Mon, Apr 8, 2013 to Mon, May 27, 2013
The Rev. Dr. Bob Honeychurch
Registration Deadline: Fri, Apr 5, 2013
CEUs: 2
A basic course in understanding the nature of leadership within the context of a church community. A special focus will be placed upon the function of leadership in the process of creating substantive and meaningful transformation in parish systems, and in the lives of parishioners. The course will strike a balance between the theoretical understanding of leadership theories and models, and their practical application in a congregational setting.
The Rev. Dr. Bob Honeychurch is Professor of Church Leadership at Bloy House – The Episcopal Theological School at Claremont in Claremont CA, and Interim Rector at All Saints-by-the-Sea in Santa Barbara CA. Previously he served as Missioner for Congregational Vitality with The Episcopal Church Center, along with congregations in the dioceses of Montana, Idaho, and California.
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Mon, Apr 8, 2013 to Mon, May 27, 2013
The Rev. Dr. Daniel Prechtel
Registration Deadline: Fri, Apr 5, 2013
CEUs: 2
Small groups are often the place of formal or informal support and guidance in many people’s lives. Models of spiritual guidance in small groups applicable to church settings and key elements in small group dynamics will be introduced in this course by the Rev. Daniel Prechtel, D.Min. Leadership characteristics and issues for spiritual guidance groups will be explored. The book Where Two or Three are Gathered: Spiritual Direction for Small Groups by the instructor will be required reading. Through weekly discussion from assigned reading, and an online small group practicum, participants will learn more about spiritual companionship groups and effective small group leadership. Local small group members may decide to take this course together as part of its own life and development.
The Rev. Dr. Daniel Prechtel teaches in the field of spiritual direction and spiritual formation in small groups through several seminaries and training programs. He founded Lamb & Lion Spiritual Guidance Ministries in 1993 and has over twenty-five years of experience as a spiritual director for individuals, groups, and organizations. He is the author of Where Two or Three are Gathered: Spiritual Direction for Small Groups (2012).
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Mon, Apr 8, 2013 to Mon, May 27, 2013
Registration Deadline: Fri, Apr 5, 2013
CEUs: 2
This course will focus on Social Ministry in the congregation, in diocesan institutions, and at the Provincial and National level in the Episcopal Church—both social ministry as compassionate service that meets the needs of individuals and families and social ministry as social justice advocacy that aims at changing the system. We will find out what the challenges are for the Church, how the Church has engaged those challenges, and how the Church might be called to be in the world in new ways, especially in these days of financial and budgetary crisis for individuals and government at every level. The main project for the course will be an extensive study of the participant’s home congregation which will lead to suggestions for further development of social ministry and the mobilization of our Church’s human resources.
Pamela Clare Magers, CSF (Ph.D. in anthropology, University of Arizona) is a member of the Community of St. Francis and is on the faculty of the School for Deacons in the Diocese of California.
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Mon, Apr 8, 2013 to Mon, May 27, 2013
The Rev. Dcn. Susanne Watson Epting
Registration Deadline: Fri, Apr 5, 2013
CEUs: 2
This continuing education experience will provide an opportunity to reflect on our vocations; what we've learned and where we're still headed in ministry. The vocational development aspect of the course includes some assessment of our lives in ministry. The peer mentoring means that we'll be in a community of peers to help us reflect on that assessment, receive feedback, ideas and affirmation. In online courses, participants meet others from many geographical areas and ministry backgrounds. As they share diaconal hearts, prophetic and interpretive roles, and serve as animators of the diakonia of all believers, it's good to compare notes, share learning plans, and take time to renew commitments. People who have been ordained for a while often take heart to hear the fresh perspectives of those in formation, and those in formation benefit by some of the reflections from more experienced deacons. Class size is limited to 20.
Susanne Watson Epting is the Director of the Association for Episcopal Deacons (AED), with experience in facilitating and teaching in many church contexts. She has served on the Primates' Task Force on Theological Education in the Anglican Communion and also on the Episcopal Church task force on Proclaiming Education for All. Ministry development and baseball are her passions.
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Mon, Apr 8, 2013 to Mon, May 27, 2013
Registration Deadline: Fri, Apr 5, 2013
CEUs: 2
This course will offer a careful reading of the most mysterious book in the New Testament, exploring not only its symbolism but its point of view, its relationship to the rest of the New Testament, its meaning for its own time and what it might mean for twenty-first century Christians.
John Kater (Ph.D. in history, McGill University) is Emeritus Professor of Ministry Development at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.
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Essential Anglican Study Series
Mon, Apr 8, 2013 to Mon, May 27, 2013
Registration Deadline: Fri, Apr 5, 2013
CEUs: 2
Essential Anglican Study Series
Pick up a prayer book in any Episcopal Church that still has them available in the pew and you will see a grey line marking frequently-used pages. This survey of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer goes through and beyond the “dirty pages.” Why those pages and not others? What can we learn about and from the rest of this book? The prayer book holds the key to the phrase, “our prayer shapes our belief.” This course is a very basic introduction to the Book of Common Prayer and its use in the liturgical life of The Episcopal Church. We will explore the entire book to discover what that means for Episcopalians today.
Roderick Dugliss is Dean of the School for Deacons in the Diocese of California. He is also Director of Field Education for CDSP. He has served as a teaching missionary in Japan and for many years had a career in higher education and in the business world. He has served on the board of the Association for Episcopal Deacons and teaches and leads retreats for deacons throughout The Episcopal Church. Rod holds a PhD in political science from Duke University.
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Mon, Apr 8, 2013 to Mon, May 27, 2013
The Very Rev. Dr. Tom Ferguson
Registration Deadline: Fri, Apr 5, 2013
CEUs: 2
Essential Anglican Study Series
This course looks at the development of Anglicanism since the Reformation, with particular emphasis on the history of the Episcopal Church and development of the Anglican Communion. By the end of the course, students will be familiar with major figures in Anglicanism from Richard Hooker to Gene Robinson.
Tom Ferguson is currently the Dean of Bexley Hall in Columbus, OH. He received his Ph.D. from GTU/ CDSP in 2002 in the History of Christian Life and Thought and has taught extensively for CDSP in the graduate level programs and the CALL program. Formerly, he served as Deputy to the Presiding Bishop for Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations
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