The House System

The Renewal Network is a community of individuals from a wide range of professions and service capacities. In describing our members, we use the term “helping professionals” by which we mean “those who are dedicated to the betterment of life through service,” whether or not they are paid in money for their work, or have an official title or degree. To enable members to focus more specifically on common issues and interests, we have grouped types of helping or service work into the following three Houses:

Practitioners’ House: This House is for people who generally interact with others one-on-one or in small groups in the context of healing and helping service work. Examples include counselors, therapists, energy workers, social workers, doctors, nurses, body workers, coaches, acupuncturists—anyone with a client practice providing a helping service. This House is also open to those who are dedicated to care giving, healing and helping but who are not paid in money - for example, someone at home caring for a family member or someone who assists at an animal shelter.

Teachers’ House: This House is for people who focus on the transmission of knowledge and skills. They foster the growth and development of others through teaching or developing knowledge and training programs in support of teaching. Public or private school teachers, public speakers, Reiki masters, meditation teachers, yoga teachers, corporate trainers, and university professors are some examples. This House is also open to those teaching in volunteer work, for example, through literacy programs, or Big Brother/Sister programs.

Leaders’ House: This House is for people who are exploring aspects of leadership in their lives. They could be in a position of leadership in an organization or they could be aspiring to step more solidly into a leadership position in another area of their lives. The focus for leaders often includes holding a vision for what is possible for a group or organization. Leaders often need a place to talk openly about their values, their ways of “being” and the challenges they encounter. Examples of leadership roles of members in this House would be ministers, corporate executives, community organizers, managers, non-profit directors, or elected officials. This House is also open to those leading in volunteer work.

Each of these Houses offers educational content and programs specific to its area of focus, including discussion, networking, and professional development work. Your feedback about the issues that are most alive for you in your service area will help shape the content and periodicity of the offerings.

As a member of the Renewal Network you may join any House to which you feel drawn and may elect to join more than one. We ask that you focus first on the area that is most alive for you in your professional life, the area where you are most called to growth and service at this time. If there is more than one area that is actively calling your attention and service, please join additional houses as appropriate.

Click here to download the Renewal Network Membership documents

See Welcome Letter from the Dean
See Renewal for an overview of Renewal at Gauden
See Renewal Catalog for more details on Renewal classes
See Renewal Calendar for a list of upcoming classes
See Triangles for more information about how Triangles work together