Putting it on Paper: Effective Writing for Congregational Life
Workshop Description
Held July 8-15, 2008
Putting it on Paper: Effective Writing for Congregational Life - The Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research invites you to participate in a writing workshop for pastors. "Putting it on Paper" is designed to help pastors make the transition from the habits of academic writing learned during their student years to a more compelling and public form of writing attuned to congregational life. The workshop will deal with the nuts and bolts of writing, as well as helping you to integrate the writing life with the pastoral life.
Due to the nature of the workshop and its learning process, we will only be able to accept 12 participants. The Collegeville Institute will cover travel expenses to and from the event, as well as your room and board for the duration of the workshop. An honorarium of $500 will be given to each participant. Those who join us for the workshop will be expected to reside at the Institute for the duration of the gathering. Though participants will share apartment space, each will be provided with a private bedroom.
Leading the workshop is Mary Ylvisaker Nilsen (M.A.W., The University of Iowa; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School). Mary has taught creative writing courses since 1982, first at The University of Iowa and then in the Iowa Summer Writing Festival. She also teaches prose style and metaphor classes in Des Moines, where she lives and owns a small publishing company. (www.zionpublishing.org ).