
Episcopal Servant Ministries Seminar Begins May 1
To be formed as clay in the potter’s hands The Episcopal Servant Ministries seminar is a way to explore the direction God is calling you. Required before registering for the
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"As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."
To be formed as clay in the potter’s hands The Episcopal Servant Ministries seminar is a way to explore the direction God is calling you. Required before registering for the
All I really wanted was to go to church and to lead some sort of adult Bible study. Then my priest said, “Here’s a program just getting started. You might
We are as clay in the hands of the master potter, who forms us for ministry and gives us purpose. The School for Ministry forms lay leaders for ministry
We are sent, yes! All of us! By virtue of our baptism! But to whom? In what capacity? For what ministry? And how should we prepare? If you are asking these questions, you may want to explore the New Jersey School for Ministry. It is open to all – especially those seeking to be formed for new or renewed lay leadership, and those discerning possible calls to either the diaconate or to priestly ministry.
If you sense God moving you in new directions, you should begin by taking the next Episcopal Servant Ministries seminar. With a cohort of no more than 15 colleagues, you will consider “with new eyes” the mission of the church and how we work together as laity, deacons, priests, and bishops to transform our world by living and loving in the spirit and manner of Jesus. You will come away with fresh appreciation for the power of lay ministry and the equality of the orders of ministry. We hope you will also find greater clarity regarding your spiritual gifts and the needs of the Church. At the close of this 3-session seminar, a small cohort of new friends should be ready to support the next steps of your journey.
At the present time, all seminar sessions meet online. Dates and registration information for upcoming seminar sessions can be found in the FAQs.
The School for Ministry is designed as a three-year program. Four academic sessions are offered each year. In each session, at least two courses are offered, each course meeting 8 times, in 2 ½ hour blocks. Classes are lively, as students and instructors are engaged with each other in real-time. We dig deeply into scripture. We explore church history and the way our church has evolved for the benefit of God’s mission. We study theology, ethics, and worship, and we examine the practice of ministry. We discuss a wide breadth of topics, from the ministry in a post-Christendom/pandemic-traumatized world, to stewardship of God’s creation, to the journey the Church is walking with our non-Episcopal Christian neighbors and with our non-Christian neighbors.
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