Domestic violence, crossing boundaries, lustful thoughts, self-gratification are issues men manage and navigate. Sometimes rarely and sometimes often. Why are those issues for men? Well, the messages of attraction, parenting, dating, marriage, sex and sexuality begins at a very early age. And those messages can be confusing on how to act in a right and just manner.

So, what does this have to do with ministerial roles? That’s the question this program delves into. Through discussions, activities, case studies and maybe even movie clips, participants will:

· Define the difference between ethics and morals and how those differences

impact ministry

· List the three ways of ethical decision making

· Define boundary crossing and the warning signs before boundaries are crossed

· Apply attachment theory to case studies

· List what is ‘normal’ and ‘abnormal’ in lust

· Apply countertransference and transference to ministerial roles and duties

Drawing on years of experience as a hotline operator for domestic violence and working with clients of sexual trauma, this program attempts to help everyone act in loving and caring ways towards others.

Presenter: Rev David Piltz

Reverend Dave Piltz, a licensed Pastor of the United Methodist Church, and currently the Senior Pastor of St. Andrew’s UMC in Warminster PA. Commonly referred to by everyone as just Piltz, he has 25 years of experience of being a youth leader/director. He has 10 years of mission trip experience both domestically & internationally and has been serving as the lead Pastor to local United Methodist Churches since 2016 and was Campus Clergy/Minister at Drexel University 2015-2021. He also was the EPA Conference Youth and Young Adult Coordinator since 2014-2021. In addition, Piltz has created and facilitated Adult Sunday School classes on Biblical Negotiation, taught youth Sunday school, created and facilitated training for youth leaders and Sunday school teachers, created and facilitated church staff training on personality styles, conflict management, emotional intelligence, interactive bible studies and strategic planning and has provided coaching to lead pastors on organizational development issues. Piltz is often a presenter at Tools for Ministry and Laity Academy.

In his non-church work, he is a specialist in instructional design, organization design and in developing interactive learning tools, simulations, training games, and unique facilitation tools and methods. Currently, he is a Marriage and Family therapist and owns M.E. Matters, LLC. He specializes in trauma and works with survivors of domestic violence and sexual trauma.

Piltz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Marriage & Family Therapy. He has completed the Eastern PA United Methodist Church Licensing School. In addition, Dave holds certification in game design, is a master practitioner of the MBTI®, and trained in Neurofeedback. He has authored numerous articles on learning, training, game design and co-authored A Guide to Success for Technical Managers: Supervising in Research, Development, and Engineering published by John Wiley. He is currently ending his third year of seminary with graduation in May 2024.

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