The College for Congregational Development
2026 PROGRAM DATES

2026 Week-Long Intensives 
Two options:
June 21-26 (Year A) or August 16-21 (Year B) 

2026-2027 Five Saturdays (Year A)
Sept 19, Oct 17, Nov 21, Jan 9, Feb 6

The College for Congregational Development is a comprehensive training program that originated in the Diocese of Olympia in 2009 and has since expanded to many other dioceses.

The College seeks to nurture and develop congregational development practitioners from within existing parish lay and clergy leadership. Drawing on congregational and organization development theory and practice, it focuses on developing healthy, responsive leadership, facilitation skills, and teamwork, through understanding of Anglican/Episcopal ethos, culture, spirituality, and ways of being the church today.

The program includes a two-year curriculum. Year A and B. Participants are invited to start with either year.

Year A focuses on the spiritual life, self‑awareness, and internal capacity of congregational leaders and communities, establishing the theological and relational foundations necessary for effective congregational development and adaptive change. Participants will work on facilitation skills, transformational listening processes, organizational systems, understanding who they are as leaders, trust building, conflict management, and sustainability.

Year B focuses on organizational culture, group dynamics, congregational vocation/identity, how we join God in gathering-transforming-sending folk, change processes, episcopal identity, neighborhood engagement, cultural diversity, power dynamics, and developmental skills for liberation and social justice work.

The training is offered in two formats:

  • Five monthly Saturday sessions beginning in the Fall, or
  • A weeklong intensive session from Sunday afternoon through Friday at Noon

 

It is a two year program. All participants should complete both Year A and B of the curriculum.

More information on the College is available on their website, cdcollege.org. You will also find specific details about each of the different sessions being offered.