Online with the Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership: March 25 – May 20, 2019 In person: Participation in the online course includes a workshop on Saturday, April 6 in Faribault. More info coming soon! The Deacon’s Path is an online course for deacons, deacons in formation, and those wishing to be better grounded in a … More The Deacon’s Path
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
Building Bridges across Culture and Race Online: February 4 – March 25, 2019 In person: Saturday, March 2 in Faribault, AND Another Saturday/location to be announced Instructors: Richard Webb M.Ed. and Carrie Carroll M.A. Take the next step into racial reconciliation by building bridges across culture and race. This course builds on the work of … More Building Bridges Across Culture and Race
Online: November 6, 2017 – January 1, 2018 In Person: Saturday, December 2, 2017 at St. John’s School of Theology in Collegeville Instructors: Dr. Mark Sundby, Dr. Krista Redlinger-Grosse, and Dr. Pat Veach Leadership in faith communities involves supporting individuals in community to put their gifts into practice. This course is appropriate for all leaders, … More Family Systems and Human Awareness
Online: August 7 – September 25, 2017 In person: Saturday, Sept. 9 at St. John’s School of Theology in Collegeville, AND Saturday, October 7, ECMN Retreat Center, Faribault Instructors: Dr. Mark Sundby, Dr. Krista Redlinger-Grosse, and Dr. Pat Veach This course is designed to further introduce you to pastoral care and the issues that commonly arise … More Introduction to Pastoral Care
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: Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the Episcopal House of Prayer, Collegeville The New Testament stands as the key resource for preaching, theology, and spiritual formation, growth, and encouragement in the Christian tradition. This course will give students a … 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 workshop on Saturday, February 2, 2019 in Collegeville. Stay tuned for more details! This course will explore the history of Christianity by focusing on snapshots of it in different times and places, by attending … More Church History: Wisdom for Mission Today
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: Monday, October 8 – November 26, 2018 In Person: Saturday, November 3, 2018 at the Episcopal House of Prayer in Collegeville The Old Testament is perhaps one the most fascinating yet misunderstood parts of the church’s heritage. Many of us—both in and outside of Christianity—are somewhat familiar with particular stories, but we lack a clear portrait … More Layers: The Story of the Old Testament
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 baptized Christians are baptized for the ministry of worship and service in Christ’s Church and in the world. In the Episcopal Church, that ministry takes many shapes, including the call to ordained ministry as bishop, priest … 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
