{"id":22,"date":"2016-01-04T03:11:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T03:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stagingarea51.com\/lynda\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2016-01-08T23:19:36","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T23:19:36","slug":"ministerial-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/ministerial-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministerial Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My life has been full of experiences that have formed a strong foundation for the ministry skills and knowledge that I have encountered during my seminary training. My undergraduate degree in Women and Gender studies has given me a deep understanding of systems of oppression and also of how those systems can be transformed into life-affirming ways of living and working together. In addition, I have held leadership roles in a wide variety of contexts, and gained work and managerial experience in several business settings. In addition, raising a large family taught me a lot about time management, prioritizing, and working with people in ways that promote individual and group health and right relations.\u00a0 For a more detailed look at my background, please see my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Resume-Lynda-Sutherland.pdf\" rel=\"\">resume<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p>My seminary required a two-year, half-time internship at a UU church, under supervision of a pastor in Final Fellowship. I am deepening and broadening the skills and experience I gained during my UU internship by working at a half-time internship at the local Decorah Congregational UCC church. I have had a wealth of experience in creating and participating in <a href=\"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/ministerial-leadership\/worship\/\">Worship<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/ministerial-leadership\/lifespan-faith-formation\/\">Lifespan Faith Formation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/ministerial-leadership\/pastoral-care\/\">Pastoral Care<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/ministerial-leadership\/church-administration\/\">Church Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My life has been full of experiences that have formed a strong foundation for the ministry skills and knowledge that I have encountered during my seminary training. My undergraduate degree in Women and Gender studies has given me a deep understanding of systems of oppression and also of how those systems can be transformed into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138,"href":"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revlyndasutherland.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}