Ethos of Unitarian Ministry / Leadership - March 2024
Place:
Veltrusy, Education center Schola naturalis, Veltrusy castle, Ostrov 59, 277 46 Veltrusy
LECTURERS:
Rev. Maud Robinson, Underbank Unitarians in Sheffield, UK
Rev. Marlin Lavanhar, All Souls Unitarian Church, Tulsa, USA
Mgr. Martin Balcar, central office of the Evangelical Church of the Czech Brethren
Mgr. Zuzana Zděnková, Association of Public Benefit Organizations of the Czech Republic
Rev. Petr Samojský, D.Min., Prague Unitarian Congregation, OŠS, Unitarian Academy
PhDr. Kristýna Ledererová Kolajová, RSCU Executive Director, Unitarian Academy
doc. Jana Tichá, Czech Technical University of Prague
SCHEDULE:
N module - Ethos of Unitarian Ministry
Thursday, March 21
| 10:50–11:00 | Opening ceremony for N Module | ||
| Training | Time | Lecturer | |
| 11:00–11:45 | Basic characteristics of Unitarian services around the world | 45 min | Petr Samojský |
| 12:00–12:45 | Ministry in Unitarian fellowships and its changes in time, current situation | 45 min | Maud Robinson |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch | ||
| Training | Time | Lecturer | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Similarities and specifics of the ministry work in the Unitarian communities compared to other churches | 45 min | Maud Robinson |
| 15:00–15:45 | A question of collective identity, authority, voluntary consensus | ||
| 16:00–16:45 | Ethos of Unitarian ministry - workshop | Vlastík Krejčí | |
| 17:00–17:45 | Is ministry a teamwork? (Team of ministers in the community, ethos and meaning of ministerial boards, joint projects) | 45 min | Marlin Lavanhar / zoom |
| 18:00-19:00 | Personal role of Unitarian minister, how is the personality reflected or not reflected in his/her work? | 60 min | Petr Samojský, Vlastík Krejčí, Maud Robinson |
| 19:30 | Dinner |
Friday, March 22
| 07:30–08:30 | Breakfast | ||
| 08:30–08:55 | Service | ||
| Training | Time | Lecturer | |
| 09:00–09:45 | Ministry in RSCU and its changes in time | 45 min | Petr Samojský |
| 10:00–11:00 | Czech Unitarian ministrers and their role in history | 60 min | Kristýna Ledererová |
| 11:15–12:45 | Ministry today - strengths / key problems (what to lean on? What are the challenges) / individual work of students, joint evaluation - summarizing workshop | 90 min | led by Kristýna Ledererová |
| 12:45–14:00 | Lunch |
P Module - Leadership
Friday, March 22
| 14:20–14:30 | Opening ceremony for N Module | ||
| Training | Time | Lecturer | |
| 15:00–16:00 | Leadership - opening seminar / workshop | 60 min | Vlastík Krejčí |
| 16:15–17:00 | People in the leadership of a Unitary community - what and who is needed, how to create a meaningful structure? | 45 min | Petr Samojský |
| 17:15–18:00 | What is important for the good leadership of a Unitarian community? (rules, principles, communication, structure...) | 45 min | Maud Robinson |
| 18:15–19:00 | RSCU Leadership for the next ten years | 45 min | debate / Kristýna Ledererová |
| 19:00–20:00 | Dinner | ||
| 20:00–20:45 | Methodological seminary |
Saturday, March 23
| 07:30–08:30 | Breakfast | ||
| 08:35–08:50 | Service | ||
| Training | Time | Lecturer | |
| 09:00–09:45 | The professional relationship berween the ministerial and lay-leadership of the congragation. What should it look like? | 45 min | Maud Robinson |
| 10:00–11:30 | Leading the church like a business company? | 90 min | Martin Balcar |
| 12:00-13:00 | Flexibility and stability - rules, bylaws, updates, competences, administration and finance | 60 min | Kristýna Ledererová |
| 13:00–14:30 | Lunch | ||
| Training | Time | Lecturer | |
| 14:30–15:30 | Multigenerational congregation leadership | 60 min | Petr Samojský |
| 15:45–16:30 | Working in teams | 45 min | Jana Tichá |
| 16:45–17:45 | RSCU leadership - historical periods, characteristics, personalities | 60 min | Kristýna Ledererová |
| 18:00–19:00 | Leading of Czech Unitarian congragations | 45 min | Discussion |
| 17:30–19:00 | Dinner | ||
| od 19:00 | Meeting for students and tutors |
Sunday, March 24
| 07:30–08:20 | Breakfast | ||
| 08:20–08:50 | Service | ||
| Training | Time | Lecturer | |
| 09:00–09:45 | Unitarian leadership at the international level – Leading into the Future | 45 min | Kristýna Ledererová |
| 10:00–11:30 | Conflict as an opportunity | 120 min | |
| 11:30–12:30 | Lunch | ||
| Training | Time | Lecturer | |
| 12:30–15:00 | Effective leadership of a non-profit organization, education of people in lay leadership, how to motivate… | 150 min | Zuzana Zděnková |
| 15:20–16:20 | Leadership as an opportunity to move RSCU in the right direction? | 60 min | moderated debate |