Teaching Fish to Walk: Church Systems & Adaptive Challenge

_TEACHING FISH TO WALK:_ _Church Systems and Adaptive Challenges_by Peter L. Steinke © 2016 Paperback (155 pgs) WHEN / WHERE?   FRIDAY, MAY 5TH, 9AM-3PM * NEW HORIZON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 30 Valley View Road, Council Bluffs, IA 51503 OR SATURDAY, MAY 6TH, 9AM-2:30PM  * PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE CROSS, 1517 S 114th Street, Omaha, NE 68144 WHY?  With massive shifts in society, the American church has come upon adaptive challenges. Steinke urges churches to use change and conflict as opportunities for learning. Living with the promises of God, the church can imagine and explore ways to be more suitable in a new context. WHAT?  Rev. Steinke will expand on the content of his new book (same title) and demonstrate on how to use the book for study with church leaders. We will look at adaptive challenges facing the church in the light of emotional systems.  WHO?  Rev. Steinke is an author of more than a dozen books. He’s an internationally respected congregational systems consultant who has also served as a parish pastor, an educator, and a therapist for clergy. Drawing on the work of family-systems expert Edwin Friedman, Peter's accessible books have helped countless congregations understand their hidden workings and use that understanding to become healthy and vital.