Summer Mini-Courses for a COVID-shaped World

May 3, 2021 - July 30, 2021
June 1-July 30, in 3-week sections
$150USD to audit, $529 for credit
Grand RapidsMI

Calvin Theological Seminary, in collaboration with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and the Center for Excellence in Preaching, is offering courses designed to support your ministry leadership amidst the ongoing pandemic.

These online mini-courses focus on key ministry challenges you face today. With a commitment of about four hours per week for three weeks, each class is designed to fit alongside your current commitments.

SESSION 1
June 1-19, 2021

  • Embodied Discipleship in a World That Has Gone Virtual―Aaron Einfeld and Cory Willson
  • Faithful Responses to Economic Crisis―Aaron Einfeld
  • Life After the Pandemic: Imagining Community Practices of Lament and Healing―Danjuma Gibson
  • Developing a Rhythm of Life in a COVID-Shaped World―David Rylaarsdam
  • Together Again: Cultivating Safe and Healthy Church Communities after COVID―Amanda Benckhuysen with Sean Baker, Dave Den Haan, Eric Kas, and Elaine May

SESSION 2
June 21-July 9, 2021

  • Faithful Responses to Economic Crisis―Aaron Einfeld
  • Developing a Rhythm of Life in a COVID-Shaped World―David Rylaarsdam
  • Together Again: Cultivating Safe and Healthy Church Communities after COVID―Amanda Benckhuysen with Sean Baker, Dave Den Haan, Eric Kas, and Elaine May
  • God’s Story and Our Stories: Discipling the Beloved Community Toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion―David Beelen and Denise Posie
  • Reviewing the Nuts and Bolts of Preaching―Scott E. Hoezee

SESSION 3
July 12-30, 2021

  • Faithful Anti-Racism in a Global Context―Christina Edmondson
  • Organizational Leadership and Decision Making in a COVID-Shaped World―Jul Medenblik
  • Creating Congregations of Belonging for People of All Abilities―LaTonya McIver Penny and John D. Witvliet
  • Building Wisdom in an Ever-Changing World―David B. Malone and Anne Harrison
  • Every Spiritual Blessing in Christ: Preaching Ephesians―Mariano Avila
  • The Sermons to the Seven Churches of Revelation―Jeffrey Weima