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SUMMARY:2026 Inclusion Training
DESCRIPTION:Cost: $25\n\nInclusion Training Year Three: Striving for Gender and Disability Awareness.\n\nAll rostered leaders and PMA’s are required to attend this important training session. We invite and encourage you to include other congregational members such as youth directors\, council presidents\, administrative staff and others who want to learn\, to participate. This training will focus on awareness\, education\, and action steps. Bringing your entire church team will help equip everyone to lead thoughtful and inclusive discussions about these critical issues.\n\nThe session will include: \n\nA continued conversation on inclusion focused on conscious and unconscious inclusion and exclusion in the church and a look at how that has changed (or not changed) through the years\nEducation on language from pronouns to people first language and terms we may hear but don’t understand\nExploring what scripture says about gender and disability and how to talk about that in church\nConversation about the ELCA social statements on human sexuality and sexism\nAction steps: how to engage in conversation in the congregation and other next faithful steps towards in advocacy and action\n\n\nWe look forward to coming together to grow in understanding and strengthen our commitment to inclusion.\nThe following is the full list of 2026 Inclusion Training Dates with links to each page to register: \n\nMarch 19\, 2026:  1 – 4 pm CDT – Online- Learn more and register here\nApril 30\, 2026:  1 – 4 pm CDT – In Person First Lutheran\, Kearney\, NE- Learn more and register here\nMay 29\, 2026:  1 – 4 pm CDT – In Person Younes Conference Center\, Kearney\, NE- Learn more and register here\nJune 15\, 2026 & June 22\, 2026 (over 2 lunch hours):  11:30 am – 1 pm CDT – Online- Learn more and register here\nJuly 15\, 2026:  9 am – 12 pm CDT – Online- Learn more and register here\nAugust 20\, 2026:  8 – 11 am CDT – Online- Learn more and register here\nSeptember 21\, 2026:  2 – 5 pm CDT – Online- Learn more and register here\nOctober 7\, 2026:  9 am – Noon CDT – Online- Learn more and register here\nOctober 19\, 2026:  9am – Noon CDT – In Person Younes Conference Center\, Kearney\, NE – Learn more and register here\nNovember 10\, 2026:  1 – 4 pm CDT – Online – Learn more and register here\n\nFor online training sessions\, a Zoom link will be emailed to you.
URL:https://nebraskasynod.org/event/inclusion_may/
LOCATION:Younes Conference Center\, Kearney\, NE
CATEGORIES:Justice & Advocacy,Leadership,Outreach
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