June 21-26: Year A
August 16-21: Year B
Registration for our 2026 Summer Sessions at The Sacred Waters Center for Restoration and Retreat is now open!
Our two dates are (Sunday afternoon through Friday noon)
June 21–26: Year A
August 16–21: Year B
We are doing two different curriculums this Summer. First time participants can start with either Year A or Year B.
In June, we will be doing Year A of our curriculum, which focuses primarily 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.
In August we will be offering “Year B” of our curriculum, which focuses primarily 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 College for Congregational Development is a comprehensive training program that originated in the Diocese of Olympia in 2009 and has since expanded to dioceses across the United States. 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. It is a two-year program.
Both sessions are residential. Tuition covers room and board at the conference center, materials, trainers and other costs.
Please click here to go to our website to register or get more information.
