We learned about trends in the Church. We learned how to discern the personality of a church. We learned much about ourselves as leaders. We learned how to lead a church to look at itself and more effectively "be church" in today's culture. It was both fascinating and challenging. The process introduced to me in the training DOES work!

 I find that each individual on the Center's team knows his/her role and does it well, working with others in concert as a team. I keep the Center aware of what is happening in the church where I'm serving and have always found the Center's team ready, willing and able to assist me in any way they can. If one senses that he/she has God-given gifts for helping others through a crisis and/or helping a church to "be church" in the present and plan for the future, I enthusiastically recommend training through the Center for Congregational Health.