Mosaic Institute is a conference-based, Anabaptist school of leadership for newly credentialed leaders, experienced pastors, Conference Related Ministry leaders, and lay leaders in Mosaic congregations and beyond.
Our priorities:
- To foster relationships within Mosaic Conference.
- To provide orientation for newly credentialed leaders and leaders who come to us from other traditions.
- To help people grow into our conference priorities of being missional, intercultural, and formational.
- To encourage the growth of leadership, skills, and theological formation for our lay leaders and pastors without seminary education.
Gateway courses offered in 2 year cycles:
*Required for all newly credentialed leaders, but open for everyone.
- Introduction to Mosaic Conference (offered each fall, also available as an intensive class in the Spring)
- Community in Mission – Missional Priority Class
- Formed by Scripture – Formational Priority Class
- Building Mosaic Relationships – Intercultural Priority Class
Mosaic Institute
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FORMATION CLASS
Formed by Scripture
A required course for all newly credentialed leaders, but open to all who want to read, interpret, and apply scripture.
Instructors: Josh Meyer, DMin & Guest Speakers
Location & Time:
- February 10-11, 2023, 9AM-5PM
- March 10-11, 2023, 9AM-5PM
- April 28-29, 2023, 9AM-5PM
Cost: $300 – Scholarships are available, talk to your Leadership Minister.
Course Description: As Anabaptist Christians, we are called both to know and to follow God in our lives. Reading and interpreting scripture in community is essential to our being formed into disciples who not only proclaim the Good News but live it out faithfully in our context.
REQUIRED FOR ALL NEWLY CREDENTIALED LEADERS
Introduction to Mosaic Conference
INTENSIVE
Instructors: Stephen Kriss & Rose Bender Cook
Location & Time: April 20, 2023 (Zoom), May 17-20, 2023 (in-person in PA) & June 10, 2023 (Zoom)
Cost: $300 – Scholarships are available, talk to your Leadership Minister.
Course Description: Learn how Mosaic Conference (and Mennonites) came to be, how the conference works, how decisions are made, and what it means to be a part of our conference together.
MINI COURSES
Community Care
This class is designed to equip lay leaders or pastors doing pastoral care in their ministry context.
“Pastoral Care is Community Care.” Knowing yourself better changes how you care for those around you. Join us as we share our life stories, learn to listen to ourselves and others better, and explore how we live out pastoral (community) care in and beyond our congregations each and every day.
Host: Tami Good, ThD candidate at Kairos University
Cost: $75 per session or $300 for all 4 (scholarships available).
Time: 9:30am-4:30pm
Location: in-person at Mosaic offices (Lansdale, PA) or Zoom for those joining at a distance.
Group rate is $60/person (3 or more people from the same congregation / CRM).
Session 1 – January 21
Intro to Pastoral Care and the Power of Presence
Instructors: Sandy Dresher-Lehman
Session 2 – February 18
Death, Dying, Grief & The Art of Listening
Instructors: Sue Conrad Howes
Session 3 – March 18
Fear, Anxiety, Anger & Being a Non-Anxious Presence
Instructors: Wayne & Mary Nitzsche
Session 4 – April 22
Boundaries/Confidentiality & Self-Care
Instructors: Guest panel
Mosaic Institute tuition is determined on a class by class basis.
Spring 2023 tuition:
- Formed by Scripture – $300
- Intro to Mosaic Conference (Intensive) – $300
- Community Care Mini Courses – $75 each session or $300 for all; group rates $60 per session (for 3 or more people from the same congregation / CRM).
Scholarships are available! Talk to your leadership minister for details.
Pay your tuition:
Payments can be made by PayPal (click button below) or by check.
Please make your checks out to “Mosaic Mennonite Conference” with “Mosaic Institute Tuition” in the memo line. Mail checks to:
1000 Forty Foot Rd, Ste 100
Lansdale, PA 19446.
If you need academic credit for the class you are taking, please contact Emily Ralph Servant. Taking these classes for credit may result in additional costs (from your academic institution).
If you can’t afford the tuition for the class you’d like to take, please talk with your congregation or Conference Related Ministry about cost sharing. There are also limited sharing funds available for credentialed leaders in Mosaic Conference. Please talk to your Leadership Minister to apply!
Formed by Scripture
As Anabaptist Christians, we are called both to know and to follow God in our lives. Reading and interpreting scripture in community is essential to our being formed into disciples who not only proclaim the Good News but live it out faithfully in our context.
Community Care Mini-Course
“Pastoral Care is Community Care.” Knowing yourself better changes how you care for those around you. Join us as we share our life stories, learn to listen to ourselves and others better, and explore how we live out pastoral (community) care in and beyond our congregations each and every day.
Intro to Mosaic Conference – Intensive
Learn how Mosaic Conference (and Mennonites) came to be, how the conference works, how decisions are made, and what it means to be a part of our conference together.
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