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 …
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Father Thomas Keating is widely known as the co-founder of the Centering Prayer movement and a master teacher of contemplative prayer and devotion. In a final of creative energy during early winter 2018 — the last winter of his life — he and his nephew, filmmaker Peter Jones, worked intensely for three months, pooling their …
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Code: IPS/SP500 Dates: Three weekend classes | Thursdays 6 – 9pm & Fridays 9am – 4pm | September 24-25, October 22-23, November 26-27 This course explores spiritual formation within three different faith communities or wisdom traditions with a focus on the specific forms of spirituality brought by instructors from each of the communities or traditions. …
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Code: TH600/700 Dates: September 14, 2020 – December 4, 2020 on Thursdays Time: 9:00 am for 3 hours The centre of Christian theology is Jesus Christ. Therefore, this course will focus on thinking through the scriptural and ecclesiastical traditions concerning the person and work of Christ. This will provide the basis for a discussion about …
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Code: PT500 Dates: September 14, 2020 – December 4, 2020 on Thursdays Time: 9:00 am for 3 hours To explore, examine and engage the critical questions facing pastoral and public leadership through the Christian Church in our Post-modern and Post-Christendom Canadian context. What is God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit up to in the …
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Code: DS601 Dates: September 14, 2020 – December 4, 2020 on Tuesdays Time: 2:00 pm for 3 hours People entering into leadership in the Anglican Church need to have an understanding of how things work in our particular denomination (or at least how they are supposed to work); they have to know something about the …
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Code: HIS/TH6/715 Dates: September 14, 2020 – December 4, 2020 on Tuesdays Time: 9:00 am for 3 hours Interpretation of the bible is an act of discipleship in the church. Modernity has seen a myriad of critical approaches to the bible that have renewed our attention to scripture in ways that are, at once, delightful, …
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Code: PT651 Dates: September 14, 2020, September 28, 2020, October 5, 2020, October 22, 2020, October 23, 2020, October 24, 2020, November 9, 2020, and November 23, 2020 Time: 2 – 5pm Theologically trained professionals serving congregational or social ministries, agencies, organizations and other institutions are continually presented with a changing context and the need …
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THEO 602 This course is a reflection in faith on the realities of Christian doctrine.  Under the general heading of “salvation,” we will explore four major areas of Christian doctrine: last things (eschatology), the work of Christ and our appropriation of it (soteriology), the Holy Spirit (pneumatology), and the church (ecclesiology).  We will do so …
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THEO 500 (A) (Pre-recorded Distance Education Option Available) In a postmodern age marked by suspicion of truth, it is all the more important to be rooted in the essential teachings of the Christian faith. Deepen your faith and your understanding with this systematic survey of the basic elements of Christian doctrine. Investigate the biblical foundation …
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