Clergy Health and Wellness: Clergy Boundary Awareness Training
The Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota Conferences of the UCC offer Boundary Training regularly throughout the year with a focus on clergy health and wellness. The most recent Boundary Training dates can be found in the side bar to the right or in the Fast Five eNews. You may also contact our Resource Deacon, Shonda Deranleau via email or Associate Conference Minister, Kendy Miller via email for more information about current offerings.
Details of our Boundary Training:
Framed through the lens of clergy health and wellness, join in for a not-so-typical clergy boundary training. Through both presentations and small group collaborative learning, participants will focus on several key areas for balance and wellbeing in their ministry. Areas of focus include:
- Dealing with difficult people
- Tools for mindfulness and spiritual disciplines
- Compassion fatigue, burnout and the effects of secondary traumatic stress
- Financial wellness and financial planning
- Preventing and responding to harm and harassment
- Working through stressful and changing times
This training fulfills the Boundary Training requirement for maintaining UCC ministerial standing in all Associations of the Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota Conferences.
Once you have completed this registration you will receive a confirmation email with further details about the day’s event. Please check your spam folder for confirmation emails as well.


Thursday, April 25, 2025
9:00 am – 3:00 pm CDT
This training is via Zoom and Damascus Learning Project.
This course is led by Rev. Kendy Miller, a spiritual director and Associate Conference Minister of the Tri-Conference UCC (Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota); and by Rev. Stephanie Perdew, PhD, a spiritual director and an Associate Conference Minister who directs the Damascus Project theological education ministry of the Wisconsin and Minnesota Conferences.
Click HERE to Register and for more information.
Tuesday, April 29 & Wednesday, April 30 2025
Boundary Awareness Training 2.0: Through the Lens of Clergy Wellness
(This class is offerend through the Southern New England Conference)
April 29th & 30th, 2025, 6:30pm-8:30pm (2.0) – attendance at both sessions are required
The cost for the training is: SNEUCC Clergy – $65.00; all other Clergy – $85.00.
If you have questions regarding the training please contact Deb Holmes at holmesd@sneucc.org or 508-244-4399.
Click HERE to register and for more information.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
10:00 am – 4:00 pm CDT
In-person only event.
Sponsored by the Eastern Iowa Association and Northeast Association.
FREE for Members of these assocs. $40 for Non-members
Summitt UCC
2885 JFK Road
Dubuque, Iowa
This course is led by Rev. Kendy Miller, a spiritual director and Associate Conference Minister of the Tri-Conference UCC (Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota); and by Rev. Stephanie Perdew, PhD, a spiritual director and Associate Conference Minister in the Wisconsin Conference UCC, who directs the Damascus Project theological education ministry of the Wisconsin and Minnesota Conferences.
Click HERE to Register and for more information.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Boundary Awareness Training 2.0: Through the Lens of Clergy Wellness
(This class is offered through the Southern New England Conference)
June 12, 2025, 10:00am-4:00pm (2.0) (this will be an on-site meeting, bring your own lunch, beverages provided)
The cost for the training is: SNEUCC Clergy – $65.00; all other Clergy – $85.00.
If you have questions regarding the training please contact Deb Holmes at holmesd@sneucc.org or 508-244-4399.
Click HERE to Register and for more information.