10th

Year of Service

1201 Wesleyan Street
Fort Worth, TX 76105- 1536

(817) 531-4962 phone
(817) 531-7527 fax
couragent@txwes.edu email

A NEW NAME! Tarrant County Courage to Teach is now Courage & Renewal - North Texas

Courage & Renewal - North Texas

“Is this person the same on the inside as he or she appears to be on the outside? Children ask this about their parents, students about their teachers, employees about their supervisors, patients about their physicians, and citizens about their political leaders. When the answer is yes, we relax, believing that we are in the presence of integrity and feeling secure enough to invest ourselves in the relationship and all that surrounds it.”

— Parker J. Palmer

Have you ever noticed how fragile the connection is between your inner and outer lives?

Paperwork, procedures, pressure, and a constant parade of challenges slowly separate who you are from what you do. Then suddenly — after years in the classroom, pulpit or boardroom — you realize that your motivation and your ability to walk your talk have been compromised.

At one time or another, each of us has needed to rediscover who we are in connection with the work we do in the world. That’s the purpose of Courage & Renewal—North Texas. During the past decade, more than 3,000 North Texans have used our one-day and extended retreats to rekindle their passion for work and commitment to serve. Our offerings enable participants to live and work with greater integrity — and to lead fuller and richer personal and professional lives.

Opportunities for renewal often rekindle the courage to remain strongly engaged in work. Click on the appropriate link in the left column to find helpful information about our program and a schedule of upcoming retreats and events. You’ll find sessions on life issues such as adapting to change/transition and specialized retreats dealing with the challenges you face in your profession and/or your role as a leader in a complex world.

It’s the first step in reconnecting who you are with what you do.

Got questions? Ready to register for an upcoming retreat? Contact us at couragent@txwes.edu, or call 817-531-4962.

Program Offerings

Courage & Renewal-North Texas offers variety of one-day and extended retreats to help professionals rekindle their passion for work and commitment to serve. Our current offerings include two types of events: One-day Circles of Trust retreats that address life and work issues in ways that help you to know and trust yourself as you maneuver through life’s maze; and multi-session Courage to Lead retreats that provide leaders with tools and strength to meet the needs and challenges of their professions.

Future Opportunities for Personal and Professional Development Through Courage & Renewal - North Texas

RETREAT SERIES
Courage to Lead® -Community Leaders Series April 25-26, July 25-26., November 7-8, 2008. A four-retreat program that helps leaders across sectors in our community to re-energize your professional and personal commitments to community service. Through discussion, introspection and group sharing of common experiences and insights, you'll find ways to be the kind of leader who inspires and creates healthy, positive environments that allow your group to be successful and your staff members to meet their full potential. More.

SINGLE DAY RETREATS
Circles of Trust - Exploring Trust A day-long retreat that provides attendees with a renewed understanding of the qualities of trustworthiness in yourself and others, and the importance of trust in relationships. Circles of Trust-Exploring, Leadership April 17, 2008. A single-day retreat that helps you to identify the inner qualities and Perspectives of leadership and develop those qualities in your personal life and professional environments. More to come. More

Circles of Trust - Exploring Leadership A single-day retreat that helps you to identify the inner qualities and perspectives of leadership and develop those qualities in your personal life and professional work More

WEEKEND RETREAT
Introduction to Courage to Lead for Leaders in Education (Pre K - 12) A two-day residential retreat offering opportunity for leaders in education - teachers, school administrators, school board members and others - to come together for a weekend of conversation and reflection about the qualities of personal leadership within the context of education. Topics will include the impact of power, leading from a center of integrity, reflective practice for leaders, and leadership as vocation.

This retreat will utilize the Circles of Trust model of personal and professional renewal developed by Parker J. Palmer. More

The Mission of Courage & Renewal - North Texas

To provide personal and professional renewal experiences for educators and other leaders in North Texas so that they might increase commitment to vocation and deepen the ability to approach life and work with integrity and authenticity.

History of Service

Board, Facilitators, Staff

Gracious Supporters: Donate Now

Upcoming Retreat Series

Courage to Lead® -Community Leaders Series April 25-26, July 25-26. A four-retreat program that helps leaders across sectors in our community to re-energize your professional and personal commitments to community service. Through discussion, introspection and group sharing of common experiences and insights, you'll find ways to be the kind of leader who inspires and creates healthy, positive environments that allow your group to be successful and your staff members to meet their full potential. More.

Upcoming Single-Day Retreats

Circles of Trust - Exploring Listening A full day of insight that focuses on developing our ability to tap the deep source of wisdom that rests in all of us and to listen to others in ways that deepen their capacity to listen to themselves. As a result, we and they are empowered to live and work with courage. More.

Circles of Trust - Exploring Transition and Change This one-day retreat will help you to develop a better understanding of the natural cycles of change that you will face throughout your lifetime and how you consciously and subconsciously react to those cycles. More.

Circles of Trust - Exploring Trust A day-long retreat that provides attendees with a renewed understanding of the qualities of trustworthiness in yourself and others, and the importance of trust in relationships. More.

Circles of Trust - Exploring Leadership A single-day retreat that helps you to identify the inner qualities and perspectives of leadership and develop those qualities in your personal life and professional environments. More.

Upcoming Weekend Retreat

Courage to Teach Introductory Retreat (PreK - 12) A two-day residential retreat offering opportunity for leaders in education - teachers, school administrators, school board members and others - to come together for a weekend of conversation and reflection about the qualities of personal leadership within the context of education. Topics will include the impact of power, leading from a center of integrity, reflective practice for leaders, and leadership as vocation.
This retreat will utilize the Circles of Trust model of personal and professional renewal developed by Parker J. Palmer.

Site-based Offerings

Alumni News

Honor an Educator

Resources

10th Year of Service
		1201 Wesleyan Street Fort Worth, TX 76105- 1536 (817) 531-4962 phone (817) 531-7527 fax couragent@txwes.edu email

Welcome	A NEW NAME! Tarrant County Courage to Teach is now Courage & Renewal - North Texas Courage & Renewal - North Texas “Is this person the same on the inside as he or she appears to be on the outside? Children ask this about their parents, students about their teachers, employees about their supervisors, patients about their physicians, and citizens about their political leaders. When the answer is yes, we relax, believing that we are in the presence of integrity and feeling secure enough to invest ourselves in the relationship and all that surrounds it.” — Parker J. Palmer Have you ever noticed how fragile the connection is between your inner and outer lives? Paperwork, procedures, pressure, and a constant parade of challenges slowly separate who you are from what you do. Then suddenly — after years in the classroom, pulpit or boardroom — you realize that your motivation and your ability to walk your talk have been compromised. At one time or another, each of us has needed to rediscover who we are in connection with the work we do in the world. That’s the purpose of Courage & Renewal—North Texas. During the past decade, more than 3,000 North Texans have used our one-day and extended retreats to rekindle their passion for work and commitment to serve. Our offerings enable participants to live and work with greater integrity — and to lead fuller and richer personal and professional lives. Opportunities for renewal often rekindle the courage to remain strongly engaged in work. Click on the appropriate link in the left column to find helpful information about our program and a schedule of upcoming retreats and events. You’ll find sessions on life issues such as adapting to change/transition and specialized retreats dealing with the challenges you face in your profession and/or your role as a leader in a complex world. It’s the first step in reconnecting who you are with what you do. Got questions? Ready to register for an upcoming retreat? Contact us at couragent@txwes.edu, or call 817-531-4962. Program Offerings Courage & Renewal-North Texas offers variety of one-day and extended retreats to help professionals rekindle their passion for work and commitment to serve. Our current offerings include two types of events: One-day Circles of Trust retreats that address life and work issues in ways that help you to know and trust yourself as you maneuver through life’s maze; and multi-session Courage to Lead retreats that provide leaders with tools and strength to meet the needs and challenges of their professions. Future Opportunities for Personal and Professional Development Through Courage & Renewal - North Texas RETREAT SERIES Courage to Lead® -Community Leaders Series April 25-26, July 25-26., November 7-8, 2008. A four-retreat program that helps leaders across sectors in our community to re-energize your professional and personal commitments to community service. Through discussion, introspection and group sharing of common experiences and insights, you'll find ways to be the kind of leader who inspires and creates healthy, positive environments that allow your group to be successful and your staff members to meet their full potential. More. SINGLE DAY RETREATS Circles of Trust - Exploring Trust A day-long retreat that provides attendees with a renewed understanding of the qualities of trustworthiness in yourself and others, and the importance of trust in relationships. Circles of Trust-Exploring, Leadership April 17, 2008. A single-day retreat that helps you to identify the inner qualities and Perspectives of leadership and develop those qualities in your personal life and professional environments. More to come. More Circles of Trust - Exploring Leadership A single-day retreat that helps you to identify the inner qualities and perspectives of leadership and develop those qualities in your personal life and professional work More WEEKEND RETREAT Introduction to Courage to Lead for Leaders in Education (Pre K - 12) A two-day residential retreat offering opportunity for leaders in education - teachers, school administrators, school board members and others - to come together for a weekend of conversation and reflection about the qualities of personal leadership within the context of education. Topics will include the impact of power, leading from a center of integrity, reflective practice for leaders, and leadership as vocation. This retreat will utilize the Circles of Trust model of personal and professional renewal developed by Parker J. Palmer. More The Mission of Courage & Renewal - North Texas To provide personal and professional renewal experiences for educators and other leaders in North Texas so that they might increase commitment to vocation and deepen the ability to approach life and work with integrity and authenticity.
History of Service
Board, Facilitators, Staff
Gracious Supporters: Donate Now
Upcoming Retreat Series
Courage to Lead® -Community Leaders Series April 25-26, July 25-26. A four-retreat program that helps leaders across sectors in our community to re-energize your professional and personal commitments to community service. Through discussion, introspection and group sharing of common experiences and insights, you'll find ways to be the kind of leader who inspires and creates healthy, positive environments that allow your group to be successful and your staff members to meet their full potential. More.
Upcoming Single-Day Retreats
Circles of Trust - Exploring Listening A full day of insight that focuses on developing our ability to tap the deep source of wisdom that rests in all of us and to listen to others in ways that deepen their capacity to listen to themselves. As a result, we and they are empowered to live and work with courage. More.
Circles of Trust - Exploring Transition and Change This one-day retreat will help you to develop a better understanding of the natural cycles of change that you will face throughout your lifetime and how you consciously and subconsciously react to those cycles. More.
Circles of Trust - Exploring Trust A day-long retreat that provides attendees with a renewed understanding of the qualities of trustworthiness in yourself and others, and the importance of trust in relationships. More.
Circles of Trust - Exploring Leadership A single-day retreat that helps you to identify the inner qualities and perspectives of leadership and develop those qualities in your personal life and professional environments. More.
Upcoming Weekend Retreat
Courage to Teach Introductory Retreat (PreK - 12) A two-day residential retreat offering opportunity for leaders in education - teachers, school administrators, school board members and others - to come together for a weekend of conversation and reflection about the qualities of personal leadership within the context of education. Topics will include the impact of power, leading from a center of integrity, reflective practice for leaders, and leadership as vocation. This retreat will utilize the Circles of Trust model of personal and professional renewal developed by Parker J. Palmer.
Site-based Offerings
Alumni News
Honor an Educator
Resources