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The Diocese of Washington is offering CDI (The Church Development Institute). CDI is a comprehensive program in congregational development serving leaders of the Episcopal Church. The program is a leadership training program focused on developing the community and organizational life of congregations.
CDI equips leaders to serve congregations. CDI prepares leaders who facilitate congregations in a process of transformation. This includes providing knowledge and skill training for: Assessing the congregation, navigating toward the congregation’s vision, managing the dynamics of the transformation process, and developing a leadership style that is flexible and adaptive to the congregation’s culture and life cycle. CDI's approach to learning and skill-development is practical, grounded in Anglican identity and ethos, innovative, competency-oriented, and community centered.
CDI provides about 110 hours of workshop time, the designing and implementation of projects, work with a learning application team, and readings in the field. The format used is eight weekends over two years (Fridays at 1 p.m. until Saturdays at 5:00 p.m.). It is very intensive and requires participants to come prepared for such an experience.
Costs
- Team of four from your congregation: $1000/year
- Team of three from your congregation: $900/year
- Team of two from your congregation: $750/year
- Individual fee: $500/year
2010
March 5 - 6
April 23 - 24
Sept 10 - 11
Nov 12 - 13
2011
March 4 - 5
May 6 - 7
Sept 16 - 17
Nov 4 - 5
Weekend Schedule: Friday 1:00 pm until 8:30 pm; Saturday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Location: All sessions to be held at Nourse Hall at St. Alban's Parish, DC
Registration: Mail the completed registration along with tuition to the address on the from. Download the registration form. [pdf]
Training Staff
 | | Bob Gallagher has been an organization development consultant and trainer since 1970,
providing services to nonprofit organizations and small businesses. He has
also served as the vicar of several urban parishes and as the Congregational
Development Officer in the Diocese of Connecticut. He is a member of the
Order of the Ascension. Bob is the founder of the Church Development
Institute program and the director of the Seattle CDI. He has conducted
CDI's in several dioceses. Bob is also a trainer with LTI (Leadership
Development Institute)
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 | | Susan Burns is the rector of The Church of the Redeemer, Bethesda, Maryland.
Susan has completed CDI Seattle and is an Intern Trainer for CDI and the
Leadership Development Institute. She has led her congregation through a
period of rebuilding, revitalization and significant growth. |
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 | | Michelle Heyne is the chief compliance officer for a Seattle based company. She
attends Trinity Church, Seattle and has served as treasurer and on the
vestry in another parish. She co-authored a short paper with Bob Gallagher
on aligning the role of a vestry with the needs and realities of parish
churches. She is also an intern trainer with the Leadership Training
Institute (LTI). |
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 | | Doug Wigner is recently retired and the rector emeritus of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Lynchburg, VA. He was the director of CDI-SWVA and continues to teach courses and workshops on congregational development. He has served parishes from rural to urban, and pastoral to corporate. He contiues to serve as the Dean of the Lynchburg Convocation, the president of the board of InterFaith Outreach, and a member of the Board of Trustees for Virginia Theological Seminary. |
More Information
For more information about the Diocese of Washington’s CDI, please contact .
For a more detailed description and more information on CDI:
Last Update: 01/09/09
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