This course will acquaint students with the ministry of administration and the core competencies needed for the leadership and management of a ministry site, including both congregations and non-profit organizations. These competencies are meant to provide additional insight into the experiences students are having in their Field Education sites.

Provides the skills needed for the interpersonal involvement essential in any helping relationship. Participants learn and practice the skills of communicating empathy and challenge to others as well as exploring and disclosing oneself. Learning consists of applying theory to the experience of relationships in small groups

Provides the skills needed for the interpersonal involvement essential in any helping relationship. Participants learn and practice the skills of communicating empathy and challenge to others as well as exploring and disclosing oneself.  Learning consists of applying theory to the experience of relationships in small groups.

Provides the skills needed for the interpersonal involvement essential in any helping relationship. Participants learn and practice the skills of communicating empathy and challenge to others as well as exploring and disclosing oneself. Learning consists of applying theory to the experience of relationships in small groups.

Provides the skills needed for the interpersonal involvement essential in any helping relationship. Participants learn and practice the skills of communicating empathy and challenge to others as well as exploring and disclosing oneself. Learning consists of applying theory to the experience of relationships in small groups.

This Advanced Readings course gives students an opportunity to read a number of academic texts that have been published in recent years in Ecological Studies, or at the intersection of Ecological Studies and religion or theology, and reflect together on the possible implications of those texts for theology, ethics, and public ministry.

Corequisite: ML 403

Corequisite: ML 403

This course aims to help students engage the discipline and practice of preaching in ways that allow them to preach the Gospel faithfully for an ever-changing and diverse public church. This course will help students to integrate their biblical exegesis work, theological studies, and unfolding sense of call to ministry towards the task of preaching. Students will engage in practices of biblical interpretation and theological studies as they explore sermon construction and delivery. Additionally, students will be invited to engage in practices of attentiveness and discernment as they seek to proclaim the good news of God's grace to a hungry and hurting world. Corequisite: ML 403 Lab

This course provides an introduction and overview to history and development of the Episcopal Church and Anglican Communion, with particular attention given to Anglicanism as as a diverse, globalized communion.