Anglican Study Series

This is a series of six courses intended to provide the Anglican perspective on ministry, liturgy, church history, theology, ethics, and Scripture. Three courses are offered each year and a certificate of completion is awarded to participants who successfully complete the entire roster of courses. You may begin with any class; there are no pre-requisites.

Advanced Anglican Study Series

These courses are designed for students with some background in Anglican history and theology who wish to explore various aspects of Anglicanism more deeply.

Scriptures

Eight courses over a two-year cycle make it possible for participants to cover the entire Hebrew and Christian Scriptures. Courses also cover modern biblical scholarship and how to use common biblical reference tools, both in hard copy and online versions.

Liturgy and Worship

This two-year series will offer opportunities for in-depth study of many aspects of liturgy and worship in the Anglican tradition. Courses include basic knowledge and resources for liturgical leadership, plus specialized topics such as music in the congregation.

Pastoral Care Series

This series of courses provides resources for congregations in which clergy and laypeople share responsibility for pastoral care, for those preparing for ordained and lay ministry, and for clergy and laypersons wanting to learn best practices for pastoral care, spiritual guidance, and community support. Those who successfully finish all courses in this series will receive a certificate of completion. You may begin with any class; there are no pre-requisites.

Leadership & Social Ministry

These courses tackle specific challenges in religious leadership, including issues around money, organization, diversity, and assessment of strengths and needs. Course topics vary according to interest and need.

Spirituality

This series offers introductory explorations of various traditions and practices in Christian spirituality, ranging from individual to communal experiences, to foster and strengthen people's relationship with God. Studies will range from classical traditions to modern adaptations.

June 1 - August 21

Greening North American Christianity

Kate Alexander
Registration Deadline: May 25, 2009
Class Syllabus

Precourse: May 26-31
Course: June 1 - August 21
4 CEUs

This course is an interdisciplinary exploration of "green studies" and its impact on Christian spirituality, theology, ethics, and pastoral life, especially in North America. In addition to an overview of contemporary works and issues in ecological theology, primary and secondary texts ranging from ecological classics to contemporary nature writers provide the "green" context for understanding how recent eco-theory and praxis present a challenge and opportunity for religious peoples and communities. Format: brief lectures and on-line discussion in a seminar format.  Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module prior to the first class session.

Required Texts:

1. Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1962. [any edition]
2. Dillard, Annie. Holy the Firm. New York: Perennial, 1977. [any edition]
3. Leopold, Aldo. The Sand County Almanac. New York: Ballantine Books, 1966. [any edition]
4. McFague, Sallie. Life Abundant: Rethinking Theology and Economy for a Planet in Peril. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001.
5. Merchant, Carolyn. The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology and the Scientific Revolution. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1980. [any edition]
6. Stoll, Mark. Protestantism, Capitalism, and Nature in America. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1997.

This course is a joint CALL/CDSP course, available for academic credit or CEUs.  CEU students follow an abbreviated syllabus with fewer requirements than credit students.  Follow the register link below to register for CEUs.  Click here to learn more about taking this course for academic credit.

Precourse Requirement: Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module, May 26 – May 31, 2009. Estimated time involved is 3 hours over the week-long period.

The Rev. Kate Alexander (Ph.D. candidate in Systematic Theology, Graduate Theological Union) lives with her family in LIttle Rock, Arkansas, where she serves as a priest on staff at Christ Episcopal Church and chairs the diocesan Task Force on the Environment.  

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June 8 - July 26

Relationship as a Sacred Path

The Rev. Kimberly Hinrichs
Registration Deadline: June 7, 2009
Class Syllabus

June 8 - July 26
2 CEUs

50% registration discount for participants in CALL's 2009 Summer for the Spirit program in Berkeley.

This online course will explore the ways in which living in relationship with others - partners, children, parents, friends, colleagues and congregations - can be embraced as spiritual practice.  Starting with Jesus’ teachings on love, we will consider the monastic Rule of St. Benedict and selected writings of medieval mysticism before moving on to a few representative contemporary writers on psychology, spirituality, and family systems theory.  Our journey will be grounded in theology that considers the relational aspects of the divine-human creation.  Personal reflection from the students will be welcomed and encouraged.  The goal of this non-traditional perspective on Christian spirituality will be to integrate head and heart, and theology with lived experience.

All readings will be provided online.

Offered in partnership with the Swedenborgian House of Studies.

The Rev. Kimberly M. Hinrichs is a doctoral student in Christian Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union, with a particular interest in the intersection of spirituality and psychology.  She is ordained in the Swedenborgian Church, and serves as Director of Outreach for the Swedenborgian House of Studies at Pacific School of Religion.  Her experience as a mother and wife informs her pastoral and academic interests.

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Digging up Damascus Road: Reading Paul

Erica Martin, Ph.D.
Registration Deadline: June 1, 2009
Class Syllabus

June 8 - July 26
2 CEUs

What can we really know about Paul?  Once Saul of Tarsus, his spiritual journey turned him into the great missionary and letter-writer of the New Testament.  In the course of this class, we will use Paul’s letters like archaeological dig-sites, carefully sifting through the evidence to learn more about Paul’s historical and cultural environment, his religious background, his followers, and his theology.  Students will increase their familiarity with the contents of the Pauline letters and develop an understanding of the historical matrix giving rise to this figure and his writings.

Required Texts:

Bart Ehrman. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 2004.  **any edition of this book is acceptable – you might find used older additions at a good price.

Julie Galambush. The Reluctant Parting:  How the New Testament’s Jewish Writers Created a Christian Book. New York: Harper San Francisco, 2005.

Erica Martin (Ph.D. in Biblical Studies, Graduate Theological Union) lives with her family in Tacoma, WA, where she teaches, and also chairs the Adult Education Program at Temple Beth El.

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Creating Opportunity from Transition: Dealing with Change, Conflict, and Growth

The Rev. Dr. Molly Dale Smith
Registration Deadline: June 7, 2009
Class Syllabus

June 8 - July 26
2 CEUs

Can you feel your community changing? Perhaps you’re seeing a departing pastor, or a new financial picture, or the aftermath of significant conflict, or… Congregations are always changing, sometimes in unanticipated ways. How can we capitalize on times of transition to create opportunity? This course will explore practical tools to apply to your congregation, based on family system and organization change theory.  We invite church leaders, both lay and clergy, interim and permanent, who wish to foster healthy change and growth in community and congregation.

Required Texts:

1. Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change. William Bridges (Perseus Books, 1991).
2. Transitional Ministry: A Time of Opportunity, Molly Dale Smith, Ed (Church Publishing, Inc, 2009).

The book Transitional Ministry, which is the core of the course, has been delayed in publication.  The publisher is providing “watermarked” copies of the first few chapters, which will be posted online.  The book should be available by the third week of class.  Use this website to order:
http://www.churchpublishing.org/products/index.cfm?fuseaction=productDetail&productID=6229

Offered in partnership with the Interim Ministry Network.

The Rev. Dr. Molly Dale Smith, an Episcopal priest, has served as  intentional interim pastor since 1998.  As a member of the Interim Ministry Network faculty, she teaches clergy of many denominations.  Dr. Smith has edited a new book on Transitional ministry that will be published this summer.  

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September 7 - December 18

New Testament Exegesis: Luke and Acts

Bob Kramish
Registration Deadline: August 24, 2009

Precourse: August 31 - September 6
Course: September 8 - December 18
4 CEUs

Since the earliest days of the Church, The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles have been recognized as the combined work of a single author. This online exegesis course will offer an in-depth study of Luke's history of the origins of Christianity, using a variety of exegetical methods, including rhetorical, feminist and socioeconomic criticisms. We will also examine Luke's use of Jewish scriptures and Hellenistic literature in the composition of his two-part epic.  Assignments will include weekly readings from primary and secondary sources, participation on the class discussion board, and an exegesis paper. Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module prior to the first class session.

This course is a joint CALL/CDSP course, available for academic credit or CEUs.  CEU students follow an abbreviated syllabus with fewer requirements than credit students.  Follow the register link below to register for CEUs.  Click here to learn more about taking this course for academic credit. 

Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module, August 31-September 6, 2009. Estimated time involved is 3 hours over the week-long period.

Bob Kramish is a Ph.D. candidate in biblical studies at the Graduate Theological Union, and was the Bogard Teaching Fellow at CDSP in 2007-08.

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September 8 - October 25

The Diaconate

Roderick Dugliss, Ph.D.
Registration Deadline: September 1, 2009

September 8 - October 25
2 CEUs

What is the diaconate and how is it relevant to the Church’s ministry? Beginning with the diaconate as presented in the New Testament, this course will look at how this office has changed over the years. We will focus on how the diaconate fits into the life of the Episcopal Church today, and on the many different ways in which people recognize and fulfill their calling to be deacons.

Required text:

Many Servants: An Introduction to Deacons, revised edition, by Ormond Plater (Cowley, 2004) 

Roderick Dugliss (Ph.D. in political science, Duke University) is Dean of the School for Deacons in the Diocese of California.

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We Will with God's Help: Ministry in the Anglican Tradition

The Rev. Dr. John Kater
Registration Deadline: September 1, 2009
Class Syllabus

September 8 - October 25
2 CEUs

Episcopalians share some unique  views about ministry—what it means, who does it, and how. This course  examines how Anglicans throughout the ages have understood the answers  to these questions about ministry, and how we answer them today. It  is especially recommended for clergy and laity who want a deeper  exploration of how we minister together.

All readings will be provided online. 

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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An Emerging Generation: Young Adult Ministry in the 21st Century

Mark A. Scandrette
Registration Deadline: September 1, 2009

September 8 - October 25
2 CEUs

Today’s young people are passionate, spiritually engaged and socially active. They want to be the change that brings a revolution of hope. Yet they are largely absent from traditional forms of church life. How can we create Christ-conscious communities that connect the sensibilities of an emerging generation with the ancient roots of Christianity?  This course explores a practice-based and participatory model for creating vibrant spiritual communities among young adults.

All readings will be provided online. 

Mark A. Scandrette is a minister, noted spiritual teacher and author of SOUL GRAFFITI: Making A Life in the Way of Jesus. He is the cofounder and Executive Director of ReIMAGINE, a Center for life integration based in San Francisco offering a series of workshops and retreats that integrate Christian spiritual formation, the arts, community-building and social action.

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Introduction to the Old Testament III: The Writings (Psalms, Proverbs and Job)

Bob Kramish
Registration Deadline: September 1, 2009

September 8 - October 25
2 CEUs

This course introduces the first three books of the Writings, the third section of the Old Testament. The books of Psalms, Proverbs and Job are known in the the Jewish tradition as the "Emet" (Truth) books; they incorporate the collective wisdom of the sages of the biblical period. Particular attention will be paid to the growth of the Wisdom tradition in ancient Israel and the role of the Psalms in worship. We'll discover the elements of Caananite mythology that form the background of many of the Psalms, the influence of Egyptian writings on the Book of Proverbs, and the reasons why Job was anything but patient!

Bob Kramish is a Ph.D. candidate in biblical studies at the Graduate Theological Union, and was the Bogard Teaching Fellow at CDSP in 2007-08.

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October 26 - December 20

Chapters in Anglican Church History and Theology

Tom Ferguson, Ph.D.
Registration Deadline: October 19, 2009

October 26 - December 20
2 CEUs

We Episcopalians take our church history very seriously. Our church is the product of historical events, molded through the centuries by particular movements and people. How did the Anglican Communion emerge from the English Reformation to become a world force in the 21st century? This course will provide an overview of the dramatic chapters in our Anglican story which continues to be formed.

Thomas Ferguson (Ph.D. in church history, Graduate Theological Union) is Associate Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations for the Episcopal Church.

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Word and Table: Liturgy and Eucharist in the Episcopal Church

The Rev. Dr. Dennis Tierney
Registration Deadline: October 19, 2009

October 26 - December 20
2 CEUs

Where did Episcopalians get that beautiful liturgy? This course will cover the origins of Christian liturgy and its evolution to the forms used in the present day. Special attention and focus will be given to the liturgy in the Anglican traditions. This course does not include practical applications of the theories of liturgy, but because of the foundational nature of this class, it should be taken prior to any courses in practical liturgy.

Dennis Tierney (Ph.D. in education, Claremont Graduate School) is Rector at St. Barnabus Episcopal Church on Bainbridge Island, WA.

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Introduction to the Old Testament IV: The Writings (The Five Scrolls and the Historical Books)

Bob Kramish
Registration Deadline: October 19, 2009

October 26 - December 20
2 CEUs

This course introduces those books of the Writings that close the canon of the Old Testament. The Five Scrolls (Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes and Esther) are each associated with a particular liturgical observance, while the last three books of the Writings (Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah, and Chronicles) relate the history of post-exilic Israel. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship of scripture to worship, and the importance of these books for an understanding of the background of the New Testament. We'll encounter a wide variety of literary genres, from erotic poetry to apocalyptic to political propaganda. We'll also take a look at the  "begats" and learn how biblical genealogies can be fun!

Bob Kramish is a Ph.D. candidate in biblical studies at the Graduate Theological Union, and was the Bogard Teaching Fellow at CDSP in 2007-08.

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Benedictine Spiritual Practices: Contemplative Ways of Being in the World

Christine Valters Paintner, Ph.D.
Registration Deadline: October 19, 2009

October 26 - December 20
2 CEUs

50% registration discount for participants in CALL's 2009 Summer for the Spirit program in Berkeley. 

There has been a dramatic rise in interest in Benedictine spirituality in recent years. It offers the contemporary world a set of ancient Christian practices which call us to contemplative ways of being in a world of doing, to live into rhythms rooted in the natural rise and fall of the day, and to greater presence to the holy moments of our lives. In this course we will explore, experience, and discuss three essential practices: lectio divina (sacred reading), centering prayer, and praying the Hours of the day.  Each practice is a thread that weaves together with the others to create a tapestry in which we begin to see everything as sacred.

Christine Valters Paintner, Ph.D. is a Benedictine Oblate and teaches courses on Christian spirituality at Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry. In addition, Dr. Paintner ministers as a spiritual director, retreat facilitator, artist, and writer. She is the co-author of Lectio Divina: Contemplative Awakening and Awareness (Paulist, 2008).  Her website is www.AbbeyoftheArts.com. 

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January 25 - March 14

Early Church History and Theology

Tom Ferguson, Ph.D.
Registration Deadline: January 18, 2010

January 25 - March 14
2 CEUs

The focus of this course is the early development of the Church in the East and West until about 800 CE. Participants will discuss the early theological debates that led to the first ecumenical councils and creeds. Readings will include both primary texts and historical analyses of the period, with an eye toward how Anglicans have understood the life and work of early Christians.

Thomas Ferguson (Ph.D. in church history, Graduate Theological Union) is Associate Deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations for the Episcopal Church.

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Prophetic Voice of the Deacon

The Rev. Susanne Watson Epting
Registration Deadline: January 18, 2010

January 25 - March 14
2 CEUs

Deacons are charged by the church to “interpret the needs, hopes, and concerns of the world to the church.” Some believe this charge is not unlike that of the Prophets called to articulate God’s vision. What are helpful ways of grounding ourselves? How do we, with God’s help, find, sustenance when being true to our baptismal and ordination vows becomes extra challenging?

Susanne Watson Epting (M.A. in American Studies, University of Iowa) is the Director of the North American Association for the Diaconate (NAAD) and serves on the Primates’ Task Force on Theological Education in the Anglican Communion and the Episcopal Church task force on Proclaiming Education for all.

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Introduction to Pastoral Care and Theology

The Rev. Dr. Duane Bidwell
Registration Deadline: January 18, 2010

January 25 - March 14
2 CEUs

This course provides a basic foundation for those – lay and ordained – new ministries of pastoral care in parishes and their surrounding communities.  In this class, we explore common questions:  What is pastoral care, and how is it different from other kinds of contact with people?  Who can best offer pastoral care?  What are unique Episcopal approaches to pastoral care?

Duane Bidwell (M.Div., Ph.D. in pastoral theology and pastoral counseling, Brite Divinity School) is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care & Counseling and Director of Presbyterian Ministerial Formation at Phillips Theological Seminary in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Windows on the New Testament World: Introduction to the New Testament

Erica Martin, Ph.D.
Registration Deadline: January 18, 2010

January 25 - March 14
2 CEUs

The New Testament contains extrordinary writings which allow us a glimpse of the social and spiritual challenges and controversies of their times.  Students will increase their familiarity with Acts, Ephesians, Colossians, Timothy, Titus, Hebrews, James, Peter, Jude, the letters of John, and Revelation, developing an understanding of how these works fit in to the great experiment which was the Early Christian Church in the making.  Note: The gospels and authentic letters of Paul are covered in other CALL online courses and are not included in this course.

Erica Martin (Ph.D. in Biblical Studies, Graduate Theological Union) lives with her family in Tacoma, WA, where she teaches, and also chairs the Adult Education Program at Temple Beth El.

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Preaching the Story

Beringia Zen
Registration Deadline: January 18, 2010

January 25 - March 14
2 CEUs

The stories of the gospels are filled with interesting characters, intriguing plots, vivid settings, and spiritually deep dialogues. How might these narrative features help us in crafting sermons? In this course we will begin to answer this question by intentionally turning our reading to the narrative aspects of the gospel stories. We will be guided in our investigation by both the Revised Common Lectionary (Year C) passages from the Gospel of Luke, as well as the tools frequently used in exegetical study of narratives. Each week we will read one gospel passage with one narrative tool in mind allowing us, by the end of the course, to have practiced reading with a focus on characters, events, dialogues, and settings. Most importantly, as we read and study our gospel passages each week, we will purposefully and prayerfully consider the question, “How might I preach this story.”

Beringia Zen is a minister in the United Church of Christ. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Christian Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union, and received the Paul Wesley Yinger Preaching award in 2006 from Pacific School of Religion. Beringia is interested in how Christians read the Bible for preaching, as well as the creative and spiritual aspects of sermon development.

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The Soul of Leadership

Margaret Benefiel, Ph.D.
Registration Deadline: January 18, 2010

January 25 - March 14
2 CEUs

In twenty-first-century America, leaders are rewarded for their drive, decisiveness, productivity, and long work hours. What would it look like for a leader to cultivate the inner life, to step off the treadmill, to take time apart for personal reflection? What would leadership arising from a core of spiritual groundedness and compassion look like?

This will be an experiential course, in which participants' own leadership experiences will serve as the basis for reflection and discernment. Insights from the fields of spirituality, management, and leadership studies will be combined to consider leadership in the church, in hospitals, non-profits, businesses, and other organizations.

Margaret Benefiel, Ph.D., teaches at Andover Newton Theological School in Boston. CEO of ExecutiveSoul.com, Dr. Benefiel also has served as Chair of the Academy of Management's Management, Spirituality, and Religion Group.  She is the author of Soul At Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations (Seabury Books, 2005) and The Soul of a Leader: Finding Your Path to Success and Fulfillment (Crossroad, 2008).  Her website: www.ExecutiveSoul.com.

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February 1 - May 21

Anglican Spiritual Practices (SP 8300)

Elizabeth Drescher, Ph.D.
Registration Deadline: January 18, 2010

Precourse: January 25 - 31
Course: February 1 - May 21
4 CEUs

50% registration discount for participants in CALL's 2009 Summer for the Spirit program in Berkeley.  

The living out of faith in the in Anglican tradition is sustained by diverse spiritual resources drawn from scripture, early church prayer and liturgy, medieval spiritualities, the Book of Common Prayer, and contemporary adaptations of spiritual practices from throughout the global Anglican Communion and beyond. This course explores a range of such practices as they have developed historically, as they function as embodied theologies, and as they may function in Anglican communities today. Assignments will include weekly readings, discussion board reflections on weekly spiritual exercises, and a final paper drawn from students’ experience preparing for and leading a spiritual practice with a small group in their own worship community. Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module prior to the first class session.

This course is a joint CALL/CDSP course, available for academic credit or CEUs.  CEU students follow an abbreviated syllabus with fewer requirements than credit students.  Follow the register link below to register for CEUs.  Click here to learn more about taking this course for academic credit. 

Precourse requirement: Participants are required to complete a one-week online pre-course module, January 25 – January 31. Estimated time involved is 3 hours over the 7-day period.

Elizabeth Drescher (Ph.D. in Christian Spirituality at the Graduate Theological Union) is Director of the Center for Anglican Learning & Leadership and Assistant Professor of Christian Spiritualities at Church Divinity School of the Pacific.

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April 12 - May 30

Let Us Pray: An Introduction to the Book of Common Prayer

Roderick Dugliss, Ph.D.
Registration Deadline: April 5, 2010

April 12 - May 30
2 CEUs

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 pages frequently used. 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, “our prayer shapes our belief.” We will explore the entire book to discover what that means for Episcopalians today.

Required text:

The Book of Common Prayer, 1979 edition. Available free online at http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/bcp.htm.

Roderick Dugliss (Ph.D. in political science, Duke University) is Dean of the School for Deacons in the Diocese of California.

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Beyond Acceptance: LGBT Theologies for Ministry

The Rev. Dr. Jay Emerson Johnson
Registration Deadline: April 5, 2010

April 12 - May 30
2 CEUs

After exclusion comes tolerance. After tolerance comes acceptance. Then what? Does a welcoming posture toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people change the dynamics of a congregation? Even more, do LGBT people offer any new, unique, or just interesting theological insights for ministry? In this course we’ll consider what it means to answer yes to both of those questions. We’ll survey some of the latest LGBT-related theologies and consider what kind of constructive theological proposals they make for some of the classic touchstones in Christian theology, such as creation, Christ, and Spirit. We’ll also consider to what extent, if at all, these theological contributions re-shape the patterns of Christian ministry. All people, regardless of sexual orientation or gender expression, are welcome to participate.

Jay E. Johnson (Ph.D. in philosophical theology, CDSP/Graduate Theological Union), is core doctoral faculty in theology at the Graduate Theological Union and Senior Director, Academic Research and Resources for the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry at Pacific School of Religion. He is a clergy associate at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Berkeley and author of Dancing with God: Anglican Christianity and the Practice of Hope (Morehouse, 2005).

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New Testament Greek for Preaching

Bob Kramish
Registration Deadline: April 5, 2010

April 12 - May 30
2 CEUs

Have you ever wanted to understand the original meaning of a New Testament text without having to take an academic course in Greek? Adding a little Greek to your sermons in a user-friendly way (for both you and your audience) can spice up your preaching. This course will introduce you to some basic tools such as dictionaries and interlinear bibles, as well as online resources. You'll learn the Greek alphabet, and enough basic grammar to enable you to enhance your resources for sermon preparation by uncovering the meaning of the ancient text.

Bob Kramish is a Ph.D. candidate in biblical studies at the Graduate Theological Union, and was the Bogard Teaching Fellow at CDSP in 2007-08.

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Spiritual Leadership

The Rev. Dr. N. Graham Standish
Registration Deadline: April 5, 2010

April 12 - May 30
2 CEUs

One of the major problems of the mainline church is that we are presently going through a crisis of leadership. Most of our seminaries teach theology, polity, history, pastoral care, and even spirituality, but how does all this translate into leading congregations? How do we move people in God’s direction? For churches to be healthy, they need leaders who are healthy spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically, and relationally. 
 
This class combines insights from Christian spirituality, theology, and the modern leadership movement.  We will explore how to become healthier, more mature and effective church leaders; what it means to lead in a post-modern age; how to reach out to different generations.  We hope to gain insight into what it takes personally to balance our lives so that we can lead others to a healthy balance; and how to bring prayer, discernment, and faith together in leading a church to grow in grace.

The Rev. Dr. N. Graham Standish (Ph.D. in formative spirituality, Duquesne University) is a Presbyterian minister and the author of several books including Becoming the Blessed Church (2005). He is president of the Vineyard Guild, an organization committed to supporting, nurturing, and training spiritual leaderships and the growth of more spiritually vibrant congregations: http://www.vineyardguild.org.

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Celebrating the Eucharist

The Rev. Dr. Patrick Malloy
Registration Deadline: April 5, 2010

April 12 - May 30
2 CEUs

The 1979 Book of Common Prayer, like its predecessors, is long on telling the Church what to say, and short on telling it what to do. This leaves those who "choreograph" Prayer Book liturgies with a complex task and a powerful influence over the faith of the Church. 

This course will explore theological and liturgical principles through reading, conversation, and practice.  Areas covered include liturgical ministry and liturgical ministers; liturgical space; vesture, vessels, and other liturgical objects; the liturgical year; the shape of the liturgy; the sung liturgy and singing during the liturgy; the order of the Eucharist; and the celebration of Baptism during the Eucharist.

Required text:

Malloy, Patrick. Celebrating the Eucharist: A Practical Ceremonial Guide for Clergy and Other Liturgical Ministers. Church Publishing (2007).

Patrick Malloy (Ph.D. in liturgical studies, Notre Dame) is Associate Professor of Liturgics in the H. Boone Porter Chair at The General Theological Seminary in New York, and author of Celebrating the Eucharist.

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