Extended and full-time units. CPE students only. Classes at hospital with CPE supervisor. Program Description: Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) is training designed to help develop the skills required to provide care which is centered around issues of faith, meaning, values and connection. Learning occurs through direct clinical experience, use of reflective tools, didactic input, conversations …
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Code: HB500 Dates: September 14, 2020 – December 4, 2020 on Tuesdays Time: 9:00 am for 3 hours This first half of the full-year Foundational Core Course will be based in a serious and scholarly engagement with the literature of the Hebrew Bible. Several lines of approach and areas of knowledge will be developed through …
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Code: SAH-PT501 Dates: Students are advised that this course will follow the timetable of either Plan A or Plan B (see below) and they should make note of both in their personal calendars. Based on the instructions of VST Administration following public health authorities, you will be notified – likely in late summer – about …
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Code: LS/SP501 Dates: November 13, 2020 – November 14, 2020 Marriage today is under considerable pressure to adapt and change and there are now numerous socially acceptable ways of approaching and living in committed relationships. What should the Church encourage, bless and support? What are the norms or standards of Christian marriage? Marriage has been …
View course details “Anglican Formation Retreat: History, Theology and Practice of Marriage in the Anglican Tradition”
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 …
View course details “Introduction to Practical Theology: Spiritual and Theological Foundations for Public and Pastoral Leadership”
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 …
View course details “Pastoral and Public Studio for Strategic Leadership”
