Ministry Development

Calendar of Course Offerings

These courses are open to any lay person or clergy person who is interested. The courses are offered to fulfill education requirements for aspirants and those in process for Holy Orders. Contact the Diocesan Office for further information. To register, call or email the Diocesan Office.
Spring 2008
	Old Testament Survey	The Rev. Roger Fairfield, Dcn The Rev Roy Green
	Anglican History and Tradition	The Rev. Ted Rodrigues
	Theory and Practice of Ministry	The Rev. Ivor Hughes

On-line courses for Deacons and others developing Diaconal Ministry.

Deacons Phina Borgeson, Susanne Watson Epting and John Willets are presenting courses through CALL at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

With a revised start date of March, courses will be discounted for those who are members of the North American Association for the Diaconate, but are open to all interested people.

Willets' "Learning Foundations for Diaconal Ministry" will help those with responsibility to those preparing for ordination and to deacon groups of lifelong learners, as well as those who just want to know more about current adult learning theory and how it relates to the church's diakonia.

Watson Epting's "Passions, Problems, Possibilities and Processes" will focus on dealing with issues in the congregation, but certainly not limited to churchy issues.

In "Multiplying Ministry" Borgeson will offer foundational ideas and identify key skills in developing community ministry.

For more info, follow the link and scroll down
http://www.cdsp.edu/call_onlinecourses.html

Start Up! Start Over! Congregational Development Seminar

March 30-April 4, 2008;
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Single: $775, Double: $650: includes tuition, 5 nights lodging at Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown Hotel, and 10 meals.

Start Up! Start Over! is designed for Clergy and Laity. Sending a team from a parish is encouraged. The Seminar will benefit thriving congregations ready for their next step; congregaions in a growth plateau seeking new energy; congregations in decline seeking a new direction, and those planting a new church. The Seminar provides basic congregational development and growth training including: research about growing congregations; congregational life cycle; marketing and advertising the church; new member incorporation; reaching the electronic culture; applying technology in worship; making your site and building inviting to visitors; dealing with conflict and resistance to change.

For more information, visit http://www.episcopalchurch.org/4519_30637_ENG_HTM.htm?menu=menu22978 or call 800-334-7626, ext. 6003.

Space is limited.

Parish Revitalization
February 18-April 13, 2008
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Local Church
March 14-May 11, 2008
Wisdom from the Middle Ages for Middle-Age Women
March 3-April 14, 2008
and many other courses available

Online from CDSP
Contact the Diocesan Office for course information or register online at www.cdsp.edu/call

Marylhurst University

Graduate Studies: Master of Divinity, Master of Applied Theology or Doctor of Ministry
www.marylhurst.edu

17600 Pacific Highway (Hwy 43), Lake Oswego, OR, 503-699-6258, studentinfo@marylhurst.edu

Church Divinity School of the Pacific, CALL Program

Course descriptions, information, and registration can be found at
www.cdsp.edu/call

Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA, 510-204-0720 or 800-353-2377

Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest Online School

Course descriptions, information, and registration links may be found at
www.etss.edu/OnlineSchool.shtml

Or contact Madlyn Snodgrass, administrator of the online school
512-472-4133 ext. 344
msnodgrass@etss.edu

Alban Institute

www.alban.org

The Center for Spiritual Development, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Portland, Oregon

www.center-for-spiritual-development.org

Sacred Art of Living Center, Bend, Oregon