Curriculum – Deacon Track Fulfilling all the requirements of the Stevenson School for a certificate does not guarantee your ordination.  Your Bishop and your Commission on Ministry will make final determinations.  However, our curriculum leading to a certificate is an ideal way to prepare you for this ministry. To apply for this certification track, please …
View course details “Deacon Certificate Program”

For a comprehensive list of the competencies developed in our Priest Track curriculum, click here. Curriculum – Priest Track One of the special gifts of the Stevenson School is its ability to support you in the path towards priesthood without assuming that you are going to leave full-time employment or relocate to a traditional seminary.  …
View course details “Priest Certificate Program”

All courses available in the Fall of 2021 should be listed on the indicated web page.  

This page should provide up-to-date links to all the courses currently being offered online, as well as links to the in-person courses available at this seminary.  

Sometimes the questions interrupt you in the middle of the day. Other times they keep you up at night. You wonder if you’re using all of your gifts or skills. Maybe you worry that you’ve plateaued. There’s a restlessness that’s hard to shake—a need to get unstuck, and now. For a growing number of faith …
View course details “Bi-Vocational Ministry: An Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Gigs, and Side Hustles”

As we live into the fourth wave of the current renewal of the Sacred Order of Deacons in The Episcopal Church, we are gaining greater clarity about the distinctive nature of the “full and equal order,” and we are increasingly able and willing to invite the gift of prophetic servant leadership. At the heart of …
View course details “The Diaconal Hermeneutic: The Deacon’s Eyes and Ears”

All courses in the session from April 12 to May 31 should be listed here.  

PIVOT FROM PANIC: DEACONS FOR A POST-PANDEMIC CHURCH La traducción al español se retrasa. Vuelve de nuevo la semana que viene.Lo siento mucho. ​A newly designed A3D Conference, all online and affordable at $65.00! ​​For all those interested in deacon formation, supervision and pastoral care.  Each diocese envisions the diaconate in a contextually customized way.  When the …
View course details “Association of Episcopal Deacons 2021 Conference”

In this workshop for lay disciples involved in pastoral visiting, participants will discuss what the Church teaches about death and dying, prayer resources, and bringing the Christian hope to those who are grieving. This workshop will be online and will be led by Helen Holbrook and Colleen Matthews. Helen is a priest and experienced chaplain, …
View course details “Pastoral Care with the Dying (and their loved ones)”

A workshop for lay disciples involved in pastoral visiting, this workshop will give participants an opportunity to explore how to care for those who have lost a loved one. Prayer resources, healthy grieving, and sitting with hard emotions will be discussed. This workshop will be online and will be led by Helen Holbrook and Colleen …
View course details “Pastoral Care with the Bereaved”