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Like with any skill, if we are not practicing it regularly, we cannot expect to serve people well and may even cause harm. What would happen if a newly trained surgeon took time off from their practice and then wanted to start right back in the operating room, or a trained athlete took months off and then tried to compete in a race?

ELCA Coaching Ministry is committed to quality coaching and adheres to the teachings, ethics, and competencies of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). The people we journey with bring topics and goals to the coaching table that have deep meaning and impact in their lives and the world around them. In turn, our ministry is dedicated to the faithful practice of coaching skills as we accompany others in these coaching conversations.

We invite you to regularly practice coaching skills, on your own with other trained coaches and/or via these dyad and triad practice coaching sessions. These ELCA Coaching hosted events will include a brief review of one of the 8 ICF core coaching competencies, followed by an opportunity to coach and to be coached (and if placed in a triad, to also observe coaching).

Please come to the session ready to coach AND to be coached. Remember that a coaching topic for this practice space is something that is:

  • Real,
  • Current, and
  • Of high importance

Advance registration is required. Zoom link will be sent to you upon registration. (Registration links will be posted soon.) After you register, please save the date and time in your calendar. If you are unable to make it, please communicate with us as soon as you can so that we might plan accordingly.

These practice sessions are scheduled for up to 2 hours and will vary by day-of-the-week and time-of-day in order to meet the wide spectrum of needs that exist in for our coaches. For your planning purposes:

  • Monday, January 13, starting at 7am Hawaii | 8am Alaska | 9am Pacific | 10am Mountain | 11am Central | 12noon Eastern | 1pm Atlantic
  • Tuesday, February 18, starting at 11am Hawaii | 12noon Alaska | 1pm Pacific | 2pm Mountain | 3pm Central | 4pm Eastern | 5pm Atlantic
  • Thursday, March 6, starting at 2pm Hawaii | 3pm Alaska | 4pm Pacific | 5pm Mountain | 6pm Central | 7pm Eastern | 8pm Atlantic
  • Wednesday, April 23, starting at 6:30am Hawaii | 7:30am Alaska | 8:30am Pacific | 9:30am Mountain | 10:30am Central | 11:30am Eastern | 12:30pm Atlantic
  • Monday, May 12, starting at 1pm Hawaii | 2pm Alaska | 3pm Pacific | 4pm Mountain | 5pm Central | 6pm Eastern | 7pm Atlantic
  • Tuesday, June 17, starting at 7am Hawaii | 8am Alaska | 9am Pacific | 10am Mountain | 11am Central | 12noon Eastern | 1pm Atlantic
  • Wednesday, July 30, starting at 11am Hawaii | 12noon Alaska | 1pm Pacific | 2pm Mountain | 3pm Central | 4pm Eastern | 5pm Atlantic
  • Thursday, August 21, starting at 6:30am Hawaii | 7:30am Alaska | 8:30am Pacific | 9:30am Mountain | 10:30am Central | 11:30am Eastern | 12:30pm Atlantic
  • Friday, September 12, starting at 8am Hawaii | 9am Alaska | 10am Pacific | 11am Mountain | 12noon Central | 1pm Eastern | 2pm Atlantic
  • Monday, October 27, starting at 2pm Hawaii | 3pm Alaska | 4pm Pacific | 5pm Mountain | 6pm Central | 7pm Eastern | 8pm Atlantic
  • Tuesday, November 11, starting at 8am Hawaii | 9am Alaska | 10am Pacific | 11am Mountain | 12noon Central | 1pm Eastern | 2pm Atlantic
  • Thursday, December 18, starting at 1pm Hawaii | 2pm Alaska | 3pm Pacific | 4pm Mountain | 5pm Central | 6pm Eastern | 7pm Atlantic

(Time zones may vary with Daylight Saving Time. We do our best to include other time zones as we understand them to be. Please double-check your time zone against the Central time noted. Times noted at the top of this page are in Central time.)

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