Online with the Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership: September 17 – November 5, 2018 In person: Participation in the online course includes the workshop ‘Speaking our Faith,’ October 6, 2018, ECMN Retreat Center, Faribault. The Diaconate is an online course for deacons, deacons in formation, and those wishing to be better grounded in a sound understanding … More The Diaconate
Take a day to step back and reflect on how your faith community’s practices of adult faith formation are nourishing courageous and hopeful Christian lives. … More Adult Faith Formation Workshop 2018
Refresh your perspective on the ministry of Jesus and lean into the practice of Beloved Community during this day of teaching and reflection with Kathy Grieb. … More Meeting Paul in His Letters
Saturday, February 2, 2019, 9am – 3pm in Collegeville, MN, Followed by a Deacon Call Conversation hosted by the Commission for the Diaconate — more details to come about this portion of the day. Participants in this workshop will review the history of deacons, deaconesses, and the revival of the diaconate over the last 150 years. … More The Diaconate, Diakonia, and Why They Matter to the Church
Online: August 6 – September 24, 2018 In person: Saturday, September 8, 2018 in Collegeville and Saturday, October 6, 2018 in Faribault Instructors: Dr. Mark Sundby, Dr. Krista Redlinger-Grosse, and Dr. Pat Veach What’s the difference between pastoral care and pastoral counseling? What challenges arise in pastoral counseling encounters, and how can those doing pastoral … More Pastoral Care: Advanced Skills
Would you like to bring this workshop/course to your faith community? Reach out to formation@episcopalmn.org to start the conversation. The basic skills of community organizing are things that many Christians already practice in their lives together. Listening deeply to each other, caring for others, identifying gifts, praying for guidance, and speaking truth — all these … More Organizing for Faith Communities
Online with the Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership: January 21 – March 11, 2019 In Person: Enrollment in this online course includes the separate New Testament Workshop, ‘Meeting Paul in His Letters,’ Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the Episcopal House of Prayer, Collegeville The New Testament stands as the key resource for preaching, theology, … More New Testament Interpretation
Online with the Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership: January 21 – March 11, 2019 In Person: Registration for this course includes a separate History Workshop on Saturday, February 2, 2019 in Collegeville. This course will explore the history of Christianity by focusing on snapshots of it in different times and places, by attending to its diversity … More Church History: Wisdom for Mission Today
A hybrid practice group Meeting online: October 8, 2018 – June 7, 2019 Meeting by videoconference twice, dates TBD Meeting in person twice from 9:30am – 2:30pm: Saturday, November 3, 2018 Saturday, February 2, 2019 Location in Collegeville or in St. Paul, depending on enrollment Looking to connect with others who are trying on new ways … More Missional Leadership Lab
Online: August 6 – September 24, 2018 In Person: September 8, 2018 at the Episcopal House of Prayer, Collegeville What is the church here for? How can we understand mission in a world in which the church no longer holds cultural privilege? What is God up to in the neighborhood and how are we gifted … More Missional Leadership I: Participating in God’s Life and Love for the World
Online: November 5 – December 31, 2018 In Person: Saturday, December 1, 2018 at the ECMN Retreat Center, Faribault, or by videoconference on that same day. This course introduces students to the study of liturgy and its practice in worshipping communities. Primary focus will be on the ways we think theologically about liturgy and how to lead … More Prayer Book I: The Sacraments
Online: April 22 – June 10, 2019 In Person: May 4, 2019 at the Episcopal House of Prayer, Collegeville All good liturgy is deeply theological and deeply pastoral. This course focuses on liturgy at life’s seams and disruptions, including confirmation, marriage, childbirth, praying with the sick, confession, burial, and times of crisis, looking at both pastoral … More Prayer Book II: The Pastoral Offices
Online: April 22 – June 10, 2019 In Person: Saturday, May 4, 2019 at the Episcopal House of Prayer, Collegeville What do you say to a young woman and her parents when they come to you for counseling about an unplanned pregnancy? Are there theological resources that either prohibit or support euthanasia? What does the Christian … More Practical Christian Ethics
Online: August 6 – September 24, 2018 Weekly video calls: Tuesdays 8:00-9:00am CST, and Wednesdays 6:00-7:00pm CST. Participants can come to either session each week. If someone has a *significant* issue making either of those times, or the group comes up with a better time that also works, instructors can work with that. In-Person: Saturday, September 8, 2018 at … More Homiletics
Online: October 8 – November 26, 2018 In Person: Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the Episcopal House of Prayer, Collegeville Creeds encapsulate Christian beliefs; they also attempt to quell theological controversy. This course examines the historical origins of the Nicene and Apostles Creeds with special attention to the theological conflicts that animated their formulations. After treating the … More The Creeds and Practical Theology
