All descriptions of the death of members of monastic communities in the Middle Ages have in common that music and song are part of the scenario.  Nobody had to die in silence.  The community accompanied their brothers and sisters on their last journey with singing.  Death and dying are also important subjects in the history of music.  Beginning in …
View course details “Sounds of Death and Mourning: Requiems and Funeral Songs through the Ages”

What does it mean to lead during a time of religious, sociocultural, and environmental upheaval? What can churches do differently to better reflect and nurture gospel values and God’s dream of a just, reconciled, Spirit-filled world? This course in missional leadership will ask these and related questions. We will explore concepts and experience practices of …
View course details “Changing Church: Missional Practices and/for Beloved Community”

This course explores the age-old problem of suffering from a unique and often overlooked perspective: mental health. Traditional theological approaches to suffering tend to offer simple answers that are too thin for the complex reality many people face. This course will dive deeper, exploring what a “thick” account of suffering—one that takes into account the …
View course details “Theology, Mental Health & the Problem of Suffering”

Although spiritual formation and spiritual direction programs have taken hold in many academic and parachurch settings, the expectations, structures, and habits of local churches are often resistant to a deep focus on Christian formation. This course will offer a biblical-theological argument that a Christ-minded pastor and church will be a formation-minded pastor and church. To …
View course details “Cultivating Formation-Minded Pastors & Churches”

Featuring expert speakers, a lived experience advocate, and physicians specializing in elderly care, this symposium will cover essential topics, including transitioning from hospital to long-term care (LTC), the roles of care managers and social workers, patient rights, advocacy, and the cost of care. Attendees will also gain insights into the critical role of caregivers at …
View course details “Navigating the Health Care System to Long Term Care and Beyond”

Are you a full-time physician, social worker, personal support worker, clergy or someone who works serving others? We know you get weary and we so offer days of well-deserved rest at no cost. This program is supported by our Wellness Fund. 

Course Facilitator – The Rev. Deacon Tracey Stagg, beginning Tuesday, February 25. Have you been thinking about pastoral care in your parish family and wondering what it is about this way of caring?This is a seven week online Zoom course that can help you understand better what pastoral care is, how to care in different …
View course details “Pastoral Care Course”

This course focuses on practical and theological foundations for engaging authentically and meaningfully with communities where life experiences, identities, and/or demographic characteristics reveal a social divide that can preclude others (and ourselves) from recognizing their full humanity. Readings and other course content integrate literature from social science, practical theology, and personal narratives of experience. The …
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The class time of supervised Ministry B focuses upon leadership skills. Students will learn a framework and skills for collaborative leadership. Students will develop imagination for leaderful-communities, where every person is empowered for ministry. Students learn leadership skills, such as developing a vision, stewarding change, working with conflict, facilitation, and leading people with different personalities. …
View course details “Supervised Ministry B: Leadership”

The class time of supervised Ministry A focuses upon the inner life of a pastor and Christian leader. We will be discerning God’s invitation to prayer at this particular point in time of our relationship with God, and what forms of prayer the Spirit might be inviting us to explore as a growth edge. We will …
View course details “Supervised Ministry A: Contemplative Ministry”