EfM Education for Ministry

Today, 7 groups, containing 62 participants, began piloting EfM: Classic and EfM: Wide Angle. This revised and new curriculum will debut next year at EfM's 50th Celebration. And the Curriculum Revision Task Force continues its work! We are not done yet.

Registration is now open for the School of Theology’s online Lunch & Learn series. Presented by the School's faculty, the series runs throughout the 2024-2025 academic year. Lunch & Learns are free of cost and open to all. Register for one session or all of them here: https://theology.sewanee.edu/faculty-online-lunch-learn-series/



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"EfM: Immersion" is an introduction to EfM for incoming seminarians who may have never heard of it or understand that it is a part of the School of Theology at the University of the South. "EfM: Immersion" occurs during orientation week. Seminarians are introduced to the history of EfM and then move through three experiential components: Spiritual Autobiography, Theological Reflection, and Seminar Components, which include worship, hospitality, and text discussion.

While together, the 2024 Immersion Staff (pictured) met with the Coordinator's Program Working Group to begin planning a Pathwright module modeled on the seminarian's experience as a recruitment tool for mentors and coordinators of EfM for EfM. This free EfM resource will debut in March 2025.

Pictured: Kevin Goodman (executive director), Jenny Beaumont (mentor, trainer), Joshua Booher (associate director) Jose Fernandez (mentor, trainer), and Beth Cavey (trainer in residence for mentor empowerment).

EfM: Discern and Discover 2024 a multi-diocese Zoom event in Pennsylvania

A Call to EfM Evangelism Tammy Shackelford | Mentor, Diocese of Virginia

Lecture recording now available! Dr. Andrew Thompson, associate professor of theological ethics and director of the Center for Religion and Environment, delivered "Worldmaking and Environmental Reparations" as the keynote lecture for SUMMA theological debate camp. In his lecture, Dr. Thompson proposed a model of reparations for long-standing environmental and social injustices and also addressed how reparative actions are being explored at the University of the South. View the recording here: https://vimeo.com/996691772



SUMMA Student Theological Debate Society

Mark your calendars! On October 2, Dr. Donyelle McCray will deliver the St. Luke’s lecture series at the School of Theology. In her lectures, McCray will explore the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray—path-breaking poet, activist, attorney, professor, and Episcopal priest whose legacy of human rights work continues to reverberate. The lecture series is free and open to the public. All are encouraged to attend. Join us on campus or online. Learn more here: https://theology.sewanee.edu/lectures-events/stlukeslectures-homecoming/donyelle-mccray-to-lecture/

Get ready for the Education for Ministry (EfM) Virtual Open House!

The program offers four years-worth of reading and discussion, but you may stop when you get full. EfM helps the faithful encounter the breadth and depth of the Christian tradition and bring it into conversation with their experiences of the world as they study, worship, and engage in theological reflection together.

Both hybrid and in-person classes will be forming soon for fall. Be sure to register by August 15.

More information here: https://diowestmo.org/education-for-ministry-virtual-open-house/

Onsite training in Roslyn, Virginia! 1 Formation and 3 Foundations Seminars.

All of us at EfM are thrilled about this collaboration! We are grateful that Dr. Meeks will bring her call to Gospel integrity, hope, and reconciliation to EfM participants worldwide.

Glory Be to God! I am delighted to be invited to work with Education for Ministry(EFM) designing curricular material for their new and innovative initiative which will expand the ways that they share God's Good News. This is a very exciting endeavor and it warms my heart to be invited to be a participant.
I am so heartened by the wonderful support and affirmation that I continue to receive regarding the work that I am called to do both in the Episcopal Church and beyond.
Thanks be to God!!

Join us this evening at 7 p.m. for the annual Keller Keynote in Theology and Oratory. Dr. Andrew Thompson, associate professor of theological ethics and director of the Center for Religion and Environment, will present "Worldmaking and Environmental Reparations," which proposes a model of reparations for long-standing environmental and social injustices. In his lecture Dr. Thompson will also share how such reparative actions are being explored at the University of the South. Join us on campus in Naylor Auditorium (Gailor Hall) or online. The lecture is free and open to the public. All are encouraged to attend. Learn more and register for the webinar here: https://engage.theology.sewanee.edu/register/?id=57f8ec3e-d4ea-449a-ba28-7a1e875f06dc

Presiding bishop-elect denounces murder of Pennsylvania transgender teen [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe on July 10 issued a letter about the recent murder of a transgender girl near his hometown of Sharon, Pennsylvania. The remains of 14-year-…

An EfM Graduation Sermon Allen Stout | EfM Graduate, St. Thomas of Canterbury, Long Beach, Diocese of L.A.

The initial meeting of EfM's Coordinator's Program Working Group.

EfM’s Program Working Group (2024) navigates and strengthens diocesan relations and addresses coordinator realities.

Serving on the Program Working Group (2024) are:
- Joshua Booher, EfM Associate Director
- David Bresnahan, Diocese of Massachusetts
- Beth Cavey, EfM Trainer in Residence for Mentor Empowerment
- Katy Dickinson, Diocese of El Camino Real
- Kevin Goodman, EfM Executive Director
- Cindy Hargis, EfM Diocesan Relations
- Cherryl Holt, Diocese of Chicago
- Deanna Eure, Diocese of Mississippi
- Mary Novello, Diocese of Central Pennsylvania
- Whit Stodghill, Diocese of Western Louisiana
- Lucy Wagner, Diocese of Texas

Thursday afternoon! Exhibit Hall is a wrap!

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 - The Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe, bishop of the Episcopal Dioceses of Northwestern Pennsylvania and Western New York, was elected and confirmed the 28th presiding bishop and primate of The Episcopal Church on June 26 for a nine-year term beginning Nov. 1. Read the release here: https://mailchi.mp/episcopalchurch/the-rt-rev-sean-rowe-elected-28th-presiding-bishop-of-the-episcopal-church-in-english-spanish-french?e=[UNIQID]

Photo credit: Randall Gornowich -
Bishop Sean Rowe walks with bishop colleagues to Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville, KY for the election of the 28th presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church on the morning of June 26, 2024.

Bud Holland has joined us today at the EfM Booth!

Walking Together: My Role in the EfM Community Shannon Whittaker | EfM Participant, Year 1, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island

An op-ed piece by Presiding Bishop Michael Curry from the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Christians view themselves differently than others view them. It's time to change that gap. Opinion: After Breonna Taylor was killed the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky helped people respond to another innocent human life being taken.

The staff of EfM celebrates a great day of meeting, greeting, and reconnecting at the 81st General Convention of the Episcopal Church.

At GC81? Stop by Sewanee's booth and meet the staff of EfM. Hope to see you there!

Meet Walker Adams, T’18, and the entire Sewanee team at General Convention. We look forward to seeing you! Drop by our exhibit or get in touch in advance here: https://theology.sewanee.edu/