Virtual Summit:

Leading During Polarizing Times

Session Schedule

'Leading During Polarizing Times' is a 2-day Summit event. You can access each session by clicking the link below in the location details. Each session will be available to watch from the time the stream starts (listed below) until 12PM on September 11th. These sessions are pre-recorded and are not streamed live.

Day 1 - Monday, September 8

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Opening Remarks

By Dr. Kate Rae Davis, Event Coordinator & Host

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9:00am – 9:41am

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Session #1

By Brian McLaren, When the past and present are a mess, imagine a better future.

Nostalgia will not take us where we need to go. Brian McLaren shows pastors how to lead forward, naming reality, setting ground rules for honest disagreement, and cultivating a hopeful, practical imagination for what comes next.

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9:46am – 10:29am

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Session #2

By Sean Palmer, Using Storytelling for Connection

Polarization is real. Sean Palmer offers a pastoral way through it: widen the table with story and sacred listening, and watch your congregation become more human together.

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10:34am – 11:21am

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Session #3

By Kathy Escobar, New Ways for a New World: Leadership Beyond Boxes, Binaries, and Borders

Feeling the strain of polarization and fatigue? Kathy Escobar shows how to build “islands of sanity” with trauma-informed practices, courageous boundaries, and simple rhythms that help people heal while you lead.

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11:26am – 12:00pm

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Live Q&A Session

With Dr. Rose Madrid Swetman and Rev. Laura Terasaki, Executive Presbyter

Day 2 - Tuesday, September 9

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Opening Remarks

By Dr. Rose Madrid Swetman, Event Coordinator & Host

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9:00am – 9:45am

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Session #1

By Andi Soccoccio & Rebecca Walston, A Call to Civic Discipleship

Civic discipleship is how faith shows up in public. Learn a concrete way to discern truth together, locate your role in repair, and seek the common good so your church stops amplifying algorithms and starts loving neighbors in policy and practice.

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9:50am – 10:41am

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Session #2

By Rachael Clinton Chen, Tending the Wounds: The Power of Lament in Fragmented Times

When words run out, groaning can lead. Rachel Clinton Chen shows how lament, honest, embodied, addressed to God, helps leaders tell the truth, calm dysregulated bodies, and begin real repair in polarized communities.

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10:46am – 11:32am

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Session #3

By Rev. Scott E. Hoezee, Effective Storytelling for Preaching

When abstractions divide, stories unite. Rev. Scott Hoezee shows how “show, don’t tell” preaching helps a polarized congregation hear real trouble, see real grace, and recognize God again, this time on Wednesday afternoon.

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11:37am – 12:10pm

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Live Q&A Session

With Dr. Rose Madrid Swetman and Rev. Laura Terasaki, Executive Presbyter

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Full attendance and participation during all sessions are expected to complete the program.
Terms / Conditions. By registering for a Resilience or Leaders Circle, you agree to the following (scroll down and click agree)
Please consider the schedule closely to ensure you will be able to participate in the virtual meetings, and block off your calendar to ensure your attendance. Should you have an emergency (illness, situations out of your control) that will impact your participation please email transforming@theseattleschool.edu
Time commitment:
Two hours one day per month for 8 months, dates to be determined by majority of registrants' availability and adjusted as needed during the first group meeting.
Your feedback is immensely valuable!
As an essential component of your participation in this program, we ask that you provide us with your honest, candid, and timely feedback in program surveys and conversations, and consider providing reviews or testimonials of the program for promotional use.
Code of Conduct:
The Center for Transforming Engagement strives for intentionality in the ways we relate to one another - how we as a team relate to each other, how we relate to participants, and how we hope participants will relate to us and one another. To that end, we hold cultural norms about the ways we interact with one another. Your participation in this program is contingent on your agreement to abide by these cultural norms. i. For growth to happen, we all need to be able to share about the deeper challenges we face. To provide that atmosphere of openness and support, you commit to not sharing personal information that is shared in program meetings. ii. In our interactions with each other and our communities, we practice the humility of not-knowing that is required to listen and discover. iii. Be aware of different cultural and characterological ways of communicating, and invite others’ voices. Respect theological differences: the river of Christian orthodoxy is wide, and while the streams of that river are distinct, they are not inherently better or worse. Even if you can’t respect the belief, treat the person with respect. iiii. We value both thoughts and feelings as valuable pieces of information that inform one another, and inform our learning and discerning together. iv. Be in the here and now (not mentally somewhere or some time else), with the people who are sharing their time and stories with you. Eliminate any distractions possible.
Fair Use Policy
All program content, recordings, and materials are the intellectual property of The Seattle School and may not be presented, distributed, or replicated. The Seattle School retains the copyright for all recorded content. Some print materials (PDFs, worksheets, journal prompts, etc.) will be licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike. Those materials will be available for download on our website, and may be used as long as the following conditions are met: (1) attribute to the Center for Transforming Engagement even if remixed/modified; (2) do not use for commercial (paid) purposes; and (3) anything you make that remixes or builds upon this material, you must also distribute under Creative Commons. More information on this license is available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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(scroll down and click agree) Full attendance and participation during all sessions are expected to complete the program. Please consider the schedule closely to ensure you will be able to participate in the virtual meetings, and block off your calendar to ensure your attendance. Should you have an emergency (illness, situations out of your control) that will impact your participation please email transforming@theseattleschool.edu Time commitment: Two hours one day per month for 8 months, dates to be determined by majority of registrants' availability and adjusted as needed during the first group meeting. Your feedback is immensely valuable! As an essential component of your participation in this program, we ask that you provide us with your honest, candid, and timely feedback in program surveys and conversations, and consider providing reviews or testimonials of the program for promotional use. 2. Code of Conduct The Center for Transforming Engagement strives for intentionality in the ways we relate to one another - how we as a team relate to each other, how we relate to participants, and how we hope participants will relate to us and one another. To that end, we hold cultural norms about the ways we interact with one another. Your participation in this program is contingent on your agreement to abide by these cultural norms. Confidentiality. For growth to happen, we all need to be able to share about the deeper challenges we face. To provide that atmosphere of openness and support, you commit to not sharing personal information that is shared in program meetings. Curiosity. In our interactions with each other and our communities, we practice the humility of not-knowing that is required to listen and discover. Respect differences. Be aware of different cultural and characterological ways of communicating, and invite others’ voices. Respect theological differences: the river of Christian orthodoxy is wide, and while the streams of that river are distinct, they are not inherently better or worse. Even if you can’t respect the belief, treat the person with respect. You are invited to be a whole person, with both thoughts and feelings. We value both thoughts and feelings as valuable pieces of information that inform one another, and inform our learning and discerning together. Presence. Be in the here and now (not mentally somewhere or some time else), with the people who are sharing their time and stories with you. Eliminate any distractions possible. 3. Fair Use Policy All program content, recordings, and materials are the intellectual property of The Seattle School and may not be presented, distributed, or replicated. The Seattle School retains the copyright for all recorded content. Some print materials (PDFs, worksheets, journal prompts, etc.) will be licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike. Those materials will be available for download on our website, and may be used as long as the following conditions are met: (1) attribute to the Center for Transforming Engagement even if remixed/modified; (2) do not use for commercial (paid) purposes; and (3) anything you make that remixes or builds upon this material, you must also distribute under Creative Commons. More information on this license is available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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