Programs and Services

In order to meet our objectives, The Overton Institute offers classes, workshops, and retreats that include training in effective communication skills and conflict management, wellness, team building, diversity training, and spiritual development -- all based on the theology of the unconditional love of God.  We offer counseling services by licensed professionals, for individuals, couples, families and groups, and consultation for congregations and organizations.

Consistent with The Institute’s mission, programs and services are designed to accomplish a three-fold objective:  Affirmation, Education, Proclamation.  Informed by its theology, the organization’s philosophy necessitates that:

• We affirm the inherent value of every human being, endowed upon each of us by our Creator through the act of creation.

• We offer education programs and counseling services that facilitate awareness, understanding, and development of satisfying, fulfilling relationships that will enrich all of life. And,

• Through our programs and services we proclaim the good news of the unconditional love of God for all of creation, a love which calls us to love self and others unconditionally, and to treat self and others accordingly.

The Overton Institute will archive, publish, and distribute the book, From Me – To You, written by Burney in 1975 and originally self-published by friends of Burney in 2000.  We will also archive, publish, and distribute Burney’s sermons and the series of “Burney’s Papers” written from the 1970’s through the 1990’s.  We will archive, copy, and distribute audio tapes of Burney’s sermons, along with his letters and other collected material generated by his writing and work.  Future plans also include writing and publishing Burney’s biography, as well as continuing the conversation engendered by the theology of the unconditional love of God.

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