Thursday, July 30 - Friday morning, July 31, 2026
Trainings are being offered before our Big Provincial Gathering.
These events are open to all - participation does not require BPG attendance.
Civil Discourse, Allison Duvall
The Power of Story and Finding Yours, Shaneequa Brokenleg and Leora Tadgerson
Sacred Pause to Refresh, Cynthia Ries
[Gender Justice], Aaron Scott
Disciplinary Board and Reference Panel Training, Terri Bays and Tim Murray
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Civil Discourse
Make Me an Instrument of Peace: Civil Discourse Training
Thursday, July 30, 1-5 pm and Friday, July 31, 9-11:30 am
In this time of deepening polarization and rising tension, how can we as Episcopalians equip ourselves to build and maintain relationships that are fundamental to our common life? What roles can healthy conflict and dialogue play in humanizing one another?
Equip yourself for more constructive conversations on difficult topics through The Episcopal Church's Make Me an Instrument of Peace: A Guide to Civil Discourse training. Allison Duvall, the Senior Manager for Church Relations and Engagement for The Episcopal Church's Public Witness team, will offer a training to help us explore and strengthen our inward capacity for outward engagement with our neighbors. Together, we will explore ways to love our neighbors by helping to bridge partisan divides, learn from others, and enlarge the sacred space for debate.
Trainer
Allison Duvall serves on the staff of Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe as the Senior Manager for Church and Community Engagement in The Episcopal Church’s Division of Public Policy, Partnership, and Witness. From 2013 through 2025, she led the development and expansion of Episcopal Migration Ministries’ church engagement portfolio, including creating the Episcopal Migration Response Network. Her portfolio now encompasses the full range of Public Witness ministries, including the Office of Government Relations, the Office of Global Partnerships, Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations, and the Episcopal Church’s presence at the United Nations. In this role, she supports dioceses, congregations, and individual Episcopalians in engaging with migration ministry, global mission, advocacy, and ecumenical and interreligious relationships.
Before joining the Presiding Bishop’s staff, Allison served as Executive Director of Reading Camp, a literacy ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington serving children from immigrant and refugee families. She has held additional leadership roles in the Episcopal Church, including serving as a Deputy to General Convention, on the Diocese of Lexington’s Executive Council, and on the board of Episcopal Appalachian Ministries. She currently serves on the board of And You Welcomed Me, a nonprofit supporting LGBTQ+ refugees in East Africa, and is the regional director/chair of the board for the Irish Dance Teachers Association of Mid-America.
Allison holds a B.A. in Religion from Transylvania University and an M.A. from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She is the director of McTeggart Irish Dancers in Lexington, Kentucky, where she lives with her husband, Clay.
More info about the Office of Government Relations
Fee: $10 / person - lunch will be provided on Friday.
Thursday, July 30, 1-5 pm and Friday, July 31, 9-11:30 am
In this time of deepening polarization and rising tension, how can we as Episcopalians equip ourselves to build and maintain relationships that are fundamental to our common life? What roles can healthy conflict and dialogue play in humanizing one another?
Equip yourself for more constructive conversations on difficult topics through The Episcopal Church's Make Me an Instrument of Peace: A Guide to Civil Discourse training. Allison Duvall, the Senior Manager for Church Relations and Engagement for The Episcopal Church's Public Witness team, will offer a training to help us explore and strengthen our inward capacity for outward engagement with our neighbors. Together, we will explore ways to love our neighbors by helping to bridge partisan divides, learn from others, and enlarge the sacred space for debate.
Trainer
Allison Duvall serves on the staff of Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe as the Senior Manager for Church and Community Engagement in The Episcopal Church’s Division of Public Policy, Partnership, and Witness. From 2013 through 2025, she led the development and expansion of Episcopal Migration Ministries’ church engagement portfolio, including creating the Episcopal Migration Response Network. Her portfolio now encompasses the full range of Public Witness ministries, including the Office of Government Relations, the Office of Global Partnerships, Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations, and the Episcopal Church’s presence at the United Nations. In this role, she supports dioceses, congregations, and individual Episcopalians in engaging with migration ministry, global mission, advocacy, and ecumenical and interreligious relationships.
Before joining the Presiding Bishop’s staff, Allison served as Executive Director of Reading Camp, a literacy ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington serving children from immigrant and refugee families. She has held additional leadership roles in the Episcopal Church, including serving as a Deputy to General Convention, on the Diocese of Lexington’s Executive Council, and on the board of Episcopal Appalachian Ministries. She currently serves on the board of And You Welcomed Me, a nonprofit supporting LGBTQ+ refugees in East Africa, and is the regional director/chair of the board for the Irish Dance Teachers Association of Mid-America.
Allison holds a B.A. in Religion from Transylvania University and an M.A. from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, Ireland. She is the director of McTeggart Irish Dancers in Lexington, Kentucky, where she lives with her husband, Clay.
More info about the Office of Government Relations
Fee: $10 / person - lunch will be provided on Friday.
The Power of Story and Telling Yours
Thursday, July 30, TIME and Friday, July 31, TIME
As human beings we are hard wired for story. Stories help us connect, inspire, empower, create change, and heal. In this pre-event training we will explore story from multiple perspectives including the power of story, perspective, story form, transformation, and healing. Using an interactive experiential model, participants will learn techniques to help themselves and others tell and share stories, exploring the story of ourselves, our spiritual traditions, and our cultures. Some story techniques discussed in this training include: simple story form, story circles, photovoice, wintercount, tree of life, dream catchers, and stepping stones models. These techniques can be used as tools for preaching, formation, creating political change, christian education, reconciliation, and helping others to heal.
Trainers
The Reverend Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Nation). She is an Episcopal priest in the diocese of South Dakota. From a cultural perspective, she believes we are all related and, as such, we are all called to be “good relatives” to one another. As a winktè, Shaneequa is called to be a healer and move communities in the direction of positive change. From an academic perspective, she has a Masters of Public Health Degree from the University of Minnesota and Masters of Divinity degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Shaneequa is the Interim Indigenous Missioner at the Episcopal Church. She is passionate about social justice, and working to end the structural oppression/violence that hurts us all. Shaneequa strives to live out her calling through her work, our church, her art, and in her life.
Miskopwaaganikwe – Leora Tadgerson is a proud citizen of Gnoozhikaaning, Bay Mills, MI. She serves as Director of Reparations and Justice and Creative Director of the Walking Together Finding Common Ground Traveling Exhibit, both with the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan. Leora’s role is focusing on truth-telling, racial equity through restorative justice action, reconciliation research from the Native American boarding school era, and place-based community work/bridge-building as a tribal liaison. Her research involves the Michigan-based Indian boarding school experience and the Episcopal-run schools, where she serves as co-chair for the Truth, Healing & Justice Commission on Native Boarding Schools for The Episcopal Church. Through Leora’s research, she hopes to aid in the healing of Native hearts.
Fee: $10 / person - lunch will be provided on Friday.
As human beings we are hard wired for story. Stories help us connect, inspire, empower, create change, and heal. In this pre-event training we will explore story from multiple perspectives including the power of story, perspective, story form, transformation, and healing. Using an interactive experiential model, participants will learn techniques to help themselves and others tell and share stories, exploring the story of ourselves, our spiritual traditions, and our cultures. Some story techniques discussed in this training include: simple story form, story circles, photovoice, wintercount, tree of life, dream catchers, and stepping stones models. These techniques can be used as tools for preaching, formation, creating political change, christian education, reconciliation, and helping others to heal.
Trainers
The Reverend Isaiah “Shaneequa” Brokenleg (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Nation). She is an Episcopal priest in the diocese of South Dakota. From a cultural perspective, she believes we are all related and, as such, we are all called to be “good relatives” to one another. As a winktè, Shaneequa is called to be a healer and move communities in the direction of positive change. From an academic perspective, she has a Masters of Public Health Degree from the University of Minnesota and Masters of Divinity degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Shaneequa is the Interim Indigenous Missioner at the Episcopal Church. She is passionate about social justice, and working to end the structural oppression/violence that hurts us all. Shaneequa strives to live out her calling through her work, our church, her art, and in her life.
Miskopwaaganikwe – Leora Tadgerson is a proud citizen of Gnoozhikaaning, Bay Mills, MI. She serves as Director of Reparations and Justice and Creative Director of the Walking Together Finding Common Ground Traveling Exhibit, both with the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Michigan. Leora’s role is focusing on truth-telling, racial equity through restorative justice action, reconciliation research from the Native American boarding school era, and place-based community work/bridge-building as a tribal liaison. Her research involves the Michigan-based Indian boarding school experience and the Episcopal-run schools, where she serves as co-chair for the Truth, Healing & Justice Commission on Native Boarding Schools for The Episcopal Church. Through Leora’s research, she hopes to aid in the healing of Native hearts.
Fee: $10 / person - lunch will be provided on Friday.
Sacred Pause to Refresh
Thursday, July 30, 1-5 pm and Friday, July 31, 9-11:30 am
Are you feeling the need to take a break to refresh and renew your spirit? Join us for this pre-gathering mini retreat designed to give you a quiet space, and give you some ideas to take home with you to try when you need to take a meaningful break. We will tailor this workshop to the interests and needs of registered participants and can include: meditation; prayer; labyrinth; journaling; breathwork; SoulCollage(R); mandala coloring; terra divina and lectio divina; rest and napping;and other activities that can be woven into your spiritual practice. This will be a time for YOU. Join us!
Retreat Leader
Cynthia Ries
Fee: $10 / person - lunch will be provided on Friday.
Are you feeling the need to take a break to refresh and renew your spirit? Join us for this pre-gathering mini retreat designed to give you a quiet space, and give you some ideas to take home with you to try when you need to take a meaningful break. We will tailor this workshop to the interests and needs of registered participants and can include: meditation; prayer; labyrinth; journaling; breathwork; SoulCollage(R); mandala coloring; terra divina and lectio divina; rest and napping;and other activities that can be woven into your spiritual practice. This will be a time for YOU. Join us!
Retreat Leader
Cynthia Ries
Fee: $10 / person - lunch will be provided on Friday.
[Gender Justice]
Thursday, July 30, TIME and Friday, July 31, TIME
Trainers
Aaron Scott
Fee: $10 / person - lunch will be provided on Friday.
Trainers
Aaron Scott
Fee: $10 / person - lunch will be provided on Friday.
Disciplinary Board and Reference Panel Training
Thursday, July 30, 1-5 pm and Friday, July 31, 9-11:30 am
Those called to serve on Diocesan Disciplinary Boards, on Reference Panels (Bishops, Intake Officers and Presidents of Disciplinary Boards), and as Church Attorneys may be called upon to address a wide range of disciplinary concerns. In the meantime, as the Title IV Disciplinary Process matures, it is growing increasingly nuanced. Join us for a pre-conference workshop that offers both generalized training and an opportunity to discuss some of the trickier issues facing our disciplinary leadership in this new era.
Trainers
Terri Bays, Northern Indiana
Tim Murray, Chicago
Fee: $10 / person - lunch will be provided on Friday.
Those called to serve on Diocesan Disciplinary Boards, on Reference Panels (Bishops, Intake Officers and Presidents of Disciplinary Boards), and as Church Attorneys may be called upon to address a wide range of disciplinary concerns. In the meantime, as the Title IV Disciplinary Process matures, it is growing increasingly nuanced. Join us for a pre-conference workshop that offers both generalized training and an opportunity to discuss some of the trickier issues facing our disciplinary leadership in this new era.
- Title IV Reference Panel Training
- Canon 19 Matters—advisors, imputation and more!
- What does a "Pastoral Response" Really Entail?
- Why a Year-End Title IV Audit is in Your Interest
- Self-Care for the Reference Panel
- Thursday Evening—networking discussion over dinner
- Friday Morning—Title IV Disciplinary Board Member Training
Trainers
Terri Bays, Northern Indiana
Tim Murray, Chicago
Fee: $10 / person - lunch will be provided on Friday.
These trainings are offered at a reduced rate because of our sponsorships and subsidies by the Province.
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