Family Systems Theory for Ministry

Schedule

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 21 Oct, 2025 at 08:30 pm

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Location

Lifelong Learning at VTS | Alexandria, VA

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Strengthen your leadership by exploring how systems thinking and emotional insight can transform ministry relationships and challenges.
About this Event

Tuesday evenings, September 16 - October 21, 2025
7:00 - 8:30 p.m. ET
This program takes place on-site at Virginia Theological Seminary only. to learn more about visiting campus.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Family Systems Theory for Ministry offers an accessible introduction to Bowen Family Systems Theory, focusing on key concepts such as anxiety, emotional triangles, self-differentiation, and systems thinking. Through the lens of this theory, participants will explore how emotional processes impact leadership and relationships in congregational and ministry settings. The course includes opportunities to apply theory to real-life situations and to reflect on one’s own family and ministry system in a supportive learning community.


This event is brought to you by the department of Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary.
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The Rev. Canon Jacques Hadler Jr. is a pensioned itinerant Episcopal priest of the Diocese of Washington. Over the course of his ministry, he has served in five parishes in various capacities, taught for four years at a theological college in Tanzania, and directed Field Education at Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) for 17 years. While at VTS, he also taught Pastoral Theology and Cross-Cultural Ministry, integrating Bowen Family Systems Theory into both his classroom teaching and practical training. Jacques studied Family Systems Theory for 12 years with Rabbi Edwin Friedman and continued for another 14 years with the Center for Family Process. Since his retirement from VTS in 2010, he has applied the theory in spiritual direction and clergy coaching. Widowed and now partnered, Jacques is a proud father of two married children and grandfather of three.

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Lifelong Learning at VTS, 3630 Bishop Walker Circle, Alexandria, United States

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