Shall We Re-Gather At The River? Conference Highlights The Rev. A. Katherine Grieb, Ph.D. Conference Preacher The Rev. Dr. A. Katherine Grieb has taught New Testament at Virginia Theological Seminary since 1994. She is currently the Meade Professor in Biblical Interpretation. Previously, she taught for two years at Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine. She received her …
View course details “Richmond Conference of the Association of Anglican Musicians”

Whether you worship at a megachurch in Korea, an Anglican cathedral, a small congregation on the prairies, or a Roman Catholic campus ministry, the way your community worships has been impacted by the multiple movements that have transformed Christian worship over the past century. In this course, we explore the liturgical movement, ecumenical movement, charismatic movement, …
View course details “Transformations of Christian Worship in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries”

Prayer School is a workshop that will help you form your own habit of prayer by drawing on liturgical disciplines. About this event This event is brought to you by the TryTank Experimental Lab in partnership with the department of Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary Two Saturdays, Feb 19 and Feb 26 10:30 a.m.-12:00 …
View course details “Prayer School: Lord Teach us to Pray”

Journey into the riches and mystery of the liturgical year with Steve Bell and Malcolm Guite. Using their original poetry and music as well as other biblical and theological resources, they will open up the riches and the meaning of the great seasons of the church’s year from Advent through Epiphany, Lent, and Easter, on …
View course details “Seasons of Renewal (the liturgical calendar)”

As Christians and congregations are both racing to find new rhythms of life and worship during this pandemic, essential aspects of discipleship and corporate worship are surfacing. At the congregational level, church leaders are working hard to find ways of serving their communities amidst an enormous and unexpected decentralization and digitization of church gatherings. In …
View course details “Embodied Discipleship in a World That Has Gone Virtual”

How can we integrate music into small group or home church experiences? Let’s find out together! We’ll explore a broad palette of possibilities, reflect on our gifts, try out integrating musical activities in a group session, and develop a personal theology of how music enriches these spaces. This three-week learning module is part of our …
View course details “Building Community Through Music”

This course will explore principles and best practices for designing worship that works. The full breadth of the Book of Common Prayer, Enriching Our Worship, The Hymnal 1982, Lift Every Voice and Sing II, Wonder, Love, and Praise, and other liturgical and musical supplements will be discussed. The topics covered include the liturgical year, the …
View course details “Creating Worship that Works”

This is a survey course on the New Testament in its historical, social and literary contexts beginning with its use in the Episcopal Church through the lectionary. The course approaches NT writings as literary (by considering genre, narrative, and redaction criticism), as texts (by considering form and rhetorical criticism), as historical sources for the historical …
View course details “Introduction to New Testament”

Registration is now open for the Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership’s Winter 2022 session. CALL offers a selection of seven-week online continuing education courses for laypeople and clergy. The Winter 2022 session runs January 17 to March 7. This course will explore sacramental theology through the lens of the Episcopal Church and, specifically, how …
View course details “Sacramental Theology”

Music often has a central place in Christian worship, whether in the form of guitar by the campfire, pipe organ and choir, rhythmic drumming, acapella congregational singing, gentle piano accompaniment, chant, or amplified band, among many other possibilities. This course explores a diversity of expressions of music in worship from theological, historical, and practical perspectives. …
View course details “Theologies and Practices of Music in Christian Worship”