The Good Shepherd
Clergy Pastoral Introductory Workshop
Our Clergy are first responders. They receive calls to anoint those approaching death. They are called when a death occurs to pray with the family and to bury their loved one. They are called when a family's world is falling apart and nothing makes sense anymore. They are often invited into the most sacred parts of people’s stories, parts they do not share with the world. Parts they are often afraid to explore themselves, and emotions too big to face on their own — what the team at Red Bird calls their holy altar of suffering. We honor this place as holy ground, where we sometimes take off our shoes because of the tears shed that have sanctified the very place we will walk with them.
Our clergy are in need of additional formation and wisdom gathered by experts in the fields of grief, psychology, trauma, peer accompaniment, and spiritual direction to provide a more holistic, integrated approach to healing. Red Bird Ministries has answered the call and is ready to serve
The Good Shepherd Workshop is a 4-hour, in-person workshop designed for clergy to equip our first responders with the necessary information and skills to pastorally support families dealing with the loss of a child and those impacted by suicide. If you would like more information to schedule a workshop for clergy in your diocese, please schedule a call with our team.
Workshop
The framework of the 4-hour workshop provides a space to explore the different relationships that the bereaved encounter on their healing journey. Together as a team, we can help them find holistic, integrated healing.
Grief Expert Speakers
Experts from the fields of peer accompaniment, psychology, trauma, catechesis, and spiritual direction have collaborated as the Red Bird Team to provide a holistic approach to grief ministry, sharing their wealth of knowledge with leaders.
Clergy Insight
Learn from clergy who have ministered with the Red Bird team and who have also gained wisdom and insights in their own pastoral ministry, walking with the bereaved as good shepherds.
Meet the Mighty Team
What’s included?
As a participant in the Good Shepherd Workshop, you will have access to the content provided by the team of Red Bird Ministries in a 4-hour in-person format. As well as additional supporting resources, there will be access to the slide deck, video, and exclusive content specific to your parish. Exclusive to in-person workshops, clergy will receive free access to the Red Bird leader's training course for 1 person in your community.
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✓ Entry into the 4 hour in-person workshop
✓ 1 seat for a leader in your parish to the leaders course
✓ 1 pull up with the RBM team for implementation
✓ Access to digital training recording playback
✓ 3 CE Hours
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Included in your workshop entry, you gain access to the workshop materials, playback, etc. in one organized space accessible anytime.
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The work of ministering to the bereaved is heavy. Gain access inside the Good Shepherd community to debrief and share practical wisdom as brothers in Christ.
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Exclusive to in-person workshops, clergy will receive free access to the Red Bird leader's training course for 1 person in your community
What is included in the workshop fee?
FAQs
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No. Unfortunately, the content created and developed in workshop format is intended to allow our clergy both a better understanding of grief ministry and to also provide the space for human formation when ministering to the bereaved.
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To schedule a workshop in your diocese, please schedule a call with our founders here.
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Once you complete the Good Shepherd workshop, please schedule a pull-up call with our team to begin the process. Schedule Here.
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If you are a priest or deacon and would like to get involved as a Chaplain to your diocese, please schedule a call with our founders here.
The Diocese of Lafayette, LA
“I am like the sick sheep that strays from the rest of the flock. Unless the Good Shepherd takes me on His shoulders and carries me back to His fold, my steps will falter, and in the very effort of rising, my feet will give way. ”
— St. Jerome