Have you experienced any of the
following?
-
A deterioration of preaching,
teaching, leadership skills
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Mechanical functioning
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Loss of excitement about
ministry/worship
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Family turmoil
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Desire to escape present
situation
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Serious consideration of leaving
the ministry
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Stress caused illness
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Ministerial suicide
If you answered yes to any of these,
you could be on your way to
ministerial burnout.
Perhaps you are interested in
avoiding "burnout." Maybe you
have already left the ministry
or are considering leaving it.
In either case, prayerfully
consider participating in a
Stress in the Ministry
Conference.
What is a Stress in the Ministry
Conference?
A safe place for you and your
spouse... a time of restoration,
refreshing and renewal... a new
perspective... a time of
stretching... a time and place
to resolve the real issues that
are at the heart of your
distress... a life-changing
experience. It is not an
ordinary stress management
conference.
These conferences are offered
several times throughout the
year at a comfortable, relaxing
location. The size of the
conferences is limited to ten
couples. They are offered to
ministers and spouses at
no cost... just because
we love you, are concerned about
you... and because you are worth
it. We have had some 700+
ministerial couples participate
from about 18 different
denominations and 4 different
countries over the past 15
years.
God makes this conference
available for you... do you
agree with God that you and your
ministry are worth devoting this
time to your emotional and
spiritual health by taking
advantage of this offer?
About the conference itself...
The
goal of the
conference is twofold, one is to
restore those who have left the
ministry or are considering
leaving the ministry. The second
is to provide the tools to help
ministers avoid becoming
“stressed out” and “burned out.”
The
approach is varied.
There are lectures, group time,
couple counseling and free time.
The
lectures are designed
to teach the participants how to
best deal with the real source
of distress in our lives,
relationships – with self, God,
spouse, family and church. Most
ministers have never been taught
how to handle their emotions in
a healthy way. Most ministers do
not really understand why
churches do what they do – or
how to handle various issues
when they arise.
The
group time is
designed to encourage and allow
one to experiment with relating
to self and others in a new and
better way.
Couples
counseling allows
couples to express their
concerns, questions and issues
that they may not wish to
disclose in a group setting, for
whatever reason and to get some
real help.
Free
time is provided each
afternoon for individuals and
couples to process the lecture
information, to relax, to have
“couple time” and/or commune
with God. Most of the time, the
conferences are held at the
church’s retreat center in
Danbury, TX. The setting is a
wooded area with several fishing
lakes surrounding the lodge.
Participants over the
past 19 years have come from
some six different countries,
about twenty different
denominations and total about
800 couples. The vast majority
have stated that the conference
was a positive
life/marriage/ministry changing
experience for them. This
includes seminary deans,
seminary professors,
missionaries and ministers of
all kinds (pastors, music
ministers, youth ministers,
church planters, counseling
ministers, etc.). The April 2008
conference will be our 85th
Stress In The Ministry
conference.
For more
information and/or to reserve
your space in the next
conference,
please call
Rev.
Dixon Murrah
at:
Office 713.991.4910
Home 281.487.3019
Cell
713-858-0504
Conference dates currently
scheduled for 2008 are:
April 28-May 3, 2008
August 18-23
October 27- November 1
Please
also visit:
stress-in-the-ministry.org
