Continuing Education Offering About this Event Rural Ministry Instructor: Linda Yates Dates: September 9th – December 9th, 2020 Fee: $250.00 (Continuing Education participants) Format: Online Rural Ministry can be intensely spiritually rewarding even as it is challenging. Increasingly, worship and program delivery take place in multi-point collections of congregations spread out over every larger areas. …
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Whether you’ve been called to full-time ministry, or to just about anywhere else, you are an essential part of God’s church. Calvin’s CMS program will show you how to maximize your impact as an agent of renewal, no matter where you end up. Overview The congregational and ministry studies department aims to critically examine how …
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For Those Who Want to Deepen and Strengthen the Practice of Group Spiritual Direction Monday, September 21 to Wednesday, September 23, 2020 via Zoom Overview As we are all so keenly aware these days, things have changed dramatically for in-person events. In light of this, we have re-envisioned our upcoming Group Spiritual Direction Workshop for …
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The school offers an opportunity for both clergy and lay people to develop skills in congregation and organizational development. About the school Rooted in the Anglican ethos, the school shapes church leaders to support and foster healthy, sustainable congregations. The skills and knowledge learned equip people on the individual, team, and whole system levels. Completing …
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For almost two decades, this cooperative program with Columbia Theology Seminary (Decatur, Ga.) has offered more than 600 laypersons and pastors the opportunity to enter more deeply into the life of the Spirit. Completion of this challenging program involves participation in an Immersion Experience, six elective courses, a practicum, and a pilgrimage. The Immersion class and electives …
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The last 50 years have seen sweeping changes in technology, international travel, communication, and culture that have profoundly impacted how American Christians and their local congregations and parishes engage in God’s mission. In the decades leading up to the 1960s, denominational and mission agency executives conceptualized mission, assessed and prioritized needs, and made most of …
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The Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies (MAPS) is a flexible graduate-level, two-year degree program that equips women and men for leadership in ministry in congregations and other settings. To complete the program, each student produces a final project related to their ministerial context. The program provides grounding in core disciplines and the ability for …
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An annual conference for young adults, ages 18-35  June 5-9, 2020 Do you find yourself eager to confront wrongdoing or mistakes? Have you ever avoided a conflict and then regretted it? Are you troubled by cycles of harm and punishment taking place in communities and society at large? Are you curious about how Spirit might …
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During a video made shortly before his death in 1993, Bede Griffiths spread out his hand. The religions of the world are like the separate fingers, he said, and are quite distinct from each other. But if you trace them to their source, the palm of the hand, you see that they all come together …
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An opportunity for both clergy and lay people to develop skills in congregation and organizational development. The School equips people to  Look at their current reality: Who are we? Where are we? Discern the future: What is God calling us to be in this time and place? Work on plans to get to the future: …
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