CREDO Vitality, which is part of the series Continuing CREDO Community, focuses on physical and mental health. This month we introduce CREDO faculty contributors Bill Harkins and Ron Casey, who will be reflecting in the area of mental and emotional health.

"Conditions May Vary," written by Bill Harkins, offers a timely reflection this week on resilience. Read Bill's reflection --which was originally published in the Cathedral Times at the Cathedral of St. Philip's in Atlanta--and subscribe to Vitality to receive each CREDO faculty reflection by email.

Bill Harkins teaches at Columbia Theological Seminary where he is the co-director of the Atlanta Theological Association Th.D. program in pastoral counseling. He is a priest associate at the Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta, and maintains a private practice/LLC at the Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy.

Next week in Vitality: Look for "The Mindfulness of Everyday Life" by Ron Casey.

 

CREDO will introduce a new conference type to take place September 8-15, 2014, for eligible bi-vocational and part-time clergy who are in the Church Pension Fund. The conference, which will be held at the beautiful Beckwith Conference Center in Fairhope, Alabama, is the foundational eight-day CREDO I Conference with particular attention given to the specific issues that part-time and bi-vocational clergy encounter in their ministries.  

 

CREDO I for bi-vocational and part-time clergy is a resource for a rapidly changing church in which a growing number of Episcopal Church clergy are living out dual or multiple vocations.   

 

CREDO conferences are offered to participants in the Episcopal Church Pension Plan. If you know someone who would benefit from this new CREDO conference type, please make a recommendation to them or forward this email. Clergy who have not attended a CREDO conference may not be receiving the CREDO Connection.   

 

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