SGM is hosting an online Professional Development Seminar for Spiritual Directors featuring Rev Dr MaryKate Morse hosted by David Crawley and Fran Francis on April 4, 2025.
Rev Dr MaryKate Morse is Professor of Leadership and Spiritual Formation at Portland Seminary, George Fox University. She is a highly acclaimed spiritual director and academic with a conviction that leaders need people like us - spiritual directors - and is passionate about companioning and resourcing those in frontline ministry.
Marykate is in New Zealand as a keynote speaker for Laidlaw’s Hope Conference. SGM are astonished (truly!) and delighted to have this opportunity to host a live Zoom session with her, specifically focused on spiritual directors.
Author of Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space and Influence, A Guidebook to Prayer and Lifelong Leadership, conference speaker and podcast guest, MaryKate’s work explores how embodiment is key to a healthy Christian spirituality asking questions such as; how is power created? How do leaders occupy space? How do you steward power? What body language and physical expression denote “leader” or “follower”?
The exercise of power is a live question for spiritual directors, just as it is for any other Christian leader.
MaryKate's interest in leadership also raises questions for us as spiritual leaders within our circles of influence, as many of us are directors for people called to pastoral leadership - and many of us notice that people called to pastoral leadership don’t always prioritise their spiritual formation!
So, brew a cuppa, grab a snack and join Rev Dr. MaryKate Morse, together with Fran Francis and David Crawley, online for this special ‘PD Morning Tea’ focused on spiritual direction and leadership.
Spiritual Direction and Leadership Seminar with Rev Dr Marykate Morse
What: 2 hour online professional development event for spiritual directors with MaryKate
Where: Online (Zoom) Marykate will be live in the room with Fran and David in Auckland.
When: 10am - 12pm, April 4, 2025
Facilitators: Fran Francis and David Crawley
Cost: $40 (If finances are a barrier, please contact Jenna Edgar)
Who? Spiritual directors. We invite you to share the invite with anyone you think would be interested to hear MaryKate. While her input will be primarily aimed at spiritual directors, you may know a leader who would enjoy participating.
Get to know MaryKate
Consortio Dei podcast (Healthy rhythms for people who do sacred work); Episode 7 has John Chandler interviewing MaryKate
“Noticing the Duck: The Art of asking Spiritual Questions” by MaryKate, was published in SDI’s Presence journal and is still used in SGM’s formation programme.
Christianity Today’s book podcast by Russell Moore name checked MaryKate’s blogpost The Formational Power of Reading: A Requirement for all Leaders in his 2022 top reads episode.
How to Register
Please click the button below to complete the registration form.
Make payment. Specific instructions are provided below based on where you live.
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Pay the $40 PD event fee via online banking.
Spiritual Growth Ministries: 03-0166-0198782-00.
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Overseas registrations - Pay the NZD$40 via Wise International Transfer (if possible), or through your bank with the details below.
SWIFT code: WPACNZ2W
Account name: Spiritual Growth Ministries Trust
Account number: 03 0166 0198782 00Physical Address of Westpac Bank in NZ
Westpac Branch: Howick
19 Wellington Street,
Howick,
Auckland 2014
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3. A Zoom link will be emailed once your registration and payment have come through.
If you have any questions please contact Fran Francis (fran.francis@sgm.org.nz) or our SGM administrator, Jenna Edgar (admin@sgm.org.nz)