Helping Pastors Thrive creates opportunities for enhancing pastoral identity and leadership through peer and mentor-based learning. Funded by the Lilly Endowment, Helping Pastors Thrive is a ministry of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina.
Schedule & Assignments: First Gathering of the New Pastors Cohort, November 8-10, 2020
Assignment 1
Walking the Labyrinth
Locate a labyrinth near you and confirm that it will be available to you on November 8th. The attached file will give each of you several suggestions. If the weather turns bad, you may use a handheld labyrinth, which you will also receive, at an inside location. Our hope, however, is that everyone will be able to walk a labyrinth. If you have any trouble confirming that you may use a labyrinth, please contact Tim Moore by Thursday, Nov. 5th. Be sure to have your device (phone, iPad, laptop) with you at the labyrinth in order to access Zoom, as we will reconvene once you complete your walk.
Assignment 2
Parker Palmer’s, The Man in the Canoe (Three Podcasts) located in the Ritual:Wellbeing App for your phone.
Download the Ritual: Wellbeing App for your phone by following this link. The app costs $7.99 a month and you will be reimbursed for its use during the cohort. You can then access the three These podcast are only available through
Assignment 3
Sarah B. Drummond’s article, Assessment & Theological Field Education
A PDF of the article is located here.
Assignment 4
Brene Brown, On Shame & Accountibility (A Podcast)
Listen to this podcast by Brené Brown. It is easily downloaded to your phone or your computer by following this link.