PINE HILL CONTINUING EDUCATION BURSARY

Deadline is February 1, 2012

PINE HILL DIVINITY HALL CONTINUING EDUCATION BURSARY GUIDELINES:

1. To be eligible, a person must: Be a member of the order of ministry of the United Church of Canada. Have served five years in the ministry of the United Church of Canada, normally in the Maritime or Newfoundland/Labrador Conferences.

2. The maximum award is $3,000.00 and is limited to one year of support. Under normal circumstances, this bursary will be awarded only once to an applicant.

3. Applications must be in writing and stating: The course of study intended and at which institution. The budget of the proposed financial arrangements for the study. Applications must include complete financial plans, and include amounts coming from Pastoral Charge Education Allowances (minimum $1,200). A statement indicating why the applicant has chosen this course of study, and what the applicant hopes to learn about pastoral ministry through this study.

4. The successful applicant will report back to the Pine Hill Bursary Committee within three months of completion of the course of study, addressing the following points: a) How the course of study helped the applicant in her/his Christian walk. b) How the course of study is being used in the applicant’s pastoral ministry.

5. Applications must be made by February 1st, previous to commencement of study.

6. Applications are to be sent to:

Secretary to the Board of Governors

Pine Hill Divinity Hall 660 Francklyn Street, Room #124

Halifax, N.S. B3H 3B5

Phone: (902) 423-3158 Fax: (902) 423-5633

E-mail: pinehill@astheology.ns.ca

SMALL CHURCH RESOURCES FROM VTS

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RETHINKING CHURCH AND POPULAR CULTURE
A continuing education opportunity presented by the AST Integrated Alumni Association

DATE: November 3-4, 2011

LOCATION: St. John the Baptist Anglican Church, North Sydney, Cape Breton, NS

WORKSHOP PRESENTER: Dr. Susan Willhauck, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology (AST)

REGISTRATION FEE: $75 per person

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: October 26, 2011

Lady Gaga talks to Jesus during her concerts. Pastors tweet during their sermons. This workshop explores how the church engages with popular culture in post-modern times. Pop culture reflects who we are as people and helps shape us as a people. It is a primary instrument for forging personal identity and probing the cosmos for meaning. Theologians study and dialogue with popular culture not just as an attempt to be trendy, but because it has an explanatory significance helping us understand more about the nature of human life and society, the context in which we minister. We engage with popular culture because it is largely where an increasing segment of society contrives its symbols, rituals and ethics, and because of our commitment to the formation of faith in and through cultural contexts. While some people think that popular culture is driven solely by the irreligious values of the marketplace, other influences are present. For more details and registration information, please see the AST website: http://www.astheology.ns.ca/alumni .

 Dawn Robertson

Communications & Public Relations Manager

Atlantic School of Theology

Telephone: (902)496-7943

advancement@astheology.ns.ca

www.astheology.ns.ca Excellence in Ecumenical Theological Education  

SABBATICAL FUNDING $10,500 FOR UCC MINISTERS FROM QUEENS'S SCHOOL OF RELIGION
Greetings,

Would you please pass along this information and post it on any websites or bulletin boards that clergy might read regarding a generous Funding opportunity provided by UCC laypeople, the Baker Family, to assist UCC clergy with having an educational sabbatical at Queen's School of Religion? Click here for the full information. We are trying to get this funding information out to as many UCC ministers as possible. Our apologies if you consider this contact a nuisance. We do not intend to be. Rather we are aware that many ministers are eligible for a sabbatical but do not always have the extra funds for continuing education and other sabbatical goals. The Baker Family has provided a means to accomplish this for the next few years.

If any clergy has any questions about this scholarship, I would be glad to communicate with them! We try very hard to make them eligible for the scholarship by fulfilling the educational criteria but retaining lots of flexibility to personalize well earned sabbatical goals and interests.

Thank you,

Pam Holmes
Coordinator, Flora Jane Baker Clergy Sabbatical Fellowship
Queen's School of Religion

QUEEN'S LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Please circulate this email to those in your network or constituency. If you have questions about it, please address them to John Buttars at bjbuttars@sympatico.ca. Thank you very much.

Shaw Transformational Leadership Program

Queen’s School of Religion

is offering

the 5-day Intensive Core Course (TL100)

in a residential setting in Kingston, Ontario

May 9-13, 2011

Course leaders include: Patty Evans, John Buttars, Bill Lord, Linda Privitera and Michael Calderwood

with special guest:

James Loney, Christian Peacemaker held hostage in Iraq

Three 2-day diploma courses (TL101, 102, 103)

will also be offered

November 6-11, 2011

For information on registration, cost, accommodation, course descriptions and leaders' bios, go to the following link:

http://www.queensu.ca/religion/theology/leadership/shaw.html

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Patty Evans
Box 815
Sutton, ON L0E 1R0
(905) 722-6348
paevans2@gmail.com

Click here to submit your continuing education opportunity