The music and hymns of Advent are hauntingly beautiful. In these four sessions, we’ll explore the history, theology and scripture so embedded within these lyrics and tunes.

• Nov. 29: “Lo, he comes with Clouds Descending”: Charles Wesley, the Book of Daniel, and the Little Apocalypse
• Dec. 6: “Comfort, Comfort ye my people”: God Singing Through the Prophets
• Dec. 13: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel”: Latin Hymns from 500-900 that We’re Still Singing 
• Dec. 20: “Most Highly Favored Lady”: Hymns of Angels and the Annunciation

This four-week course, taught by the Rev. Becky Hartman, will be offered via Zoom on Wednesdays, 12-1pm EST, beginning November 29 and ending December 20

Registration for this course is free. Find more details on EventBrite

What does the experience of disability tell us about what it means to be created in the image of God? What does scripture say (and not say) about disability? How does faith inform the church’s care for humans with disabilities? This course will delve into these questions and more through discussions of scripture, theology, and disability theory. Participants will come away with a better understanding of the theological questions the experience of disability raises, the hermeneutical models disability brings to the reading of scripture, and the church’s vocation to be with and for humans with disabilities. One session will be led by the Rt. Rev. Dr. Audrey Scanlan, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania.

Scholarship funds to help you  pay for this course are available if you can demonstrate need and if you are a member of a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Central PA.  For information on scholarships please contact the Dean.

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This course explores the major figures and themes of the unique Anglican tradition of “social theology,” which draws systematic, moral, and spiritual theology together in a vision of the church’s role in the transformation of society.

Scholarship funds to help you  pay for this course are available if you can demonstrate need and if you are a member of a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Central PA.  For information on scholarships please contact the Dean.

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This course explores the nature of the Christian moral life. We will introduce the major theories of classical and contemporary philosophical ethics and their different understandings of moral psychology and action. We will pay special attention to the ways moral reasoning and action relate to the central doctrines of Christian theology, and to the sacramental transformation of the human community most of all.

Scholarship funds to help you  pay for this course are available if you can demonstrate need and if you are a member of a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Central PA.  For information on scholarships please contact the Dean.

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This course is the foundational course in Christian theology. Starting from the central experience of God in prayer and worship, we explore what it means to know the Triune God in the light of Scripture, the ecumenical councils, contemporary theology, and our Anglican heritage. We will discuss throughout the course what it means for a priest to be a theologian, one who is charged with teaching, as well as pastoring and administering the sacraments. We focus on the importance of theology in our life together, and discuss ways that you can encourage theological reflection in your ministries. The second half of the course is focused on Anglican ecclesiology in particular.

Scholarship funds to help you  pay for this course are available if you can demonstrate need and if you are a member of a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Central PA.  For information on scholarships please contact the Dean.

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This 5-week course is to assist students in preparing for GOEs. 

Scholarship funds to help you  pay for this course are available if you can demonstrate need and if you are a member of a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Central PA.  For information on scholarships please contact the Dean.

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This course is designed to enable the student to construct a sermon/homily rooted in the exegesis of assigned biblical passages. In addition, students will gain experience explaining and applying biblical passages and delivering a biblical sermon/homily. A year of a scriptural studies that include an exposition of exegetical methods is a pre-requisite for this course.

Discussions and exercises cover a stage-by-stage explanation of how preachers may think as they prepare to preach. The aim of the course is to help students understand what is required to preach effectively and to practice what they understand. Opportunities to preach and have their efforts recorded on video for playback and critique by the instructor is an essential element of this course.

It is strongly recommended that students take Homiletics 1 before taking Anglican Homiletics. 

Scholarship funds to help you  pay for this course are available if you can demonstrate need and if you are a member of a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Central PA.  For information on scholarships please contact the Dean.

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This is a course in the basic history of the Episcopal Church.  We will begin with a consideration of the planting of colonial Anglican churches and the struggle for stability and identity, especially in the wake of the American Revolution.  Each week, in a linear sequence, we will read from Robert Prichard’s “A History of the Episcopal Church”,  (Morehouse, 1991) which will be used as the principle text.  The course will conclude with a decade of renewal (1980-90) and some reflection on directions and developments, which continue to shape our church of the present.

Scholarship funds to help you  pay for this course are available if you can demonstrate need and if you are a member of a parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Central PA.  For information on scholarships please contact the Dean.

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