Lifelong Learning

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Congregation Administration is designed as a collection of separate courses, led by separate instructors, that address the basic issues confronted by the pastor or lay administrator of a parish. Each course invites you to complete a project that you will put to use in your congregation. You are also invited to share your project, as well as your comments and questions, with other participants in the course via the Forum. Select from the course modules below. You'll be asked to create an account for yourself, which you can use to access any of the remaining modules:

Course Modules Currently Offered

 

SELECT Multimedia Resources

Select is a program of continuing theological education designed for small groups. These resources are intended specifically for clergy, Deaconesses, Diaconal Ministers, Associates in Ministry and for laity. Select is a program of the Division for Vocation and Education of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), working in cooperation with Lutheran seminaries. However, most of the courses offered are appropriate for use by persons of all denominations.

Courses Currently Offered

Registration Information

Fall 2007

  • Interpreting the New Testament
  • Augsburg Confession/Rediscovering the Catechism
  • From Jesus to Luther
  • Systematic Theology: Fundamentals of Christian Theology
  • Ethics in Lutheran Perspective

Winter 2008

    • Interpreting the Old Testament
    • Lutheran Heritage
    • Worship course (a new one is being planned)
    • Spirituality: Invitation to a closer Relationship with God

 

Center for Theology & Land

CTL's mission is to strengthen rural churches and their communities.

  • By providing deliberate and systematic training of ministers for smaller and rural churches.
  • By providing continuing education courses and workshops for clergy and laity in rural settings.
  • By helping to empower rural churches for mission in their communities.

Courses Currently Offered

Registration Information & All Available Online Courses

Covenant Cluster

  • None. TBA

 

Division for Ministry, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

  • None. TBA

 

Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia

Faithful Learning, Faithful Living: Education
and the Church's Ministry

 

Course Start Date: February 2008

Course Duration (or End Date): March 2008

Instructor(s): Rev. Jessicah Krey Duckworth

Course Description:

What role within the church and public phere does education play in the formation of Christians? Looking atthe new Evangelical Lutheran Church in America social statement, "Our alling in Education," this course will explore what public education means to people of faith. It will also examine a pattern for faith formation to guide congregational ministries of education, fellowshipand service.

Registration for the course is open December, 2007 andJanuary, 2008. Tuition is $130. Information available at faithandlife@Ltsp.edu or by dialing Mark A. Staples at 215/248-7352.

 

Peter and Paul: Agents of Change

Course Start Date: May 2008

Course Duration (or End Date): June 2008

Instructor(s): Rev. Jessicah Krey Duckworth

Course Description:

Following the resurrection of Jesus, the world was on the precipice of great change.Two men of great stature, led by the power of the Holy Spirit, would direct a world-shattering missionary movement toward a new age, one,through the same Holy Spirit, we have inherited and continue to enact.
This course will examine the Acts of the Apostles, the book that
recorded our spiritual birthing place. What are implications for today?

Tuition is $130. Information available at faithandlife@Ltsp.edu or by dialing Mark A. Staples at 215/248-7352.

 

Singing with Mind and Spirit: The Hymns of the Church

Course Start Date: October 2008

Course Duration (or End Date): November 2008

Instructor(s): Mark Mummert

Course Description:

In Paul's first letter to the people in Corinth, he counseled them on how to sign and to pray: "I will pray with the spirit, but I will pray with the mind also; I will sing praise with the spirit, but I will sing praise with the mind also." This course will study the hymns and songs of the Christian church so that we may sing them with both our minds and our spirits. Structured historically, the course will examine the development of Christian assembly song, the theological content of the song, and the practical ways that hymns participate in a life of faith. Using the worship book, /Evangelical Lutheran Worship/, the course will consider hymns and songs from all times and places.

Registration is open during August and September, 2008. Tuition is $130. Information available at faithandlife@Ltsp.edu or by dialing Mark A. Staples at 215/248-7352.

 

With All Your Mind: An Introduction to Christian Theology

Course Start Date: February 2009

Course Duration (or End Date): March 2009

Instructor(s): Martin Lohrmann

Course Description:

"You shall love the Lord your God...with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37). We are Christian theologians when we use our minds to consider the mysterious goodness of God through Jesus Christ. In this way, theology is for everybody. Participants in this on line course will examine classical theological themes such as creation, redemption and faithful living, especially from a Lutheran perspective. Texts for the course will be the Bible, Martin Luther's Small Catechism, and other accessible
yet challenging works. This class is intended to serve as a basic introduction to theology, or a refresher course, with the overall objective that we continue to serve God and neighbor by using the beautiful minds that God gave us.

Registration is open during December 2008 and January 2009. Tuition is $130. Information available at faithandlife@Ltsp.edu or by dialing Mark A. Staples at 215/248-7352.

 

 

 

The Fisher's Net

  • None. TBA

 

For a listing of the past offerings from our providers, see Lifelong Learning Past Offerings

 

For additional listings please see Faith & Wisdom: Lifelong Learning Opportunities for People of Faith