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Seminars and Workshops
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Monday 2:30pm
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Jesus & Your Palm Pilot
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Everything you need to learn but didn’t hear in seminary. Time management, Administrative skills, visioning and working with your vestry/board of elders – all of them require more than intuition and charisma. This workshop will focus on the tools needed to become a good administrator and visionary, all with the Gospel front and center.
Leaders:
The Rev. Barney Hawkins, PhD, is Director of the Doctor of Ministry degree program and Professor of Parish Ministry. Barney came to Virginia Seminary from the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore, where he was Rector for five years. He holds a Ph.D. in American Religious Thought from Duke University and has long experience as a pastor, priest and teacher.
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Thinking Outside the Pew
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Not everybody preaches and presides every week. This workshop focuses on those who minister in variety of ways within our churches (some might know these folks as non-parochial clergy). Meet others who share the joys and challenges of academia, denominational staff, chaplaincy, not-for-profit work, and God-knows what else!
Leaders:
The Rev. Adam Kradel is an Episcopal priest who is earning a Ph.D. in political science at UW-Madison. Adam plans to continue his bi-vocational ministry as a professor/priest.
Rev. Laura Cheifetz
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Praying Your Life
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Are you in spiritual direction? Are you discerning a call to be a spiritual director? Meet with those who have formed as spiritual directors and are directing lay and clergy both young and old and learn about this ancient form of devotion.
Leader:
The Rev. Hillary Smith, PhD, is rector of St. Paul’s on the Hill in Winchester VA. Trained as a spiritual director, Hillary serves as a spiritual director at Virginia Seminary and elsewhere in the Diocese of Virginia.
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Dating the Bride of Christ?
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If your last few dates have all been with the building and grounds committee, the pastoral care committee and the “let’s-find-a-new-direction-to-our-music” committee, you may be spending too much time wed to your parish. This workshop will focus on how single people are to negotiate dating, relationships and marriage as highly visible members of the church community.
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Free at Last?
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Is our generation focused on social justice and liberation as strongly as past generations? Or are they going about it in a new way? Come and explore how this vital piece of the church’s ministry can be integrated into the life of your parish.
Leaders:
Rev. Jessica Vasquez is an ordained minister with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). She currently serves as National Religious Outreach Coordinator with Interfaith Worker Justice in Chicago and is an Anti-Racism Core-Organizer/Trainer with the Disciples of Christ in Indianapolis and Crossroads in Chicago.
Jeremy Lewis is a graduate of the Candler School of Theology at Emory University and is currently working as the Program Manager for Together for Hope, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Rural Poverty Initiative (www.ruralpoverty.net). Most importantly, he is married to Beth Lewis who is a middle school math teacher in the Atlanta Public School system.
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Monday 4:00pm
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Jesus & Your Palm Pilot
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Everything you need to learn but didn’t hear in seminary. Time management, Administrative skills, visioning and working with your vestry/board of elders – all of them require more than intuition and charisma. This workshop will focus on the tools needed to become a good administrator and visionary, all with the Gospel front and center.
Leaders:
The Rev. Barney Hawkins, PhD, is Director of the Doctor of Ministry degree program and Professor of Parish Ministry. Barney came to Virginia Seminary from the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore, where he was Rector for five years. He holds a Ph.D. in American Religious Thought from Duke University and has long experience as a pastor, priest and teacher.
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Thinking Outside the Pew
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Not everybody preaches and presides every week. This workshop focuses on those who minister in variety of ways within our churches (some might know these folks as non-parochial clergy). Meet others who share the joys and challenges of academia, denominational staff, chaplaincy, not-for-profit work, and God-knows what else!
Leaders:
The Rev. Adam Kradel is an Episcopal priest who is earning a Ph.D. in political science at UW-Madison. Adam plans to continue his bi-vocational ministry as a professor/priest.
Rev. Laura Cheifetz
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Praying Your Life
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Are you in spiritual direction? Are you discerning a call to be a spiritual director? Meet with those who have formed as spiritual directors and are directing lay and clergy both young and old and learn about this ancient form of devotion.
Leader:
The Rev. Hillary Smith, PhD, is rector of St. Paul’s on the Hill in Winchester VA. Trained as a spiritual director, Hillary serves as a spiritual director at Virginia Seminary and elsewhere in the Diocese of Virginia.
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Red, Yellow, Black and White
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Brown v. Board might be a distant memory, but ask anyone who studies congregational life, and they’ll tell you that Sunday morning is the most segregated hour in American, public life. Come and meet clergy who work in multi-cultural and/or racially-diverse parish communities. This workshop will assist you if you are ministering in this type of milieu or if you are discerning a similar call.
Leaders:
Rev. DaVita “Revie Rev” McAllister is the minister for Youth, Young Adults and the Outdoors of the United Church of Christ. She is known for her workshops on hip-hop spirituality, her inspiring preaching, and for being an avid Madden PS2 player.
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Wednesday 2:30 PM
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Living Wi$ely
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Poverty, chastity, obedience. No question about the first when it comes to clergy compensation. This workshop will help us work creatively both to live within our means, take stewardship seriously, and plan for our financial futures.
Leader:
Terry Parsons has been a magazine editor, marketing consultant to small businesses, director of development for a not-for-profit human service agency and developed a training program for women executives before beginning her work in stewardship. Currently she serves as Missioner for Stewardship and Discipleship in the Congregational Ministries Cluster of the Episcopal Church. She believes it is more important to study the Bible than budgets, to pray than to beg. She also believes the greatest challenge facing congregations today is our preference for scarcity, and reluctance to claim the abundance which God offers.
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Are Tax Collectors and Sinners Your Only Friends?
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Two years in your parish and only two dinner invitation from your parishioners? When you finally accepted one and had a good time, half the congregation was jealous? Negotiating deep friendship in the parish can be challenging. This workshop will focus on finding a broad base of meaningful relationship as clergy.
Leaders:
Brittany Barber was ordained in 1999 by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and now serves as the Associate Dean of the Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago. She is a 1999 graduate of the University of Chicago, where she earned both the Masters of Divinity and the A.M. in Social Service Administration degrees. She spends her free time helping her husband hunt all over Chicago for ingredients to his most recent gastronomic enterprises.
The Rev. James Isaacs has a wonderful dog named Sallie, loves hanging out in places of natural beauty, and reads poetry and the psalms. He is working on developing a sense of humor, which seems to be coming along nicely, and is one of those people who likes to dance even though he isn't very good at it. James began his ordained ministry serving three years at a church in Naples, Florida: an area and diocese with very few young adults. He currently serves as the Rector of St. Andrew the Fisherman Episcopal Church, Mayo in the Diocese of Maryland, which has many young adult clergy.
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Shades of Gray
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Does your heart race every time you see someone under 35 walk into your parish? Aging congregations are pervasive in mainline churches. This workshop will explore how young clergy are to connect with older congregations, and how we are to do ministry in a way that draws a younger generation as well.
Leaders:
The Rev. David Umphlett is a priest serving two rural Episcopal parishes in eastern North Carolina. He is a graduate of the Virginia Theological Seminary.
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Pillow Talk
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What do clergy couples really talk about? What are the complexities for the modern clergy couple? How do you negotiate overlapping ministries, working in separate parishes or the same, and add on to that childrearing, possibly in different congregations? Come and meet other people who share in this unique calling and strengthen your marriage in the process.
Leaders:
Rev. Heather Dillashaw & Rev. Shannon Spencer – Heather and Shannon are associate ministers at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Santa Cruz. Both of them serve on the national level of the United Church of Christ as well as with local and national ecumenical teams. They were married in November 2005.
Shelvis & Nancy Smith-Mather
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The Doogie Howser Dilemma
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How many times has someone said to you, “Are you old enough to be my preacher?” We considered making I Timothy 4:12 our theme verse because young clergy often encounter the questioning of their authority. This workshop examines how we wisely embrace our office and gracefully live into the authority of our vocation.
Leaders:
Rev. DaVita “Revie Rev” McAllister is the minister for Youth, Young Adults and the Outdoors of the United Church of Christ. She is know for her workshops on hip-hop spirituality, her inspiring preaching and for being an avid Madden PS2 player.
The Rev. Casey Shobe was born in Richmond, Virginia but grew up in Temple, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 and attended UT Law for a year before withdrawing to begin the ordination process in the Diocese of Texas. A 2006 graduate of the Virginia Theological Seminary, Casey came to the Cathedral in July 2006 to minister to the young adult population. While at seminary Casey met his wife, Melody, who is also ordained.
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Wendesday 4:00 PM
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Living Wi$ely
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Poverty, chastity, obedience. No question about the first when it comes to clergy compensation. This workshop will help us work creatively both to live within our means, take stewardship seriously, and plan for our financial futures.
Leader:
Terry Parsons has been a magazine editor, marketing consultant to small businesses, director of development for a not-for-profit human service agency and developed a training program for women executives before beginning her work in stewardship. Currently she serves as Missioner for Stewardship and Discipleship in the Congregational Ministries Cluster of the Episcopal Church. She believes it is more important to study the Bible than budgets, to pray than to beg. She also believes the greatest challenge facing congregations today is our preference for scarcity, and reluctance to claim the abundance which God offers.
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Shades of Gray
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Does your heart race every time you see someone under 35 walk into your parish? Aging congregations are pervasive in mainline churches. This workshop will explore how young clergy are to connect with older congregations, and how we are to do ministry in a way that draws a younger generation as well.
Leaders:
The Rev. David Umphlett is a priest serving two rural Episcopal parishes in eastern North Carolina. He is a graduate of the Virginia Theological Seminary.
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Are Tax Collectors and Sinners Your Only Friends?
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Two years in your parish and only two dinner invitation from your parishioners? When you finally accepted one and had a good time, half the congregation was jealous? Negotiating deep friendship in the parish can be challenging. This workshop will focus on finding a broad base of meaningful relationship as clergy.
Leaders:
Brittany Barber was ordained in 1999 by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and now serves as the Associate Dean of the Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago. She is a 1999 graduate of the University of Chicago, where she earned both the Masters of Divinity and the A.M. in Social Service Administration degrees. She spends her free time helping her husband hunt all over Chicago for ingredients to his most recent gastronomic enterprises.
The Rev. James Isaacs has a wonderful dog named Sallie, loves hanging out in places of natural beauty, and reads poetry and the psalms. He is working on developing a sense of humor, which seems to be coming along nicely, and is one of those people who likes to dance even though he isn't very good at it. James began his ordained ministry serving three years at a church in Naples, Florida: an area and diocese with very few young adults. He currently serves as the Rector of St. Andrew the Fisherman Episcopal Church, Mayo in the Diocese of Maryland, which has many young adult clergy.
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The Doogie Howser Dilemma
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How many times has someone said to you, “Are you old enough to be my preacher?” We considered making I Timothy 4:12 our theme verse because young clergy often encounter the questioning of their authority. This workshop examines how we wisely embrace our office and gracefully live into the authority of our vocation.
Leaders:
Rev. DaVita “Revie Rev” McAllister is the minister for Youth, Young Adults and the Outdoors of the United Church of Christ. She is know for her workshops on hip-hop spirituality, her inspiring preaching and for being an avid Madden PS2 player.
The Rev. Casey Shobe was born in Richmond, Virginia but grew up in Temple, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 and attended UT Law for a year before withdrawing to begin the ordination process in the Diocese of Texas. A 2006 graduate of the Virginia Theological Seminary, Casey came to the Cathedral in July 2006 to minister to the young adult population. While at seminary Casey met his wife, Melody, who is also ordained.
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