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The life of the Episcopal School for Ministry is a comprised of worship, fellowship, and study. We gather for prayer, learning, and mutual support. Each weekend that the School meets is structured by Morning and Evening Prayer, the Eucharist, and Compline. We share meals together, and we share our journeys of discipleship with each other. Many students cherish these weekends as a mini-retreat. The learning is challenging but accessible to all types of students. We have students with advanced academic backgrounds and others with very little educational experience after high school. The School offers two ongoing programs and several workshops. The programs are:
Theological Formation
This program comprises all of the basic subjects of theology: Old and New Testaments; Tradition, including Anglican tradition; Theology; Sacraments; Spirituality; Liturgy; and Preaching. It takes three years to take all of these courses, which is the usual time it took for basic Christian formation in the ancient Church.
Eucharistic Discipleship
Jesus gave two foundational directions to his disciples: Follow me and Do this. This program explores what it means to follow Jesus in the Eucharistic life. The Eucharist is considered from the gathering at the beginning to the dismissal at the end as the movement of our being drawn into the worshiping presence of God in Jesus and by the Holy Spirit to our being sent out into the world with a mission. Students in this program meet for nine sessions once a month. Each session is for two hours.
For the Ministry of the Church
Throughout the year, the School offers a variety of workshops that form and equip all the ministries of the baptized. These ministries include: vestry members, lay readers, Eucharistic visitors, choir members, ushers, altar guild members, acolytes, missioners, and teachers. The workshops address the crucial areas of the church’s life: worship, mission, formation, stewardship, and evangelism. We are abidingly accountable to the questions: How are we making disciples? What are we doing for the life of the world?
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