08:20–08:50 | Opening ceremony and service |
| Training | Multiculturalism and Language of reverence - basic attributes of Unitarian community |
| 09:00–09:45 | Reverence as the core value of a Unitarian community - in theory and practice |
| 09:55–10:55 | Unitarian congregation as a multicultural community - in history and presence, how it is applied practically |
| 11:05–11:50 | "The divine in us" - the language of reverence |
| 12:00–13:30 | Lunch |
| Training | Social justice and human rights |
| 13:30–14:15 | Social outreach and charity |
| 14:25–15:10 |
Rights of social minorities / Women’s movement, LGBT, etc.
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15:30–16:15
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Who is a stranger here? Issues of migration, accepting people from other ethnics and interfaith relationships
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16:25–17:10
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Committed relationships and relationships in general inside a congregation
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17:15–18:15
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Meeting for students and tutors
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od 18:15
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Common dinner preparation
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Saturday, March 30
| 07:00–07:30 | Meditation |
| 07:30–08:30 | Breakfast |
| 08:35–08:50 | Service |
| Training | Responsible attitude to life and nature |
| 09:00–09:45 | Spiritual dimension of ecology and approach to the living environment |
| 09:55–10:40 | Natural heritage (living and non-living nature) and evolution of Unitarian attitude to it |
| 11:00–11:45 | Cultural heritage (material and non-material) and evolution of Unitarian attitude toward it |
| 11:55–12:40 | Future of our shared home (congregation and the environment surrounding it) |
| 12:40–14:00 | Lunch |
| Training | Unitarian projects and programs as the service to society |
| 14:00–14:45 | Civic engagement in Unitarian history |
| 14:55–15:40 | Theoretical foundations for the present |
| 15:55–16:40 | Practical possibilities in the 21st century |
| 17:00–18:00 | Informal discussion with lecturers |
| 18:00–18:30 | Methodological seminary |
Sunday, March 31
| 07:00–07:30 | Meditation |
| 07:30–08:20 | Breakfast |
| 08:20–08:50 | Service |
| Training | Spirituality in daily life |
| 09:45–10:15 | Shared spirituality / Spiritual experience on the grounds of community: ordinary and special moments |
| 10:20–11:05 | Shared spirituality / Internal (congregation and its life) x outward oriented (for the public) |
| 11:15–12:00 | Shared spirituality / Special and exceptional events in the course of human life related to family and personal life |
| 12:10–12:40 | Shared spirituality / Rituals in wider community (work, study, etc) |
| 12:50–13:40 | Meaning of community |
| 13:40–14:00 | Closing ceremony |