Clergy, wives invited to participate in March 23 webinar
An invitation has been extended to all clergy of the Orthodox Church in America and their wives to participate in a webinar, “Storms in the Vineyard: Clergy Family Resilience in Times of Stress,” at 1:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 23, 2016.
Hosted—at no cost to participants—by the Center for Family Care of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the webinar is the third in a series launched in November 2015.
According to Priest Nathan Preston, Administrator of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of Pastoral Life, the Center for Family Care, through the generous support of the Greek Archdiocese’s Leadership 100, endeavors to provide opportunities for clergy families of all Orthodox jurisdictions to reflect upon and grow in their ministries so that they may continue to serve the Orthodox faithful in America.
Leading the live discussion will be the Rev. Dr. Alex Goussetis, Pastor of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Lancaster, PA, and Dr. George Stavros, Executive Director of Boston University’s Danielsen Institute, who will share the hour with pastors and their wives exploring the challenges of their ministerial vocation and how to prepare for and weather episodes of tumult.
Father Alexander has served as pastor, university professor, retreat leader, and speaker for almost 20 years. A former CPA, he is a graduate of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, MA, and earned a doctoral degree from Andover Newton Theological School in the field of Psychology and Pastoral Counseling. His pastoral emphasis is making the Orthodox faith relevant to people in their everyday lives and in educating the faithful in articulating the teachings of the Church to others. Dr. Stavros’ teaching and research interests are in psychotherapy, psychotherapy training, and religion and spirituality in clinical practice. He is a licensed psychologist and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology.
Interested clergy and their wives are asked to register on-line in advance.