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The Gathering Review<\/p>\n

April 25 \u2013 28, 2010<\/p>\n

On Sunday, April 25, I began my journey to Allenspark, CO for the first of three parts for DOXOLOGY<\/a>, The Gathering.\u00a0 This part of the program was held at the St. Malo Catholic Retreat Center<\/a>, as will be the second part.\u00a0 Due to MapQuest \u201cforgetting\u201d to tell me to make one all-important turn, I found myself driving 90 minutes out of the way and getting lost.\u00a0 Fortunately, I found a Walmart<\/a> and after purchasing a GPS, made my way to the retreat center just in time for dinner, having missed the welcome and event preview session.<\/p>\n

There were 25 men from various congregations in The LC-MS<\/a> and a few from the WELS<\/a>.\u00a0 Some pastors gathered have been in the ministry for a few short years, while some have been in the ministry for 20+ years and everything in between.<\/p>\n

During the time of The Gathering, we met for worship three times a day at the Chapel on the Rock<\/a> (Morning Office, Afternoon Office, Evening Office), an integral aspect to DOXOLOGY and the spiritual life of the pastor.\u00a0 Sunday evening consisted of a single module or session.\u00a0 Monday and Tuesday consisted of 5 modules each and Wednesday consisted of 2 modules and a section for closing comments and preparations for the second part of the program, The Encore.\u00a0 Each module lasted anywhere from 75 minutes to 120 minutes, with a 30 minute break between sessions.\u00a0 In order to minimize the amount of time DOXOLOGY has the pastor away from the parish, it was necessary to maximize the information taught.\u00a0 Therefore, a day began at 7:00 am and ended around 8:45 pm.<\/p>\n

The following modules were conducted during The Gathering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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  • Word, Sacrament and Psychotherapy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Shepherding Souls: The Classic Model for the Care of Souls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • A Noble Task: A Christ-centered Paradigm for Pastoral Self-Care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Pastoral Ethics and Spiritual Care Challenges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • The Silent Epidemic: Compassion Fatigue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Authority vs. Power: The Pastoral Pitfall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • What Pastors Need to Know About EQ (Emotional Intelligence)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Out of the Depth: Sadness, Despair, and Recovery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Depressions, Dysfunction, and Despair: Clinical Realities & Treatment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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  • Lead Us Not in Temptation:
    \nSexual Misconduct<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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  • Deliver Us from Evil:
    \nA Christ-Centered Strategy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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The best way to summarize the information received is very similar to drinking from a fire hydrant.\u00a0 The information came at you very fast and was very information-packed.\u00a0 During this time, we met in both the large-group setting and also in smaller group settings to look at real-life casuistry issues and to discuss how we would provide pastoral care in such instances.<\/p>\n

The objectives completed during The Gathering included:<\/p>\n