Education For Ministry

EFM is for anyone who seeks to engage on a path of discovery about their Christian faith in a serious way.  EFM seeks to provide the serious study of important documents of faith in a seminar setting that permits participants to explore what they believe with one another.  It does not presuppose agreement with any positions about past or present controversies, but is open to all who seek to explore their faith and ministry.










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Hesychia School for Spiritual Directors

a four week residential program leading to a certificate in Spiritual Direction with commuter options.   Program focuses on the ancient art of Christian spiritual direction in the context of comtemplative study, spiritual mentoring, and the diversity of faiths.  May be taken in four one-week modules:   Start Date:   January 18th, 2004

Contemplative Study & Retreat Program

A residential program for the spiritual renewal of the whole person that combines periods of silent prayer and rest with daily spiritual teachings.   Topics include study of the mystics, desert spirituality, spirituality of non-violence, contemplation and writing, spiritual healing and lectio divina. Four to seven weeks.  Start date:  March 21, 2004




                    

                  

The Upper Room -
The Poverty of God - Love in the Ruins

"In the aftermath of the September 11th destruction of the World Trade Center in New York, the terrible image of the collapsing towers and the mountain of smoking rubble was burned into America's memory.  That is perhaps what led me in the Advent Season in 2001 to reflect on the sixteenth-century painting of the Holy Family sheltering in the meager ruins of a derelict building ..... " read more at ...