How to Resolve Conflicts Peacefully in Your Home and Community

The Reverend Bill Blank, Associate Director of the Lombard Mennonite Peace Center will present a two-afternoon workshop, How to Resolve Conflicts Peacefully in Your Home and Community, at Union Church of Hinsdale on Sunday, September 18^th, and Sunday, September 25^th, 1 pm – 4 pm each day.

Conflict is an inevitable, normal part of life—we all experience it in our families, work places, communities and in the wider world. This workshop will teach basic skills that will help participants manage conflicts in a healthier manner. Reverend Blank will also share strategies for prevention of destructive conflicts.

Topics for discussion include:

• The nature and role of conflict
• Self-assessment: understanding and improving your own conflict response style
• How to be effective when people are angry

This workshop, which is open to the public, would benefit anyone interested in improving their ability to handle conflict effectively, whether in the church, the home, the workplace, or the community.

Reverend Blank will also be guest speaker at the 10:00 am worship service at Union Church on Sunday, September 11^th. The public is cordially invited.

Register for the workshop at http://uchucc.us/conflictworkshop. Free child care is available on request. For more information, please contact Penny Johnson at pjohnson@uchinsdale.org. Registration fee is $25/person or $40/couple.

Reverend Bill Blank joined Lombard Mennonite Peace Center staff in 2014. He is an ordained minister in the Mennonite Church and has served as a pastor and interim pastor. He has participated in numerous LMPC training events specializing in mediation and conflict resolution.

For more information about the programs offered at The Union Church of Hinsdale, please visit hinsdale.church.