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Events Approved for CEU's and recommended CEU Venues by colleagues

Please note: CEU's approved by the CEU Approval Committee are recognized by the California-Nevada Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. Others may or may not choose to recognize these same CEU's at their own discretion.

Note: The following sites have multiple possibilities for CEU's through conferences, workshops and webinars:

Intercultural Competency

CEU Category:   Intercultural Competency, Professional Competency

Title: Diversity in Family Formation

Dates: October 20, 2009

Location:  Seattle, Washington

Sponsor: American Association of Pastoral Counselors

Brief Description:  Family formation in America in a multi-cultural context

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Intercultural Competency, Professional Competency

Title: Cultural Competency for Clergy

Dates: Various

Location:  Various

Sponsor: Board of Ordained Ministry

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category: Intercultural Competency

Title:  Hymn Society 2009 Annual Conference

Dates: July 12, 2009

Location: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN

Sponsor: The Hymn Society in the US and Canada

Brief Description: Conference theme:  A Little Child Shall Lead Them

Number of CEU’s: .25

Website:

 

Sexual Ethics for Clergy

CEU Category:  Sexual Ethics for Clergy

Title:   Sexual Ethics: Keeping Congregations Safe

Dates:  January 2010

Location:  Ashland, Oregon

Sponsor:  Karen McClintock

Brief Description:  Sexual ethics training

Number of CEU’s:  .5

Website:

 

CEU Category:  Sexual Ethics for Clergy

Title:   Sexual Issues in Counseling

Dates:  TBD

Location:  TBD

Sponsor:  Karen McClintock

Brief Description:  Pastors gaining confidence in talking about sexual issues ethically

Number of CEU’s:  .5

Website:

 

CEU Category: Sexual Ethics for Clergy

Title: Sacred Trust Boundaries Issues Training

Dates: February 10, 2010; June 2, 2010; September 29, 2010

Location: Sacramento, Kings Beach, Clovis (in that order)

Sponsor: Council on Clergy Development, Board of Ordained Ministry

Brief Description:

  • Are Gifts from parishioners really gifts?
  • Can Pastors be friends with parishioners?
  • What about the $500 check at Christmas from a parishioner? Should pastors accept that?
  • What about going to a doctor who is your parishioner? 

Sexual Ethics Training isn’t just about the obvious. Join your colleagues and explore the many dilemmas pastors, church staff, congregational leaders and parishioners face in their relationship. 

 

Presenters: Elmar de Ocera, Kathy La Point-Collup, and Maggie Mc Naught who have been trained by the Faith Trust Institute to lead: A Sacred Trust: Boundary Issues for Clergy and Spiritual Leaders. The training includes a work book, DVD presentations and discussion

Number of CEU’s: .75 (7.5 hours)

Website: www.cnumc.org/ceu (registration is under CEU Forms)

 

One's Spiritual Formation

CEU Category:   Spiritual Formation, Professional Competency

Title: Before the Cradle, Beyond the Cross

Dates:  July 27-31, 2009

Location:  SFTS

Sponsor: SFTS

Brief Description:  Study of Luke: Advent through Easter

Number of CEU’s: 1.75

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Spiritual Formation, Professional Competency

Title: Death, Humility, Radical Trust

Dates:  July 27-31, 2009

Location:  PSR

Sponsor: PSR

Brief Description:  Death, grief, denial, ethics, behaviors and pastoral care

Number of CEU’s: 2

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Spiritual Formation, Disciple Making

Title: Filipino Bible Study Group

Dates: October 24-25, 2009

Location:  Zephyr Point, Lake Tahoe

Sponsor: Delano UMC

Brief Description:  Serving from the heart; finding your gifts and talents for service

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Spiritual Formation, Self-Care

Title: Intro to Insight Meditation

Dates: September 1, 2009

Location:  Sacramento

Sponsor: Sacramento Insight Meditation

Brief Description: Class on meditation

Number of CEU’s: 1.5

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Spiritual Formation

Title: Mystery in a Nutshell: Spiritual Leaders’ Conference

Dates: August 17-20, 2009

Location:  Detroit, Michigan

Sponsor: GBOD, Upper Room, GBHEM

Brief Description: Deepening experience of God’s presence as we live as leaders in the UMC

Number of CEU’s: 1.5

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Disciple Making, Professional Competency, Spiritual Formation

Title: 15th Annual District Training Leadership Day

Dates: March 6, 2010

Location:  South Reno UMC

Sponsor: Nevada Sierra District

Brief Description: 5 Practices of Fruitful Congregations

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category:  Spiritual Formation, Self-Care, Professional Competency, Career Assessment

Title:  Courage to Lead

Dates:  September 28-30, 2009; February 22-24, 2010; May17-19, 2010;  August 30- September 1, 2010; October 18-20, 2010

Location:  San Rafael

Sponsor:  Center for Courage and Renewal

Brief Description:  5 retreats in 13 months rediscovering passion for ministry

Number of CEU’s:  1 unit per retreat

Website:

 

CEU Category: Spiritual Formation

Title: The Benedictine Way

Dates:

Location:

Sponsor:

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category: Spiritual Formation

Title: Shasta District Retreat 2009

Dates:

Location:

Sponsor:

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: .25 (2.5 hours)

Website:

 

CEU Category: Spiritual Formation

Title: We are the Refiner's Gold

Dates: August 31 – September 3, 2009

Location:  Monte Toyon

Sponsor: RIM, Board of Ordained Ministry, California-Nevada Annual Conference

Brief Description: Transformational Leadership and Core Gifts

Number of CEU’s: .75

Website:

 

CEU Category: Spiritual Formation, Self-Care and Personal Growth

Title:  The Enneagram: A Process of Spiritual Awakening

Dates: July 10-12, 2009

Location: Auburn, Ca

Sponsor: Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Brief Description: The Enneagram, a spiritual system to awaken to our God’centered life

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency, Disciple Making, Personal Spiritual Formation

Title: Worship Workship with Marcia McFee

Dates: October 2009

Location:

Sponsor:

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: 2 (20 hours)

Website:

 

Disciple Making

CEU Category:   Spiritual Formation, Disciple Making

Title: Filipino Bible Study Group

Dates: October 24-25, 2009

Location:  Zephyr Point, Lake Tahoe

Sponsor: Delano UMC

Brief Description:  Serving from the heart; finding your gifts and talents for service

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Disciple Making, Professional Competency

Title: Fall Learning Event

Dates: October 9-10, 2009

Location:  Wesley UMC, Fresno

Sponsor: Fresno DCOM

Brief Description:  Ministry with Post Moderns/Leading Change

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Disciple Making, Self-Care

Title: Where is God when I’m Hurting

Dates: September 26, 2009

Location:  North Park Community Church, Fresno

Sponsor: Confident Kids

Brief Description:  High Stress kids

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Disciple Making, Professional Competency, Spiritual Formation

Title: 15th Annual District Training Leadership Day

Dates: March 6, 2010

Location:  South Reno UMC

Sponsor: Nevada Sierra District

Brief Description: 5 Practices of Fruitful Congregations

Number of CEU’s: .5,

Website:

 

CEU Category:  Disciple Making

Title:  Simple Church Seminar

Dates:  February 2, 2010

Location:  San Ramon Valley UMC

Sponsor:  Church Vitality Committee

Brief Description:  The process of making disciple making

Number of CEU’s:  .5

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Professional Competency

Title: Evangelical Renewal Fellowship Retreat

Dates: September 15-17, 2009

Location: Redwood Christian Park

Sponsor: Evangelical Renewal Fellowship

Brief Description: How to be an effective pastor

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Self-Care and Personal Growth

Title:  Hymn Society 2009 Annual Conference

Dates: July 12, 2009

Location: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN

Sponsor: The Hymn Society in the US and Canada

Brief Description: Conference theme:  A Little Child Shall Lead Them

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Professional Competency

Title:  Evangelism in the Small Rural Church

Dates: September 12, 2009

Location: Dos Palos, Ca

Sponsor: Fresno District

Brief Description: Evangelism in the small rural church

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Professional competency, Career Assessment and Life Planning

Title: School of Congregational Development

Dates: July 29-August 2, 2010

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Sponsor: General Board of Global Ministries

Brief Description: Tracks, Intensives, and workshops for New Start Pastors, Revitalizing Pastors and Judicatory Leadership

Number of CEU’s: 4

Website: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/about/us/ecg/events/school/

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Professional Competency

Title: Clergy Call 2009: Moving From Acceptance to Advocacy

Dates: May 2009

Location: Washington DC

Sponsor: Human Rights Campaign

Brief Description: Training Pastors and Spiritual Leaders to Advocate for GBLT Concerns

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website: www.hrc.org

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency, Disciple Making, Personal Spiritual Formation

Title: Worship Workship with Marcia McFee

Dates: October 2009

Location:

Sponsor:

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: 2 (20 hours)

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making

Title: Out of the Cocoon: Preparing for Transformation

Dates: November 17-19, 2009

Location: Zephyr Point Conference Center

Sponsor: Orders of Elders, Deacons, Associate Members and Local Pastors

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: 1 (10 hours)

Website:

Gathering of the Orders Registration

California-Nevada Annual Conference

P.O. Box 980250

West Sacramento, CA 95798

email Susan Smith@ sgraces@sbcglobal.net

 

 

Professional Competency Development

CEU Category:    Professional Competency

Title: Applying Family Systems in Leadership

Dates:  Monthly

Location:  Lake Merritt UMC, Oakland

Sponsor: Cross Roads Counseling

Brief Description:  Leadership via application systems thinking

Number of CEU’s:

Website:

 

CEU Category: Spiritual Formation, Professional Competency

Title: Before the Cradle, Beyond the Cross

Dates:  July 27-31, 2009

Location:  SFTS

Sponsor: SFTS

Brief Description:  Study of Luke: Advent through Easter

Number of CEU’s: 1.75

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Spiritual Formation, Professional Competency

Title: Death, Humility, Radical Trust

Dates:  July 27-31, 2009

Location:  PSR

Sponsor: PSR

Brief Description:  Death, grief, denial, ethics, behaviors and pastoral care

Number of CEU’s: 2

Website:

 

CEU Category: Intercultural Competency, Professional Competency

Title: Diversity in Family Formation

Dates: October 20, 2009

Location:  Seattle, Washington

Sponsor: American Association of Pastoral Counselors

Brief Description:  Family formation in America in a multi-cultural context

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Disciple Making, Professional Competency

Title: Fall Learning Event

Dates: October 9-10, 2009

Location:  Wesley UMC, Fresno

Sponsor: Fresno DCOM

Brief Description:  Ministry with Post Moderns/Leading Change

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Intercultural Competency, Professional Competency

Title: Cultural Competency for Clergy

Dates: Various

Location:  Various

Sponsor: Board of Ordained Ministry

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Disciple Making, Professional Competency, Spiritual Formation

Title: 15th Annual District Training Leadership Day

Dates: March 6, 2010

Location:  South Reno UMC

Sponsor: Nevada Sierra District

Brief Description: 5 Practices of Fruitful Congregations

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category:  Professional Competency

Title:   Leading Weddings

Dates:  

Location:  Iliff

Sponsor:  Iliff<, /SPAN>

Brief Description:  Aspects of leading weddings

Number of CEU’s:  1

Website:

 

CEU Category:  Professional Competency

Title: Healing the Wounded Congregation

Dates:  2010

Location:  Sacramento, Redding

Sponsor:  Karen McClintock

Brief Description:  Healing wounded congregations

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency

Title:  The First Christmas

Dates: December 18-20, 2009

Location:  St. Paul’s Episcopal

Sponsor:  St. Paul’s Episcopal

Brief Description:  What the Gospels really teach about Jesus’ birth

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category:  Spiritual Formation, Self-Care, Professional Competency, Career Assessment

Title:  Courage to Lead

Dates:  September 28-30, 2009; February 22-24, 2010; May17-19, 2010;  August 30- September 1, 2010; October 18-20, 2010

Location:  San Rafael

Sponsor:  Center for Courage and Renewal

Brief Description:  5 retreats in 13 months rediscovering passion for ministry

Number of CEU’s:  1 unit per retreat

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Professional Competency

Title: Evangelical Renewal Fellowship Retreat

Dates: September 15-17, 2009

Location: Redwood Christian Park

Sponsor: Evangelical Renewal Fellowship

Brief Description: How to be an effective pastor

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency

Title: Mandated Child Abuse Reporting and symptoms of child abuse

Dates: September 26, 2009

Location:  Tracy, Ca

Sponsor: Valley Community Counseling Services

Brief Description: Training on mandatory reporting and recognition of child abuse

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency

Title: Understanding the Impact of Addiction and Supporting Recovery

Dates: September 30, 2009

Location: San Ramon Valley UMC

Sponsor: SPSARV of GBGM and NACoA

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Professional Competency

Title:  Evangelism in the Small Rural Church

Dates: September 12, 2009

Location: Dos Palos, Ca

Sponsor: Fresno District

Brief Description: Evangelism in the small rural church

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Professional Competency

Title: Clergy Call 2009: Moving From Acceptance to Advocacy

Dates: May 2009

Location: Washington DC

Sponsor: Human Rights Campaign

Brief Description: Training Pastors and Spiritual Leaders to Advocate for GBLT Concerns

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website: www.hrc.org

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency

Title:  Unlocking the Power of People

Dates: August 7-13, 2009

Location: Los Altos, Ca

Sponsor: Pacific Institute of Community Organizing

Brief Description: National leadership training for community organizing

Number of CEU’s: 4

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Professional Competency, Career Assessment and Life Planning

Title: School of Congregational Development

Dates: July 29-August 2, 2010

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Sponsor: General Board of Global Ministries

Brief Description: Tracks, Intensives, and workshops for New Start Pastors, Revitalizing Pastors and Judicatory Leadership

Number of CEU’s: 4

Website: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/about/us/ecg/events/school/

 

CEU Category: Professional Comptency and Self Care/Personal Growth

Title: Mendocino Workshop and Alturas Kiln

Dates:

Location:

Sponsor:

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: 2  (20 hours)

Website:

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency

Title: Musikgarden Training

Dates:

Location:

Sponsor:

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: .75 (7.5 hours)

Website:

 

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency

Title: Leadership Summit

Dates: August 2009 and beyond

Location: satellite venues around the conference

Sponsor: Willow Creek

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: 1.5

Website:

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency

Title: Zephyr Point Handbell Conference

Dates: July 2009

Location: Zephyr Point on Lake Tahoe

Sponsor:

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: .75 (7.5 hours)

Website:

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency

Title: Zephyr Point Choral Director’s Conference

Dates: July 2009

Location: Zephyr Point on Lake Tahoe

Sponsor:

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: .75 (7.5 hours)

Website:

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency, Disciple Making, Personal Spiritual Formation

Title: Worship Workship with Marcia McFee

Dates: October 2009

Location:

Sponsor:

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: 2 (20 hours)

Website:

 

CEU Category: Professional Competency

Title: Church Planting Workshop

Dates: August 15, 2009

Location:

Sponsor: Valley Faith UMC

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: .5 (5 hours)

Website:

 

Career Assessment and Life Planning

CEU Category:  Spiritual Formation, Self-Care, Professional Competency, Career Assessment

Title:  Courage to Lead

Dates:  September 28-30, 2009; February 22-24, 2010; May17-19, 2010;  August 30- September 1, 2010; October 18-20, 2010

Location:  San Rafael

Sponsor:  Center for Courage and Renewal

Brief Description:  5 retreats in 13 months rediscovering passion for ministry

Number of CEU’s:  1 unit per retreat

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Professional Competency, Career Assessment and Life Planning

Title: School of Congregational Development

Dates: July 29-August 2, 2010

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Sponsor: General Board of Global Ministries

Brief Description: Tracks, Intensives, and workshops for New Start Pastors, Revitalizing Pastors and Judicatory Leadership

Number of CEU’s: 4

Website: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/about/us/ecg/events/school/

 

CEU Category: Career Assessment, Self-Care and Personal Growth

Title:  Women in Pain Conference, 2nd Annual CME Conference

Dates: September 18, 2009

Location: Los Angeles, Ca

Sponsor: Healthy African American Families… Drew University

Brief Description: Building Bridges to optimum health for women in pain, gender matters

Number of CEU’s: .75

Website:

 

Self-Care and Personal Growth

CEU Category:   Disciple Making, Self-Care

Title: Where is God when I’m Hurting

Dates: September 26, 2009

Location:  North Park Community Church, Fresno

Sponsor: Confident Kids

Brief Description:  High Stress kids

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

CEU Category:   Spiritual Formation, Self-Care

Title: Intro to Insight Meditation

Dates: September 1, 2009

Location:  Sacramento

Sponsor: Sacramento Insight Meditation

Brief Description: Class on meditation

Number of CEU’s: 1.5

Website:

 

CEU Category: Self-Care

Title: Compassion Fatigue 5

Dates: November 7, 2009

Location:  Grass Valley

Sponsor:  Grass Valley

Brief Description:  Dealing constructively with compassion fatigue

Number of CEU’s: .5

Website:

 

Category:  Spiritual Formation, Self-Care, Professional Competency, Career Assessment

Title:  Courage to Lead

Dates:  September 28-30, 2009; February 22-24, 2010; May17-19, 2010;  August 30- September 1, 2010; October 18-20, 2010

Location:  San Rafael

Sponsor:  Center for Courage and Renewal

Brief Description:  5 retreats in 13 months rediscovering passion for ministry

Number of CEU’s:  1 unit per retreat

Website:

 

CEU Category: Disciple Making, Self-Care and Personal Growth

Title:  Hymn Society 2009 Annual Conference

Dates: July 12, 2009

Location: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN

Sponsor: The Hymn Society in the US and Canada

Brief Description: Conference theme:  A Little Child Shall Lead Them

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category: Spiritual Formation, Self-Care and Personal Growth

Title:  The Enneagram: A Process of Spiritual Awakening

Dates: July 10-12, 2009

Location: Auburn, Ca

Sponsor: Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Brief Description: The Enneagram, a spiritual system to awaken to our God’centered life

Number of CEU’s: 1

Website:

 

CEU Category: Career Assessment, Self-Care and Personal Growth

Title:  Women in Pain Conference, 2nd Annual CME Conference

Dates: September 18, 2009

Location: Los Angeles, Ca

Sponsor: Healthy African American Families… Drew University

Brief Description: Building Bridges to optimum health for women in pain, gender matters

Number of CEU’s: .75

Website:

 

CEU Category: Professional Comptency and Self Care/Personal Growth

Title: Mendocino Workshop and Alturas Kiln

Dates:

Location:

Sponsor:

Brief Description:

Number of CEU’s: 2  (20 hours)

Website: