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ANTIRACISM LEARNING CIRCLES
Join NEXT Church for a focused six-week antiracism training and conversation through Learning Circles. Each circle is curated with similar content while creating space focused on a specific context or lived experience. Learning circles will unpack the six values upholding white dominance and practice the transforming values to create conditions for equity.
Circles will meet once a week for six weeks and will be led by trained NEXT Church antiracism facilitators.
The cost is $99; spaces are limited. Because People of Color will labor in a more costly way as participants, the participation cost for People of Color in any circle is $49.
Learn more and register here.
January and February, 2023
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FAITH FOUNDATIONS: READING THE NEW TESTAMENT/ENGAGING CHRISTIAN HISTORY
Registration is open for the January 2023 Faith Foundations cohort.
Winter topics include Reading the New Testament & Exploring Christian History.
In just 12 weeks, gain the tools to read and interpret the New Testament AND connect key events from the past with where we are as people of faith today.
Register by December 15 to receive 20% off the price with discount code EARLYBIRD.
From: $325
Learn more and register here.
January 12-April 20, 2023
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EXPLORING THE ENNEAGRAM
Leadership in congregations today is hard. It is more and more challenging to navigate change and respond with care to the many competing demands. Understanding our personality – its strengths and its shadow sides is more important than ever before. When we know who we are, we are better equipped to work with others. In Exploring the Enneagram, participants will identify their unique personality type and gain insight into the personality types of others. This learning intensive on the Enneagram is meant to ground participants more deeply in themselves, their relationships, and their connection to God.
A 6-week learning intensive from the Damascus Project. Learn more and register here.
From $175
January 30 – March 12, 2023
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SPANISH-LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE IN CLIMATE JUSTICE AND FAITH
This certificate program offers a cohort-based, contextually-rooted online curriculum for Spanish-speaking people in Latin America, the Caribbean, and North America. The curriculum equips participants with moral, spiritual, and practical power for leadership in the work of climate justice in communities of faith and in collaboration with others. Topics covered include theology, ethics, and spirituality related to climate justice; climate change knowledge; and social change practices that connect ecological well-being with racial, economic, and gender justice.
The inaugural Spanish-language Certificate in Climate Justice and Faith will launch in February/March 2023.
Download a Spanish-language flyer here.
Learn more and apply here.
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TRANSFORMING COMMUNITY: LEADING CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUAL GROUPS & RETREATS
Transforming Community is designed to equip, encourage, and support those called to create and lead contemplative spiritual groups and retreats. Through experiential learning, seminars, reflection, and a sacred learning community, participants will expand their contemplative awareness of the Mystery we often name God and grow in their contemplative leadership.
Discern with the program director and recent grads whether this program is a good fit for you. Learn more about the program as it has been updated with new virtual seminars and a shorter residency.
Learn more here.
- begins March 2023
- residencies in Baltimore/Washington area July 2023 & March 2024
- ends May 2024
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NURTURING THE CALL: SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE PROGRAM
Shalem Institute offers both resources and experiential support for the ministry of spiritual direction or holy listening. At the heart of this program is the radical conviction that spiritual companionship is a form of prayer and that contemplative listening comes from being grounded in one’s relationship with God.
Discern with the Program Director as well as recent graduates about the rightness of this program for you.
A free info session will be held on January 5, 2023.
The program begins in March 2023 with residencies in the summers of 2023 & 2024 and includes at-home work prior to, between and after the residencies.
Learn more about Nurturing the Call here.
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THE SOUL OF TRANSFORMATION: EXPLORING VOCATIONS IN SOCIAL JUSTICE
This podcast and resource is for future leaders who not only see and name the realities of injustice in the world but can imagine new and better solutions. This is for change agents, people who want to work toward achieving authentic racial justice, mitigating the dire impacts of climate change, facing the challenges of immigrants and refugees, and ensuring equality for people of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
This project is open to anyone, but is designed for undergraduates engaged with social justice and change.
Listen to the podcast, download the reflection handbook and learn more here.
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ECO-JUSTICE CONCENTRATION AT UNITED THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
How can faith leaders and theological academics address the pressing issues facing our planet? As looming ecological crises threaten the earth and the ability for future generations to thrive, United is answering the call to care for creation with a new concentration in Eco-Justice.
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*AUDIT A COURSE
Members of the community are invited to audit courses at United Theological Seminary. Consider auditing:
- Preaching and Your Public Voice
- Social Analysis and Community Engagement
- Leadership and Strategies for Social Change
- Introduction to Spiritual and Personal Formation
- History of Arts and Theology
- Religious and Theological Interpretation
View the Classroom Schedule and Course Syllabi for Spring 2022 here.
Learn more about auditing a course at United here.
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We’re excited to share professional development through our partner, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities and other excellent teachers and institutions.
