Category Archives: Seminaries

Summer Events at CTS

Columbia Theological Seminary
Center for Lifelong Learning

May 11, 2012

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Coming Events

July 16-19 The Global Shift of Mission (Presbyterian History and Reformed Theology Lecture Series at Montreat Conference Center) The global shift of mission is the topic of the week during the Presbyterian History and Reformed Theology Lecture Series at Montreat Conference Center. This series will focus on global Christianity and features experts from Africa, South America, Asia and the field of missiology. Read more.…

July 16-19 – Confluence 2012 (Korean Worship and Music Conference) Worship Educationally ~ Educate Worshipfully is the theme for the 2012 Korean Worship and Music Conference. To celebrate the third and final year of the Confluence educational research project for Asian American congregations, the Worship Conference and Confluence Project are holding their conference together. This conference will explore the educational significance of Christian worship experience, as well as how spirituality is nurtured during educational experiences. Read more…

July 22 – 27 Immersion Experience: An Invitation to a Deeper Spiritual Life (CSF) This course will explore the origins of the Christian Spiritual Tradition. Participants will study the formative elements of Biblical Spirituality, Monastic Spirituality, and Reformed Spirituality. This course is the starting place for the Certificate in Spiritual Formation. Participants not enrolled in the Certificate in Spiritual Formation are welcome! Read More…

August 6-8 Dispatches to God’s  Household: 1 & 2 Peter, 1–3 John, Jude ~ Presbyterian Women’s WEEKDAY training course The six books of the New Testament explored in this study teach us what it means to live in community, what it means to belong to the household of God. Led by Nancy Benson-Nicol, author of the study, we will explore family as a guiding and powerful metaphor in these epistles Read More…

August 10-11 Dispatches to God’s  Household: 1 & 2 Peter, 1–3 John, Jude ~ Presbyterian Women’s WEEKEND training course This is the weekend version of the course described, above, and will be led by Sharol Hayner, who led the weekend version of the course last summer. Read More…

August 23-26 Growing in Wholeness:  Spiritual Formation and the Adult Life-Span (CSF) Across cultures, adulthood is understood as a time to fulfill roles and responsibilities to family, community, and society as a contributing member. Yet, there are many nuances during the sixty or so years that make up the adulthood. This course will observe the research in the field of adult developmental psychology, and how the patterns of adult development can lead to a deeper appreciation of natural movements in spiritual formation for adults. Read more…

September 20-23 Embodied Spirituality: Embracing the Fullness of Life

(CSF) St. Irenaeus wrote, “The Glory of God is the human person fully alive.” What does it mean? Is it possible to be fully human and to live fully alive? In this course we will consider the body as primary instrument of learning and knowing and as central to our connection and experience of God. Read more.

 

SAVE THE DATE January 28-30, 2013: Explore Eastertide through worship, education, music, and scripture

What can worship committees, musicians, and pastoral staff do to shape coherent, faithful worship, week after week, season after season? How can Christian Education for children of God of all ages complement Sunday worship? When the focus is on the liturgical season and the biblical texts, how can we engage the ongoing work of mission and fellowship in the midst of these seasons?

Join us for January seminars 2013 to explore these and other questions with scholars and practitioners in the field  Through the lens of the liturgical season of Eastertide, preachers, teachers, music directors, worship, education and liturgical arts committee members will focus  resources to invigorate and inspire their ministries throughout the year. Participants will write liturgy, craft the proclamation of the Word, create the order of service, and write hymns that will shape closing worship during extended workshop sessions.

Workshop leaders confirmed as of this date include Glory To God Presbyterian Hymnal committee members Mel Bringle and Paul Huh and marketing coordinator Meg Flannagan; Kimberly Bracken Long, editor and contributor to the new Feasting On The Word Worship Companion; Michael Morgan, author of the Psalter For Christian Worship and contributor to the new CRC Psalter, Psalms For All Seasons; and William P. Brown, editor of the upcoming Oxford Companion To The Psalms.

Additional speakers, the event schedule and registration fee options will be announced soon. There will be discounts for groups of two or more persons from the same congregation or council/judicatory attending as a team.


Special Learning Opportunities

The S3 (Sabbath, Study and Service) Project is accepting proposals for peer learning group projects to begin in February 2013.  Groups (4-6 members) accepted will receive $500 per person to help underwrite a year-long project of their own design incorporating elements of Sabbath, Study and Service.  Application deadline is September 21. For additional information, including brochure and application, click HERE.  Questions?  Contact project coordinator/director of lifelong learning Sarah Erickson at 404-687-4526 or ericksons@ctsnet.edu.

 

CERTIFICATE in SPIRITUAL FORMATION COURSES (CSF) are open to all interested participants, not only those actively pursuing the Certificate in Spiritual Formation.

 

For additional information, please contact us at 404.687.4587 or lifelonglearning@ctsnet.edu.  Visit us on the web at for the full course listing at http://www.ctsnet.edu/LifelongLearning.aspx.

 

The Center for Lifelong Learning, Columbia Theological Seminary

P.O. Box 520/701 S. Columbia Drive,  Decatur, GA  30031

Union Presbyterian Seminary Congregational Leadership Awards

Is your congregation or a congregation in your presbytery doing innovative ministry? 

Each year UPSem awards congregations for innovative ministry.  Since 1991, 94 churches in 28 states have received these awards. Each of the eight awards carries a $1,000 prize to support the congregation in its ministry.

For more information and to apply for one of the UPSem Congregational Leadership Awards, you may download the brochure and application or request an application by sending an e-mail to April Swofford at aswofford@upsem.edu or call 1-800-229-2990, ext 231.

The application and instructions are only available electronically. The deadline for the 2011 Awards is FEBRUARY 15, 2012.

Union Presbyterian Seminary Congregation Awards

Is your congregation or a congregation in your presbytery doing innovative ministry? 

Each year UPSem awards congregations for innovative ministry.  Since 1991, 94 churches in 28 states have received these awards. Each of the eight awards carries a $1,000 prize to support the congregation in its ministry.

For more information and to apply for one of the UPSem Congregation Awards, you may download the brochure and application or request an application by sending an e-mail to April Swofford at aswofford@upsem.edu or call 1-800-229-2990, ext 231.

The application and instructions are only available electronically. The deadline for the 2012 Awards is FEBRUARY 15, 2012.

Seminaries News for July 2011

Support the Theological Education Fund
Take time to think about the ways in which PC(USA) seminaries make a difference in your congregation and middle governing body. Your funds help keep that vital work going. Give to the Theological Education Fund, which supports all of the denomination’s seminaries. Any amount will help!

Consider how PC(USA) seminaries ensure the development of church leaders. This training includes congregations and middle governing bodies, as illustrated in these feature stories from McCormick Theological Seminary and Auburn Theological Seminary.

The polity workshop at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary we listed in the July 20 email will not be held.

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary will offer the workshop “Singing into our Future” Sept. 15 with the Rev. Dr. Michael Waschevski. This workshop will introduce the new PC(USA) hymnal to music and worship leaders, and after the workshop, a public session is offered to sing from the Sampler. Learn more ?

Columbia Theological Seminary will offer the course “Teaching Spiritual Formation in the Congregation” Aug. 7-12. The course will explore ways of building a community dedicated to spiritual formation by teaching it in congregations. The class also will be experiential, including prayer, small groups, individual reflection, and presentations. Get details ?

University of Dubuque Theological Seminary’s Center for Women’s Issues encourages the support necessary to ensure that the full gifts of women seminarians are developed for service. The program provides opportunities for fellowship and conversation, offers meetings on topics of concern to women, and serves as a resource center, among other things. Get more information ?

Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary will present the Katie Geneva Cannon Lecture Sept. 18. It will feature the Rev. Dr. Traci C. West, professor of ethics and African American studies at Drew University Theological School. Her lecture is titled “What Does Anti-racist Christian Sexual Ethics Look Like?” Learn more ?

The World Mission Initiative at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary will present the workshop “Discerning Your Call to Mission” on Nov. 5. This annual workshop is designed to encourage and guide those who sense a call to mission work. Learn more ?

Princeton Theological Seminary will offer the workshop “Cultivating and Inspiring Church Volunteers in Today’s Challenging Economy” Aug. 15. The one-day workshop will focus on ideas and concepts used by professional volunteer coordinators to build and sustain successful volunteer programs in spite of the challenges created by today’s unstable economy. Get details ?

Intellectual stimulation. Psychological training for pastors. Spiritual direction. These are just a few of the reasons Doctor of Ministry candidates travel to San Francisco Theological Seminary every summer for graduate studies. Read more ?

The Interdenominational Theological Center, which includes Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary, offers a Distance Education Student Guide for those interested in learning more about distance learning. The guide provides information on such details as live video classes and the expectations for distance learners. Browse the guide ?

Union Presbyterian Seminary features live webcasts. The next event on Union Live will be the Morton Library Book Talk featuring Willie Thompson on Aug. 11; check the Web site for further details. Previous events that were recorded also can be heard on Union Live. Listen in ?

The Doctor of Ministry Program at Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico has a special emphasis on the pastoral care of the family. Students will, among other things, develop an understanding of the social structures of the family in its many expressions, and develop an understanding of the family from a biopsychosocial and spiritual perspective. Learn more ?

CTS Lifelong Learning 2011

Columbia Theological Seminary
Center for Lifelong Learning
May 10, 2011

Looking for learning events for the summer, the fall of 2011 or beyond?  Click on one of these courses, or check out the full list of Lifelong Learning events for 2011-12. We hope you’ll find something that will feed your soul, stimulate your thinking, and encourage you in your life and ministry.

Summer Events of Note

June 27-30 Creative Dissonance: Korean Worship & Music Conference “Creative Dissonance” – for additional information, visit www.worshipnmusic.org. Conference activities offered in Korean and English.

July 18-21 Columbia Theological Seminary at the Montreat Conference Center Presents A Presbyterian History and Reformed Theology Summer Series: “Ties that Bind—The Presbyterian Church and Race.”

July 18-21 Knowing Our Neighbors: A Purposeful Interfaith Encounter (Summer Scholars 2011) –featuring Ben Campbell Johnson, David Fraccarro, field trips to a mosque and synagogue, and conversation partners from the Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist traditions.

August 1-3 (weekday) AND August 12-13 (weekend) Confessing the Beatitudes (Presbyterian Women Bible Study Training) – co-instructors Margaret Aymer and Rita Boyer  lead the weekday course, and Sharol Hayner leads the weekend course

Fall/Winter Events of Note!!!!

Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Living Into Sabbath– featuring the leadership of Wayne Muller, author of Sabbath and A Life of Being, Having and Doing Enough, this event features three tracks – creative sabbatical planning, a certificate in spiritual formation course, and this year’s Guthrie Scholars.

Jan. 24-26 (January seminars) –CHRISTIANITY AFTER RELIGION: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening – Diana Butler Bass and other conversation partners explore how the Spirit might be leading God’s people to live into the future.  The event includes discussions organized around existing denominations/faith traditions, allowing time for participants to explore what a vision for their future might entail.

CERTIFICATE COURSES
These courses are open to all interested participants, not only those seeking Youth Ministry or Spiritual Formation certification.

YOUTH MINISTRY

August 26-27 YMLI Soul Tending:  Finding Spirituality in Your Ministry

SPIRITUAL FORMATION

July 24-29 Growing in Discernment – Marjorie Thompson, leader.

August 7-12 Teaching Spiritual Formation in the Congregation – Jane Vennard, leader.

For additional information about these or other courses, please contact the Lifelong Learning Registrar at 404.687.4587 or lifelonglearning@ctsnet.edu.  Visit us on the web at for the full course listing at http://www.ctsnet.edu/LifelongLearning.aspx.

The Center for Lifelong Learning, Columbia Theological Seminary

P.O. Box 520/701 S. Columbia Drive,  Decatur, GA  30031

 

Continuing Ed Opportunities at McCormick

McCormick Theological Seminary (Chicago) Offers Continuing Ed Opportunities

Certificate in Executive Leadership: designed to equip pastors, church staff and lay leaders to meet challenges of leadership in today’s church.

Certificate in Environmental Ministry and Leadership: provides clergy and lay leaders an opportunity to think deeply and broadly about the growing challenge of environmental ministry.

2012 Allen Lectures: Professor Emilie Townes will present the 2012 Allen Lecture Monday, Feb. 21, 2012.

More information

 

LPTS Events Spring 2011

“Exodus” | Spring Bible Study 2011
A series of 6 presentations led by Janice Catron,
Pastor of John Knox Presbyterian Church in Louisville, KY.
Takes place at Laws Lodge April 13, 20, 27th and May 4, 11, 18th
(Wednesdays) from 10:30am to Noon.
Cost: $40.00 Register online at www.lpts.edu or call 502.895.3411.

Renewing Congregations: Through the Lens of the African American Prophetic Tradition
Festival of Theology & Reunion | May 1-4, 2011
For more information or to register, visit www.lpts.edu/Reunion or contact the Office of Alum & Church Relations at 800.264.1839, ext. 352.