Healthy Boundaries Training
Registration for the final session will close at 2:00pm (EST) on Monday 11/13/2023.
Thanks to the generosity of the Synod of Lincoln Trails, the Indiana Presbyteries will be offering in-person opportunities for healthy boundaries training. These are identical sessions, and will begin at 10:00am ET / 9:00am CT and conclude no later than 4pm ET / 3pm CT. Lunch will be served at no cost to participants.
Please note: Do not fill out this form more than once. After registering, if you need to switch to a different session or cancel your registration, email Rhonda Seymour (rhonda@presbyteryov.org)
Here are the locations and dates:
Thursday, September 28 - Hosted by the Presbytery of Ohio Valley
** Registration for this session closed on 9/26/2023
Tuesday, October 17 - Hosted by the Whitewater Valley Presbytery
** Registration for this session closed on 10/12/2023
Saturday, November 18 - Hosted by the Presbytery of Wabash Valley
Community Presbyterian Church
530 Jefferson Street
Rochester, IN 46975
Our presenter will be the Rev. Charlotte Lohrenz, pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, and current vice-moderator of Whitewater Valley Presbytery.
Charlotte has a degree in science writing, focused on the biology of the human body, from Lehigh University, which encouraged her to see the holiness of our God-created bodies. She believes the church and its leaders are uniquely poised to share healthy attitudes about our bodies and to protect those entrusted to our care from abusive behaviors and practices. In four presbyteries, Charlotte has participated in judicial and disciplinary processes and less formal interventions, responding to sexual misconduct and boundary violations. In various situations, she has served as an advocate for the accused, the self-accused, affected congregations, accusers, and survivors. While serving in National Capital Presbytery, she was part of developing a Crisis Response Team, which included sexual misconduct prevention and response. She received in-depth training from FaithTrust Institute, which offers a clear paradigm to establish sacred boundaries and assess behaviors.
Her husband, Gene Shipman, had a remarkable career in city management before retirement and was a Presbyterian ruling elder when they married in 1991. They share two daughters, launched into young adulthood, four children from Gene's first marriage, and thirteen living grandchildren. She runs slowly, does yoga inflexibly, and lifts heavy weights. She appreciates dark coffee, darker mystery novels, and even darker beer. She is in the process of relocating her raised garden beds in hopes of harvesting more than one tomato from the mouths of local creatures.
