The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership has issued an updated listing of courses offered in 2014. Courses are open to Training in Ministry (TRIM) students, pastors who may earn 2 continuing education units per course, and all interested persons.<\/p>\n
The academy staff note that \u201cwhile we continue to accept students beyond the registration deadline, on that date we determine whether we have enough students to offer a course. Many courses have required pre-course readings, so students need to be sure to allow enough time to complete those. Please do not purchase texts or make travel plans until the registration deadline is passed, and you receive a course confirmation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Register for courses noted \u201cSVMC\u201d through the Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center at SVMC@etown.edu<\/a> or 717-361-1450. For all other courses go to the Brethren Academy website at www.bethanyseminary.edu\/academy<\/a> .<\/p>\n — \u201cBeyond Sunday School: Nurturing the Spiritual Lives of our Children\u201d<\/strong> is an online course with instructor Rhonda Pittman Gingrich, April 21-June 15. The registration deadline is March 17.<\/p>\n — \u201cRock the Church, Rethinking Church Renewal\u201d<\/strong> is offered at Bethany Theological Seminary in Richmond, Ind, in conjunction with the Church Planting Conference, May 14-18. The instructor is Stan Dueck.<\/p>\n — Annual Conference Directed Independent Study Unit<\/strong> in Columbus, Ohio, on July 1-2 in conjunction with the Ministers\u2019 Association pre-Conference continuing education event with speaker Thomas G. Long, Bandy Professor of Preaching at Candler School of Theology. This directed ISU is planned and led by Chris Bowman and will include pre-Conference reading, a one-hour session before and after the Ministers\u2019 Association, attendance at the entire Ministers’ Association, and attendance at the evening worship service where Long will preach. A follow-up project will be expected. There is a registration fee of $50 for this directed ISU. Participants also must register and pay for the Ministers’ Association event, and will need lodging in Columbus for the night of July 1. The registration deadline is June 2. If interested, contact the Brethren Academy at academy@bethanyseminary.edu<\/a> .<\/p>\n — \u201cChurch of the Brethren Polity and Practice\u201d<\/strong> at the Young Center at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College on July 11-12 and August 15-16. Instructors are Warren Eshbach and Randy Yoder. SVMC. The registration deadline is July 1.<\/p>\n — \u201cConflict Transformation in Congregations\u201d<\/strong> at McPherson (Kan.) College on Sept. 4-7 with instructor Leslie Frye. The registration deadline is Aug. 7.<\/p>\n — \u201cLuke-Acts and the Birth of the Church\u201d<\/strong> is an online course with instructor Matthew Boersma, Sept. 29-Nov. 21. The registration deadline is Aug. 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership has issued an updated listing of courses offered in 2014. Courses are open to Training in Ministry (TRIM) students, pastors, and all interested persons. Offered this year: \u201cBeyond Sunday School,\u201d \u201cRock the Church,\u201d study in conjunction with the Ministers\u2019 Association event, \u201cChurch of the Brethren Polity and Practice,\u201d \u201cConflict Transformation in Congregations,\u201d and \u201cLuke-Acts and the Birth of the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1268,1269,1304],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-8091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bethany-seminary","tag-brethren-academy","tag-training"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8092,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8091\/revisions\/8092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8091"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=8091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}