Join us in September for Shaping the Parish

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An online training program
sponsored by the Order of the Ascension

How do we shape parishes of prayer and deep community?
Parishes of adoration, awe, and service?

Join us for the next cycle of Shaping the Parish, a training program making use of the best methods of parish development and applied theology, from within the Episcopal Church’s own spiritual traditions.

St. Scholastica Cycle begins September 20, 2024.

Shaping the Parish is a two-year program structured to allow participation of both clergy and lay people (teams are encouraged).

    • 15 two-hour sessions throughout the year – enough to facilitate real learning, while being sensitive to the Church year and the reality of busy calendars.

    • Sessions are designed to maximize learning and to make online interaction as useful and energizing as possible. Learn in small groups with diverse experience.

    • Program trainers are experienced priests, bishops, and lay leaders who understand spiritual practice and know how to bring theory and theology alive in parish settings.

“A unique training approach grounded in prayer and the best of the Episcopal tradition, while challenging us and our congregations to become more effective organizations and to enter more deeply into the life of Christ.”

The Rt Rev Poulson Reed, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma

Sponsored by the Order of the Ascension and designed by the creator of CDI, and the authors of the Shaping the Parish Series.

Learn more and register at ShapingtheParish.com.

Photo credits Sacred place, Collection: Flickr; Photographer: Zoran Strajin; Chapel with Font, Collection: Flickr; Photographer: Peter de Rooij; France, Provence, Sainte-Baume Mountain, woman burning candle at Troglodyte Sainte-Marie Madeleine Holy Cave, Collection: Photographer’s Choice RF; Photographer: Sami Sarkis. All Getty Images.

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