Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted This course is for those who already have an awareness of the Enneagram and the Enneagram type they consider to be “their” type, or their home space. Learners will explore four facets of deeper Enneagram wisdom: the central triads of…
Course Dates: January 22 – February 2, 2024 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Grace is God’s un-merited, unconditional love and acceptance freely given to all. Yet as Christians, saved by grace, often we are unable or unwilling to extend that grace to others. This is a course designed to help…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be notified when this certification begins again A prevalent and compelling metaphor for the Christian spiritual life is that of a journey. Invariably, questions arise about the nature of that journey, its ends, its means, its path—i.e., the “landscape” through which and in which that journey happens. …
Course Dates: January 8 – February 2, 2024 Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted In a world full of personality assessments, the Enneagram stands apart for the ways that it not only describes our behavior (and the basis of that behavior) but for the ways it offers practices which can help…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted Whether we are conscious of them or not, we all have “rules” (rhythms and rituals) for living. The real questions, then, are whether we are conscious of the rules by which we are living, and whether our rules are lifting…
Course Dates: August 19 – November 8, 2024 Pre-requisites for this class are IFDC220, IFDC210 & IFDC230 Need the password? Contact us This will be a 12-week, supervised field education in a project related to “spiritual formation” in the setting of a local congregation. Six of the weeks will be spent executing your ministry project, book-ended by three weeks…
Course Dates: June 3 – July 17, 2024 Pre-requisites for this class are IFDC220 Need the password? Contact us Affirming the role of authentic community and companionship in discipleship and spiritual formation, this course will work to define “spiritual direction and companionship” – in both its one-on-one form as well as “group” expressions. A variety of resources…
Course Dates: March 11 – April 26, 2024 (No class during Holy Week, 3/25 – 3/31) Pre-requisites for this class are IFDC220 Need the password? Contact us The focus of this class is on ways that we might promote a formational engagement of the Scriptures for personal and parish enrichment through the ways that we teach our…
Course Dates: Not Currently Enrolling Click here to be emailed when new dates are posted “John and Charles Wesley and the early Methodists understood the importance of Christian community, lay leadership in ministry, small groups, and mutual accountability, and supporting the work of Christian formation. Men and women learned the basic practices of Christian life…
Course Dates: January 15 – February 23, 2024 Click here to be notified when this certification begins again The main focus of this course is spiritual formation—and the ways that the spiritual disciplines operate within that field of ministry. Students can expect to take some time in defining spiritual formation, affirm the importance of proper…
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