Join Us for the Culture Cycle of DCDI
We study culture because it has been said that “Culture eats strategy for breakfast!”
If you want to create a healthy, thriving, and growing congregation, understanding your church’s culture is essential.
The Diocesan Church Development Institute (DCDI) can help you identify, assess, leverage, and energize your congregation’s culture for effective ministry and mission.
Why DCDI?
DCDI is a leadership training program designed to strengthen both the spiritual community and organizational life of congregations. Through a highly integrated learning experience, clergy and lay leaders engage the real issues and dynamics they face in ministry today.
Participants will gain skills to:
Increase trust within leadership teams
Improve negotiation and communication skills
Build consensus and manage conflict
Energize congregations for mission
Navigate the challenges of cultural change
Achieve strategic ministry goals
Program Schedule
Sessions are held:
Fridays via Zoom from 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Saturdays in person from 9:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Location for in-person sessions:
Church of the Ascension
Rockville Centre, New York
Cycle: Exploring Church Culture
June 12–13, 2026
September 11–12, 2026
October 23–24, 2026
December 4–5, 2026
Registration closes June 1, 2026.
For more information or to register, visit or contact the Rev. Liz Tunney (info below):
www.dioceseli.org/dcdi
Contact
The Rev. Elisabeth Tunney
DCDI Program Director
(860) 324-8579
etunney@dioceseli.org
*Attributed to Peter Drucker, whose work had a significant impact on management theory.
– The Rev. Elisabeth Tunney coordinates and directs Diocesan Church Development Institute training in the Diocese of Long Island
For more information visit the DCDI page.