The Thurman King School of Black Church Leadership The School for Christian Leadership

The Thurman King School of

Black Church Leadership

The School for Christian Leadership

Three-year Certificate Continuing Education programs to train

Christian leaders for the 21st century church

Certificate Continuing Education Programs at

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

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he Thurman King School of Black Church Leadership and the School for Christian Leadership programs are designed to prepare persons for various kinds of parish ministry, such as deacons and/or locally ordained priests in the Episcopal Church, Commissioned Lay Pastors, Lay Preachers or other designated titles. Those who take the full three year cycle will be awarded a certificate by CRCDS at Commencement in May of the third year of the program. Application for

Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits may be made to the CRCDS Registrar for a nominal fee.

The program will meet one Saturday per month, beginning in September and concluding in April each year. Classes will be held on the CRCDS campus and will be taught by CRCDS Faculty and Faculty Associates. Breakfast and mid- afternoon hospitality on Saturday are included in the tuition.

Christian leaders who do not wish to enroll for the full Certificate Continuing Education program may choose to enroll for individual Saturdays. These students are not required to write papers or take examinations, but are expected to do the reading assigned for the day in order to participate fully in the class. The individual Saturday option is dependent upon remaining space available and subject to permission of the instructor.

Applications can be made online at www.crcds.edu/lifelonglearning/continuing- education

For further information or to request a paper application, contact Life Long Learning at lll@crcds.edu.

Tuition:

$1400 per year which includes lunch and mid-afternoon hospitality for 8 Saturdays.

Single Saturday participation: $200 including lunch and mid-afternoon hospitality

Saturday School at CRCDS campus

Schedule of the Day:

8:30 am–

Opening Prayer

9;00 am - Noon–

Class (with a 20-min break)

Noon-1:00 pm–

Lunch (provided)

1:00-4:00 pm–

Class (with a 20-min break)

4:00-4:30 pm–

Tea/Coffee Break (provided)

4:30-6:00 pm–

Class

Courses taught by CRCDS faculty

Students will have Fall Syllabus by August 1 and Winter/Spring in December 1

Books will be available in the bookstore

Three Year Course Cycle

Each year will cover material in four areas:

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Foundational Texts

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Engaged Ministry: Personal, Professional and Pastoral Development

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Worship and Liturgy

4–

The Church Encounters the World

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2013-2016 Course Calendar

Year One

Saturday One

Foundational Texts: The Gospels September 7, 2013 Choi

Saturday Two

Foundational Texts: Genesis and Exodus October 5, 2013 Brummitt

Saturday Three

Intro to Christian Worship SCL

Intro to African American ChristianWorship TKS November 2, 2013 Ricciuti & Evans

Saturday Four

Introduction to Preaching SCL Introduction to Preaching TKS December 7, 2013 Ricciuti & Evans

Saturday Five

Introduction to Christian Theology Part 1 January 4, 2014 May

Saturday Six

Transforming Conflict and Conflict in Congregational Life

February 1, 2014 Sauvé

Saturday Seven

Introduction to Christian Theology Part 1I

March 1, 2014 May

Saturday Eight

Stewardship and Financial Administration

April 5, 2014 TBD

Year Two

Saturday One

Prophets & Wisdom Tradition of Hebrew Scriptures September 6, 2014 Brummitt

Saturday Two

Paul & the Pauline Tradition October 4, 2014 Choi

Saturday Three

The Modern Church (Church History) November 1, 2014 Tyson

Saturday Four

Preaching – the Liturgical Year Diakonia & the Diaconate –

(Episcopal Diaconate Candidates) December 6, 2014 Ricciuti

Saturday Five

Intro to Liturgy –Denominational Groups

January 3, 2015 TBD

Saturday Six

Pastoral Care, the Art of Listening February 7, 2015 Sauvé

Saturday Seven

The Church Encounters the World Applied Ethics & Moral Theology

March 7, 2015 Kim

Saturday Eight

Education, Discipleship & Spiritual Formation: In the Christian Church SCL

Year Three

Saturday One

Apocalyptic Literature in Hebrew Scriptures & Book of Revelation September 12, 2015 TBD

Saturday Two

Theologies of the Religions and Comparative Theology October 3, 2015 May

Saturday Three

Denomination Church History African American TKS Mainline Protestant SCL Episcopal SCL

November 7, 2015 Tyson

Saturday Four

Into to World Religions & Interfaith Dialogue December 5, 2015 TBD

Saturday Five

Preaching for Pastoral Occasions: Weddings, Funerals, Baptisms (Episcopal Diaconate Candidates) Deacon in the Liturgy

January 2, 2016 TBD

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Saturday Six

Liturgies: Lord’s Supper, Weddings, Funerals, and Baptisms

African American TKS Mainline Protestant SCL

(Episcopal Diaconate Candidates) The Prophetic Call of the Deacon

February 6, 2016 TBD

Saturday Seven

Telling the Church’s Stories; Early and Medieval Church History

March 5, 2016 Tyson

Saturday Eight

Denomination Polity April 2, 2016 TBD

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1100 South Goodman Street

Rochester, New York 14620-2589

www.crcds.edu

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any small churches today cannot afford a full-time minster. The School for Christian Leadership (SCL) was established to respond to this need for support by offering a program for learning and enrichment for those who cannot pursue a traditional seminary education, but who seek to grow and develop their practical ministry skills. The program provides credentialing within different denominations for lay and ordained Christian leaders who are not pursuing a Master of Divinity degree but who need substantive theological education in order to better lead their churches. Today, the SCL actively engages ministers and lay people who are on the front lines of ministries within many different contexts and communities.