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portions borrowed with permission from the Episcopal
Diocese of East Tennessee
Clergy
Continuing Education
Items have
been culled from a variety of sources, including the national
church Web site. Clergy are encouraged to send additions and
corrections to the
Diocesan Office.
Sources
for Continuing education
- Niobrara
School for Ministry provides quality theological education
for locally trained candidates for deacon and priest, and also for
all licensed and specialized lay ministries and ministry teams. In
addition, NSM offers possibilities for continuing education
for clergy and lay leadership. At the present time the NSM has several
components:
Niobrara
Summer Seminary and Ministry Weekends These events are open to anyone
interested in theological education.
- The Alban Institute is a nonprofit,
nondenominational membership organization that focuses on
strengthening local congregations and their leaders. Go to www.alban.org
and click the "education" tab.
- Auburn Seminary in New York City sponsors
programs about complex issues in religious traditions and
contemporary life and encourages thoughtful conversation across
divisive boundaries of faith, race, class and gender. Go to www.auburnsem.org.
- Cathedral College, formerly the College of
Preachers, offers 15-20 weeklong conferences each year, and it
sustains a visiting faculty of 30 or so scholars and preachers who
represent the Anglican Communion, the Episcopal Church and other
mainline denominations. Visit www.cathedralcollege.org/.
- Launched in 1995, the Center for Anglican Learning and
Leadership is a program of the Church Divinity School of
the Pacific, Berkeley, Calif., which offers online courses and
weekend seminars on issues critical to the ministries of both clergy
and laity. Visit www.cdsp.edu/center/php
- The Center for Lifetime Theological Education at
Virginia Theological Seminary offers courses and seminars for clergy
and lay leaders set both on the campus in Alexandria, Va., and at
other centers around the country. Visit www.vts.edu.
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The Center of Continuing Education on the campus
of Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey, presents clergy and
laity with opportunities to participate in theological inquiry to
increase their effectiveness for ministry. Events are scheduled in a
variety of formats, from one day to one week. Visit the Web at www.ptsem.edu/ce/.
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The
CHARIS Ecumenical Center provides a balanced array of
coontinuing education for clergy and laity. Seminars and workshops
are held at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN. Visit their site at
www.charisecumenical.org
- The Episcopal Church Calendar, produced by
Episcopal Life, is a searchable index of conferences, lectures,
short courses and seminars on the Web at
episcopalchurch.org/calendar.htm
- Faith and Wisdom is a cooperative project of
seven North American denominations that compiles events and programs
offered throughout the world. Search by keyword, audience, date,
agency, denomination, learning methods or topic, individually or in
combination at www.faithandwisdom.org.
- The School of Theology at University of the
South, Sewanee, offers a series of continuing education programs.
Clergy and laity who participate also teach current seminarians out
of their own experiences in active ministry. Visit
theology.sewanee.edu/.
- St. George's House, Windsor Castle, England,
offers in-service courses for clergy as part of its founding vision.
Visit the Web at www.stgeorgeshouse.org/
and click to "clergy courses."
- Trinity Institute at Trinity, Wall Street, in New
York City is a sponsor of national teleconferences, consultations
and regional seminars. Visit the Web at
www.trininst.org
for a list of current offerings.
- Church Divinity School of the Pacific On-line
Courses (CALL). For
more information, to request a course catalog, or to register for
CALL classes and events, visit the website: www.cdsp.edu/call,
or contact the CALL office: 1-800-353-CDSP or 1-510-204-0720.
Other
helpful links
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