Application materials (the “Request for Proposals” or “RFP” document) for the 2020 Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Programs are available below and include a full description of program guidelines and eligibility. Applicants may apply using the print application (the “Request for Proposals” or “RFP” document that may be downloaded as a PDF) or the online application …
View course details “National Clergy Renewal Program – 2021”

Summary:   This course will explore the Doctrine of Providence with readings across three genres: scriptural primary texts, commentaries on those from the tradition, treatises by ancient and modern authors.  The goal is to arrive at an understanding of the explanatory power of Providence in terms of how it runs like an implicit element in …
View course details “The Doctrine of Providence – Online”

Summary:   When we answer the call of leadership to a local church or a community-based non-profit, we accept the responsibility to raise the necessary financial resources to fulfill its mission. This course focuses on learning and applying resource development good practices within local churches and community-based non-profits. Its premise is that any organization that …
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Summary: The course will introduce students to the text of 1 Corinthians and to issues surrounding its interpretation. These will include exploration of the social context of the Corinthian church and the nature of the divisions within it, the problems of communal behavior and belief to which Paul responds, and the theological perspectives and convictions …
View course details “I Corinthians – Online”

Summary:   A consecutive exegetical examination of the Gospel of Mark with discussion of critical issues in gospel studies. Pre-Class Assignment: Before May 4 (for first day of class) Have read through the Gospel of Mark twice.  Using an English translation (I prefer you to use either the New American Standard Bible or the New …
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Summary: This course will examine how major characters in the Old Testament have been read, interpreted and proclaimed from the 19th Century through to today. Special attention will be given to Adam and Eve, Sarah, Abraham and Hagar, Lot, Lot’s wife and daughters, Moses and Miriam, Rahab, Samson and Delilah, the Levite and the concubine, …
View course details “Bad Boys and Bad Girls in the Old Testament: Studies in Scriptural Biography – Online”

Summary:   This pass/fail course builds on the material offered in Boundaries & Bridges and is designed to expand students’ mastery of the practices essential to effective and ethical pastoral care. The primary focus of this course is to provide students with opportunities to learn and demonstrate their ability to: •  understand and embody the principles …
View course details “Advanced Formation and Internship in Pastoral Care Ministry (Theory) – Online”

The Graduate Certificate in Adaptive and Innovative Ministry forms innovating leaders who listen to the Holy Spirit and to their communities, who convene and lead teams in discerning God’s work, and who maintain individual and community practices to renew their souls enabling deeper discernment in their own life and their community’s life and calling. Accompanied by a …
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Young Adult Life & Leadership Initiative has moved online and is still taking applications!   “It was so helpful to go deeper, to be quiet, to be able to hear what I’m being called to do… and to share this experience with others.” —A Participant Apply now! Overview A program to nurture the spiritual life …
View course details “YALLI: Young Adult Life & Leadership Initiative – Online”

Presented by: Cathy AJ Hardy with Gillian Drader and Fr. Michael Wastag O. Carm.   A Journey into Psalm 23  – A retreat for anyone in caregiving/leadership roles;  Spiritual Directors, Pastors, Priests, Nuns, Retreat facilitators, Chaplains, Therapists, Counsellors.    A retreat to create restorative and nurturing space for your soul.  Come on a deepening journey into Psalm …
View course details “Soul Care Retreat: You Restore My Soul ​”