Nebraska Synod ELCA
Event
Every experienced Pastor, Deacon or PMA has run into the frustrations of dealing with substance abuse problems. Want to make a significant pastoral impact on families affected by alcohol, drugs and other addictions? Let Your Light So Shine model of pastoral care and the Faith Partners model of congregational ministry offer the tools to do so. Join Rev. Otto Schultz and learn how to strengthen your ministry in this area.
Here’s What You Will Learn:
1. How to use five simple communication tools to give exceptional care to families troubled by substance problems and for people in early recovery.
2. How these communication tools are useful for many hard conversations.
3. How to support families to quit excusing, covering up and other enabling behaviors.
4. Why you don’t need to be a therapist to do sound pastoral care with addicted people or their families.
5. Why speaking up is important even when you don’t get a positive reaction.
6. How science and Christian theology work together on this issue.
7. What it’s like to be a pastor who has struggled with addiction and now enjoys recovery.
8. What the church can learn from 12 Step Recovery.
9. Why it is likely that there are people in your church with lived experience who want to help in this ministry.
10. How to get help to form these people into a team with an effective appropriate ministry.
The presenter is Rev. Otto B. Schultz, B. A., M. Div., and Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (Ret.). A graduate of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, this ELCA Pastor has been in the substance abuse field for over 40 years. He has trained thousands of people in practical tools for addressing substance use problems and helped hundreds of families intervene successfully. Schultz recently retired as the Spiritual Counselor at Bryan Medical Center Independence Center in Lincoln. He has two children, Leighun Marie of Lincoln and Matthew of Caro, MI. He loves dogs, but only if they belong to other people.
Format: Online via Zoom – Zoom link will be send to those registered after January 6, 2025
Dates: Thursdays, January 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2025
Time: 10:00am – 11:30am Central / 9:00am – 10:30am Mountain
Cost: $25/person – No refunds after January 6. (If costs are a concern, please contact Rev. Schultz at OttoBSchultz@Outlook.com.)
Registration: Deadline January 6, 2025
Continuing Education Credits: 6 hours of continuing education credit. (PMAs need to follow PMA guidelines to receive credit.)
Target Audience: This workshop is designed for pastors, deacons, parish ministry associates (PMA) and other key staff who may be providing pastoral support to families troubled by substance problems.