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 …
View course details “Pastoral Care with Marginalized Communities”
What is particular and peculiar about the Bible in Anglicanism? What do Anglican bring to their reading, study, and interpretation of the Bible? How does the Bible affect the way Anglicans live out their faith through worship, study, and many forms of ministry and service? In answering these questions this course studies how the Bible …
View course details “Praying the Old Testament”
This course will examine the liturgical principles underlying the planning process for Episcopal Church worship, with specific emphasis on the 1979 Book of Common Prayer. This course will offer students a foundation for planning and leading worship services in the Episcopal Church. We will look at issues which influence the planning of any given service, …
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Diaconal ministry has at its heart connecting Christian scripture and tradition with the needs, hopes and concerns of the world. Using a framework of five key images, students will strengthen awareness of the sacred in the Church and the wider community, invigorate their practice of diakonia, and gain confidence in engaging others to do the …
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This course will explore the history of Christianity by focusing on snapshots of it in different times and places, by attending to its diversity over time, by encountering contrasting historical figures in its history, by asking what “salvation” meant and what “mission” consisted of in each of these times and places, and by pondering how …
View course details “Church History: Wisdom for Mission”
The Pentateuch is a survey course in which students examine the first five books of the canon of the Hebrew Bible. Students will attend to the patriarchs and matriarchs, the earliest covenants, the exodus traditions, laws, codes, and rituals of the agrarian society represented in the biblical world of the Pentateuch. Students will explore a) …
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An in-person weekend with Christopher Sammond focusing on practical skills that will enhance our ability to enter into deep, transformative worship. Cap of 28 participants. Workshop participants will explore how to prepare for worship, how to center down, how to listen to each other with our whole being – body, mind, and spirit – and …
View course details “Opening to the Heart of Worship”
An online arts and spirituality series with Jesse White Do you love journaling and want to integrate visual art with your words? We will invite Spirit’s guidance as we learn arts techniques to complement our written words. This fun and exploratory experience is meant to meet you where you are with regards to journaling and …
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This retreat will be an experiential exploration of Advent themes in our spiritual lives, through the lens of Mary: What does she teach us about preparing for the Birth of Christ, in ourselves and in our world? How does Mary call us to be Revolutionary Singers, Active Contemplatives and God-bearers, to live with hope and …
View course details “Mary, More than a Maybe! Advent Retreat with Bishop Lynne McNaughton”
