A Sacred Trust: Boundary Issues for Clergy and Spiritual Teachers
A Sacred Trust is a program of four training segments and a facilitator's guide. The goals of the program are to:
Increase awareness of the need for healthy boundaries in the clergy-congregant or teacher-student relationship;
Illustrate the impact of appropriate boundaries in promoting effective ministry;
Provide clergy and teachers with guidelines for developing appropriate boundaries and self-care strategies.
The four training segments address:
Part 1: Boundaries, Power and Vulnerability
(22 minutes)
Part 2: Dating, Friendships, Dual Relationships, Gifts (23 minutes)
Part 3: The Pulpit, Transference, Hugging and Touch, Intimacy (22 minutes)
Part 4: Personal Needs and Self-Care, Red Flags, Final Reflections (22 minutes)
The accompanying facilitator's guide includes background information, discussion questions, interactive exercises and audience handouts.
89 minutes/Color/2003/Closed-captioned
ORDER #DVD-500 Price $300
Updated Facilitator's Guide Only
ORDER #TC-500FG Price $25
Participant's Workbook for each participant
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What experts are saying about the series, A Sacred Trust
"Intelligently inclusive, ecumenical, interfaith, multiracial, humorous and honest. It's hard to imagine a more effective and engaging approach to a long-neglected topic in ministry circles. This should be on the required list for every religious leader."
ROBERT M. FRANKLIN Presidential Distinguished Professor
Candler School of Theology, Emory University
"The priests in my training were impressed with the interfaith aspects of this resource. They found that they were part of a larger ministerial community than they could have ever imagined and recognized much of their own experience in the comments of the speakers from other faith communities."
REV. ROBERT J. SILVA President, National Federation of Priests' Councils
"A Sacred Trust explores boundary issues faced by all spiritual teachers. It is a thoughtful and compassionate inquiry that will well serve those who are serving others.This is a wonderful training tool."
JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN Guiding Teacher, Insight Meditation Society, Barre, MA
