Chronological Schedule

April 2012

April 16 - June 8 / Church Administration / Online Course / Wayne A. Yost

April 17 / Nurtured by God's Word / A Workshop Series for Church Educators / Journey Inward, Journey Outward / Steven S. Tuell

 April 24 - May 8 / Greece and Turkey: An Introduction to Christian and Ancient Sites / James E. Davison

April 26 / No Shame in Wesley's Gospel: A 21^st Century Pastoral Theology / The Albright-Deering Lectures in Methodist Studies  / Edward P. Wimberly

April 27 / Religion and the Media: A Relationship Complicated, Inseparable and (Sometimes) Healthy / The J. Hubert Henderson Conference on Church and Ministry /  / R. Gustav Niebuhr

May 2012

May 3 - 6 / Immersion Weekend Experience: An Invitation to a Deeper Spiritual Life / Spiritual Formation Required Course / Mary Lynn Callahan and PTS Faculty

May 7 / The Neural Basis of Mindfulness and Human Well-Being / Spirituality and Psychology Elective / Philippe R. Goldin 

May 9 / God and Cancer: Interpreting, Praying, and Care-giving in Pastoral Settings / Pastoral Care Seminar / Leonard M. Hummel and Andrew Purves

May 16 - 29 / Journey to Greece, Turkey, and the Greek Isles / Trip / James E. Davison and Reeny Davison

May 22 / The Death of Death: Perspectives on the Afterlife / Jewish and Christian Theological Dialogue / Neil Gillman and Steven S. Tuell

June 2012

June 10-13 / Toward the Future Church: The Relevance of Cultural Movements and Individual Stories of Faith for Christian Life Today / Summer Leadership Conference  / Phyllis Tickle, Scott W. Sunquist, and Joseph Kwak

June 17-22 / The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and Christian Discipleship / A Spiritual Formation Elective / Martha Robbins

September 2012

Sept. 16 - 21 / Mystical Spirituality / A Spiritual Formation Elective / N. Graham Standish

Sept. 22 / "Imagination" / 29^th Annual Teacher Training Workshop / A Christian Educator Certification Elective

Sept. 24 -  25 / The W. Don McClure Lectures in World Mission and Evangelism / Anne-Marie Kool

October 2012

Oct. 22 - 26 / Reformed Theology / A Christian Educator Certification Elective / Tammy Wiens Sorge and Sheldon Sorge

November 2012

Nov. 6 / Render Unto Caesar / Board of Pensions Tax Planning

Nov. 7 - 8  / Growing Into Tomorrow...Today / Board of Pensions Retirment Seminar

A Look Ahead:

Anticipated offerings are listed below.  These details are subject to change.

2012

Oct. 8 - 12 / Training for Interim Ministers (Part 1) / Carolyn J. Jones and Robert C. Anderson

2013

Jan. 6 - 13 / Exploring Christian Healing / A Spiritual Formation Elective / Betty Voight

March 11 - 15 / Training for Interim Ministers (Part 2) / Carolyn J. Jones and Robert C. Anderson

March 19 - 20 / The Schaff Lectures

April 8 - 12 / Religious Education Theory and Practice / A Christian Educator Certification Elective

April 16 / The Sermon on the Mount / Journey Inward; Journey Outward / A Workshop for Christian Educators / Bonnie Thurston

April 18 - 21 / Dreams and Spirituality / A Spiritual Formation Elective / Bernie Tickerhoof

April 25 / The Albright-Deering Lectures in Methodist Studies / Amy Oden

April 26 / The J. Hubert Henderson Conference on Church and Ministry

June 9 - 12 / Summer Leadership Conference

June 18 - 27 / Rome and Italian Pilgrimage Sites / A Spiritual Formation Pilgrimage / Rebecca Cole-Turner

June 23 - 28 / Protestant Encounters with Eastern Orthodox Spirituality / A Spiritual Formation Elective / John P. Burgess

September / Start of the 2013-2015 Cohort of Commissioned Lay Pastors

Sept. 22 - 27 / Topic: TBD / A Spiritual Formation Elective / Kristine Haig

Sept. 28 / 30th Annual Teacher Training Workshop / A Christian Educator Certification Elective

Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 / The W. Don McClure Lectures in World Mission and Evangelism

2014

Jan.12 - 17 / Monastic Wisdom and Practice for Non-Monks / A  Spiritual Formation Elective / Bonnie Thurston

March 20 - 23 / Spiritual Formation Elective

March 25-26 / The Schaff Lectures

March 31 - April 4 / Training for Interim Ministers Part 2

April 7 - 11 / A Christian Educator Certification Elective

May 1 / The Albright-Deering Lectures in Methodist Studies

May 2 / The J. Hubert Henderson Conference on Church and Ministry

May 15 - 18 / Immersion Weekend Experience / A Spiritual Formation Required Course / Mary Lynn Callahan

June 8 - 11 / Summer Leadership Conference

June 22 - 27 / Spiritual Formation Elective

June (Exact Date TBD) / Israel Pilgrimage / A Spiritual Formation Pilgrimage / Deedra Rich

Sept. 21 - 26 / Spiritual Formation Elective

Sept. 27 / 31st Annual Teacher Training Workshop

Sept. 29 - 30 / The W. Don McClure Lectures in World Mission and Evangelism 

2015

April 23 / The Albright-Deering Lectures in Methodist Studies

April 24 / The J. Hubert Henderson Conference on Church and Ministry

Exact Date TBD / Domestic Pilgrimage (North America) / A Spiritual Formation Pilgrimage