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”

Diaconal ministry has at its heart connecting Christian scripture and tradition with the needs, hopes and concerns of the world. Using a framework of five key images, students will strengthen awareness of the sacred in the Church and the wider community, invigorate their practice of diakonia, and gain confidence in engaging others to do the …
View course details “Images of Diakonia: Interpreting the Sacred in Church and the World”

A course for people who are discerning a call to, or preparing for, the diaconate in the Anglican Church of Canada. The Iona Report provides the framework for this program, rooting it in a theological vision of vocation, and providing session themes from the areas of recommended competencies for lifelong learning, formation, and training for …
View course details “Ministering by Word and Example”

  The Diaconate is an online course for deacons, deacons in formation, and those wishing to be better grounded in a sound understanding of The Sacred Order of Deacons including especially, members of local discernment committees and members of Commissions on Ministry. The course will consider the history of the Order of Deacons—what is helpful …
View course details “The Diaconate”

September 14, 2020 – September 14, 2022 Offered by Vancouver School Of Theology https://vst.edu/programs/dads/ VST is called to educate and form thoughtful, engaged and generous Christian leaders for the church and the world in the 21st century.  The diaconate of the Anglican churches is an historic order with roots in the ancient church, adapting to the …
View course details “Diploma in Anglican Diaconal Studies – VST”