3-hour pilot program!! Brochure for January 2012

Time/Place: Baltimore, MD, Saturday, January 28, 2012, morning.

Register through Creating Change www.creatingchange.org

This session will combine expert presentations with peer-consultation opportunities in order to empower pastoral care providers (e.g. pastors, rabbis, chaplains, etc) to better accompany transgender (T) and same-gender-loving (SGL) constituencies on journeys towards health and wholeness. Experienced facilitators will present on specific topics relating to the important role of pastoral care providers in the T/SGL continuum of care. In addition to life transitions and spiritual counseling, the session will address medical and mental health disparities, access to competent health care, dynamics around non-T/SGL family members, and the particular vulnerabilities of youth. Participants are encouraged to bring their own questions and case studies to the conversation.

This session is for pastoral care providers such as chaplains, rabbis, pastors, seminarians, etc. who want to increase their competency in providing pastoral support to transgender and same-gender-loving constituencies. While appropriate for all levels of experience with T/SGL audiences, this multi-faith discussion will focus on practical, pastoral issues, not theological foundations. Opportunities will be provided for discussion both with peers and experienced facilitators, which will let participants guide the depth of the conversation.