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In this edition:

• Subscriber Bonus -- "The Care of the Star Performer"
  an excerpt from The Care of Troublesome People by Wayne Oates
• Register for July 2007 Seminars
  • Art and Healing
  • Engaging One's Story: Transitions in Adult Life
  • Healing Power of Stories
  • Human Values and Health Care
  • Nurturing Silence and Sabbath
  • Writing for Professional Publication
• Fall Dates to Save

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Subscriber Bonus --

"The Care of the Star Performer"
an excerpt from The Care of Troublesome People by Wayne Oates

"In the life of a church," wrote Wayne Oates in this final chapter, "many audiences provide star performers an opportunity to shine—Sunday school classes, youth groups, committees, and so forth. Not all acting, drama, and work in the spotlight is bad. If somebody is disciplined in the art of drama and steadfast and dependable and has integrity, you've got a real asset to the church. And if you think of it, most actors or actresses are team players who readily mesh their parts in with those of others on the stage. Our concern here is with the disordered histrionic individual, that star performer who ignores fellow participants in the life of the church, the community of faith. This person is fickle, short-tempered, and inappropriately situated."

To read the full text of this chapter in the Center for Oates Studies, click on the link below. If you are not a member of the Oates Institute,we invite you to read the full text of this article by subscribing to Lifelong Learning @ Oates.Org.

Click here to read Chapter 6 of
The Care of Troublesome People by Wayne Oates

Non-WEOI members, click here

 

Register Now for July Seminars

The following 2007 summer seminars provide a range of continuing education opportunities, from art to writing and from stories to sabbath. These seminars will run from July 9-27, with each seminar offering participants a minimum of 12 contact hours of continuing education credit -- including CCEs.  Registration is free for Oates Institute members and only $60 per seminar for non-members.

Art and Healing
12.0 contact hours / Facilitator: Cherry Moore, M.Div., MFA

What role does art play in our spiritual development and our health? To explore this topic of growing interest, seminar participants will be asked to reflect on two exhibits in the Online Learning Center art gallery: "Faith Squinting, Love Reaching, Hope Walking" by artist C.J. Phipps and "Spirituality, Art, and Health" by art historian Lynn Meckler. A third resource will be the art in an Oates Journal article, "Art and Healing: A Personal Reflection" by artist Cherry Moore.

For more information about this seminar, click here.

Engaging One's Story: Transitions in Adult Life
12.0 contact hours / Facilitators: Jim Mahanes and Chris Hammon

Seminar participants will explore and utilize metaphors found in films, Jungian archetypes, and stories to exam adult life transitions.

For more information about this seminar, click here.

Healing Power of Stories -- 6 weeks
July 9-August 17 / 24.0 contact hours / Presenter: Canon Marlin Whitmer

This online seminar led by the Rev. Canon Marlin Whitmer will help participants learn how to identify and reflect on the metaphors and metaphorical patterns found in stories they are told.  Participants will then explore the connections between these patterns, Biblical stories and their personal stories. 

For more information about this seminar, click here.

Human Values and Health Care
12.0 contact hours / Facilitator: Kay Roberts, Ed.D., ARNP, FAAN

Engaging presentations by a biomedical ethicist, a medical ethicist, and a nursing professor, participants will address ethical questions raised by patients and family members in the care of the aged, the impaired, and the institutionalized.

For more information about this seminar, click here.

Nurturing Silence and Sabbath
12.0 contact hours / Facilitator: Lynn Smith, M.Div., RN

In the process of giving care to others, care givers often overlook their own practice of self-care. During this summer month, participants will reflect on their own care through rest and personal renewal, while learning to observe the sacrament of the present moment.  This seminar will affirm the gift and necessity of rest.

For more information about this seminar, click here.

Writing for Professional Publication
12.0 contact hours / Presenter: Martha Jacobs, D.Min., BCC

For more information about this seminar, click here.

Please Save These Dates:

• October 4, 2007: The 2007 Wayne Oates Institute Annual Gathering and Oates Award Dinner in Louisville, KY.

• November 5-16, 2007: An Online Conference, The Healing Power of Forgiveness @www.oates.org.

Through the summer watch for more information about these significant events!

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