Creating Communities of Safety and Healing
Leadership in the church is a heavy responsibility, espeically in moments of power and vulnerbility. This course equips clergy, lay leaders, safeguarding officers, and seminarians to lead with integrity, accountability, and pastoral wisdom.
Together we will learn to recognize and respond to abuse, navigate safeguarding processes, and cultivate ethical cultures rooted in Scripture, Anglican history, and the ACNA's canonical structures. This course will help us prevent misconduct and form leaders whose exercise of authority reflects the character of Christ: protecting the vulnerable, speaking the truth, and treating discipline first as a path of discipleship.
Led by The Ven. Jessica Howe Jones, PhD, Archdeacon of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese, in partnership with the ACNA and The Rev. Dr. Kelley Munger, Director of Safeguarding.
Most participants will attend as a workshop. A limited number may take the course, PT 695, for academic credit.
The Ven. Jessica Howe Jones, PhD, DWS is an ordained deacon in the Anglican Church in North America who has held multiple provincial roles, most recently as the Provincial Canon for the ACNA's Next Generation Leadership Initiative. She currently serves as Archdeacon and Canon for Leadership for the Gulf Atlantic Diocese.
Jessica is Associate Academic Dean and one of the Thesis Directors at The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. She holds a PhD in Educational Leadership from Northwest Nazarene University, a Doctor of Worship Studies from The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies, and master's and bachelor's degrees from Florida State University. She has served as an adjunct professor of Liturgy and Worship at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, FL, and as a board member for Trinity. Her recent research focuses on how adults learn within a congregation and the teaching efficacy of ministry leaders.
The Ven. Jessica Howe Jones, PhD, Archdeacon of the Gulf Atlantic Diocese, with the ACNA's Director of Safeguarding, The Rev. Dr. Kelley Munger
August 3 to 7, 2026
9:00am to 4:30pm daily, with a break for lunch
Grace Anglican Church (5804 US-17, Fleming Island, FL 32003)
An additional per-person cost for food will be confirmed closer to the date based on enrollment.
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Fleming Island (1815 E West Pkwy, Fleming Island, FL 32003)
Hilton Garden Inn Jacksonville Orange Park (145 Park Ave, Orange Park, FL 32073)
Club Continental (2143 Astor St, Orange Park, FL 32073)
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Trinity is to be an evangelical seminary in the Anglican tradition. To this end we develop Christian leaders who can plant, renew, and grow churches that make disciples of Jesus Christ.
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