Theological Education for All
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Theological Education News and Events
(Updated: August
23, 2007) |
This section lists some of the Theological Education/Christian Formation events that may be of interest to a wide audience. Special attention is given to online materials and courses available to anyone with an Internet connection. We attempt to highlight the courses and events offered by Episcopal Seminaries to all interested persons.
To suggest an event for posting on this page please email: akhamin@episcopalchurch.org |
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Conflict and Change in Healthy Congregations
September 3-October 21, 2007
Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership online course, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709
Kimberly Morgan
Nobody likes conflict; but every congregation has it. Change can be equally uncomfortable, but is inevitable for individual and organizational growth. How we approach change and conflict will shape the positive or negative impact they have on our personal lives and on our congregations. Resist change, then every attempt at change can cause tensions. But see change as God’s invitation to create the future, then change becomes the healthy norm. This course explores congregational dynamics of change and conflict, and helps lay and ordained leaders develop skills to transform conflict into consensus and a positive force for change.; $175; $135 for member of a team of 3 or more, 2 CEUs; Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership, 2451 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709, (510)204-0720 ; call@cdsp.edu
More Info/Registration: www.cdsp.edu/center_online.php
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Healing and Illness in the Congregation
September 24-November 11, 2007
Web-based course, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94707
Jennifer Anttonen
Pastoral care brings us face to face with those who have serious illness—at home, in the hospital, in rehab, or in long-term care. In this course, students will learn about the experience of illness and how it can affect the person, the family, caregivers, and even the congregation. Students will also learn how to begin and maintain a parish-based healing ministry. If your ministry involves those who are elderly or sick in any way, this course will be an excellent resource.; $175; $135 for member of a team of 3 or more, 2 CEUs; Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership, 2451 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709, (510)204-0720 ; call@cdsp.edu
More Info/Registration: www.cdsp.edu/center_online.php
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Introduction to Liturgy and Worship
September 3-October 21, 2007
Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership online course
Dennis Tierney
Where did Episcopalians get that beautiful liturgy? This course will cover the origins of Christian liturgy and its evolution to the forms used in the present day. Special attention and focus will be given to the liturgy in the Anglican traditions. This course does not include practical applications of the theories of liturgy, but because of the foundational nature of this class, it should be taken prior to any courses in practical liturgy.; $175; $135 for member of team of 3 or more, 2 CEUs; Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership, 2451 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709, (510)204-0720 ; call@cdsp.edu
More Info/Registration: www.cdsp.edu/center_online.php
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Introduction to the Writings of the Hebrew Bible I
September 3-October 21, 2007
Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership online course, www.cdsp.edu/center_online.php, CA
Teresa Brown
The third part of the canon of the Hebrew Bible, the Writings, contain the Psalms, wisdom literature, and other texts such as Ezra, Chronicles, Ruth, Esther, and Daniel. This course will examine these books using both online and text resources for biblical scholarship. Methods of exegesis pertinent to these texts with regard to sermon preparation will also be covered. Note: This is part one of a two-part course; $175; $135 for member of a team of 3 or more, 2 CEUs; Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership, 2451 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709, (510)204-0720 ; call@cdsp.edu
More Info/Registration: www.cdsp.edu/center_online.php
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Theological Reflection
September 3-October 21, 2007
Web-based course, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709
David Abernathy-Deppe
This course is about connecting theology and practice. Participants will have the opportunity to develop the discipline of theological reflection, a process that involves examining one’s own specific ministerial experiences in the light of Scripture, reason and tradition. This course will enable all those who are doing ministry to interpret the biblical text, connect with the traditions of the Church and use reason in a manner that is consistent and reliable.; $175; $135 member of team of 3 or more; Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership, 2451 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709, (510)204-0720 ; call@cdsp.edu
More Info/Registration: www.cdsp.edu/center_online.php
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Desmond Tutu Education Center Opening Conference
September 10, 2007
The General Theological Seminary, 175 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY 10011
Reconciliation at the Roundtable: God’s Call in the 21st Century will inaugurate the Seminary’s new Desmond Tutu Education Center with its 60 guest rooms and full conference facilities.
Co-sponsored by the Community of the Cross of Nails, this gathering underscores General’s vision to connect the Seminary with the wider church and global community. Workshops led by on-the-ground experts will stimulate fresh thinking about reconciliation in current conflicts and catalyze commitment to peace and reconciliation efforts in the USA and around the world.
Contact information: 212.243.5150 x411
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Living Word Workshop
September 17-21, 2007
Crossways International, 7930 Computer Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55435
Rev. Dr. Harry Wendt
Crossways International's Living Word Workshop is a revitalizing course for clergy, Christian Educators, and Lay Leaders. At the workshop, participants will be equipped to teach the biblical narrative more effectively within their own ministry, using the acclaimed courses and visual graphics developed by Rev. Dr. Harry Wendt, founder of Crossways International.; $350.00 + materials. Discounts may apply-please call., 2.0-3.2 CEUs; Crossways International, 7930 Computer Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55435-5415, (800)257-7308 ; info@crossways.org
More Info/Registration: www.crossways.org
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Praying the Psalms
September 19-21, 2007
Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2205 34th St. SW, Missoula, MT 59801
Rev. Susan Briehl
The Psalter has been the Church's source of prayer for two thousand years. When we pray the psalms, Dietrich Bonhoeffer said we are praying with Jesus and Jesus is praying through us. When we cry the psalms, we join Jesus' lament from the cross as we, along with all of creation, await redemption and renewal. And when we sing the psalms, we sing Christ's sorrow song on behalf of all who suffer. In this workshop, we will gather for a day of learning, prayer, and song as together we enter more deeply into the treasury of the Psalms. Sessions include: Praying in the Presence of God; Praying with Creation; Praying Amid Suffering; and Praying the Promise. This workshop will also be held in at King of Glory Lutheran Church in Billings, MT on Sept. 20 and First English Lutheran Church in Great Falls, MT on Sept. 21.; $50 regular/ $45 new clergy or LPA's, 5 hours; Northern Rockies Institute of Theology, 2415 13thAve. S., Great Falls, MT 59405, (406)453-1461 ; nrit@nrit.org
More Info/Registration: www.nrit.org
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The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community
September 24-November 11, 2007
Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership online course, www.cdsp.edu/center_online.php
Diana Glyer
The creators of Narnia and Middle-earth, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, were close friends and colleagues who met frequently with a community of fellow writers at Oxford in the 1930’s and 1940s. Their writers’ community—the “the Inklings”—profoundly shaped their own work, and has left a deep mark on Anglican ethos, theology, and spiritual imagination. Students will look together at Lewis’ and Tolkien’s diary entries, personal letters, rough drafts and final works to discover the many ways these writers influenced each other. The author uses research in composition as well as the sociology of creativity to show how creative artists working in community can encourage one another.; $175; $135 for member of team of 3 or more, 2 CEUs; Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership, 2451 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709, (510)204-0720 ; call@cdsp.edu
More Info/Registration: www.cdsp.edu/center_online.php
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The Diaconate
September 24-November 11, 2007
Web-based course, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709
Roderick Dugliss
What is the diaconate and how is it relevant to the Church’s ministry? Beginning with the diaconate as presented in the New Testament, this course will look at how this office has changed over the years. Emphasis will be placed on how the diaconate fits into the life of the Episcopal Church today, and the many different ways by which people recognize and fulfill their calling to be deacons.; $175; $135 for member of team of 3 or more, 2 CEUs; Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership, 2451 Ridge Road Berkeley, CA 94709, (510)204-0720 ; call@cdsp.edu
More Info/Registration: www.cdsp.edu/center_online.php
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Health Ministries Certificate Program
September 2007 - July 2008
www.oates.org
Vicki Hollon
The Health Ministries movement continues to grow as nurses and other health care professionals feel called to serve in the context of their congregations and faith communities. This growth is happening at a time when the many congregations are experiencing a demographic shift due to the aging of baby boomers and an increase in individual life expectancy. Rooted in faith, health ministries provide a model for congregations to reengage the historical healing ministry of the Church. Congregational health ministries provide another opportunity for church members, trained in healthcare practices, to utilize their gifts and lead congregations in an inclusive ministry that can go beyond the four walls of a local congregation and reach deep into the needs of the community at large. The Health Ministries Certificate Program offered by the Oates Institute’s is designed as a blended educational experience that combines a weekend retreat with additional online small group study consisting of 8 – 12 persons. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from each other as well as from written presentations, case study and practicum experience, and faculty facilitation. This program is for congregational leaders including: lay leaders, Ministers of Congregational Care or Counseling, Ministers of Education, Ministers of Senior Adults, Parish Nurses, Pastors, Stephen Ministers and professional caregivers in: nursing, medicine, social work, pastoral counseling, and chaplaincy. The next peer group is scheduled to begin in September 2007. Applications are now being accepted for the fall 2007 session. For more information about the Oates Institute’s Health Ministries Certificate program, go to: http://www.oates.org/olc/0100/certificates/index.html or call the Wayne Oates Institute at 502.459.2370; Tuition is $1,275 not including travel expenses, 138 Contact Hours (132 are online); Wayne E. Oates Institute, 1733 Bardstown Rd, Louisville, KY 40205, (502)459-2370 ; Vicki@oates.org
More Info/Registration: www.oates.org
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Women's Day 2007: From Scarcity to Abundance
September 29, 2007
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 East 55th Street, Chicago, IL 60615
Dr. Esther Menn, Dr. Monica Coleman, others
Lecture and workshops to uplift and celebrate the ministry of women in the life of the church.; $35 includes lunch; Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 E. 55th St., Chicago, IL 60615, (773)256-0744 ; mmiller@lstc.edu
More Info/Registration: www.lstc.edu
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Trinity Institute Online Resources
National Theological Conference
Watch telecasts and read presentations of renowned scholars and church leaders, including Jurgen Moltmann, Peter Gomes, and more.
Theological Reflection
Download “essay on the nature and purpose of Theological Reflection by the Rev. Dr. Edward de Bary, who served for twenty-five years as the director of the Education for Ministry (EfM) program.” Watch a video about EfM.
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