Welcome
Each month, we share news of CDSP's students, faculty, alumni and campus life. We welcome your news, ideas and suggestions via email to Patrick Delahunt. Thank you, as always, for your support of CDSP.
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New Scholarships Available
Apply in March for priority consideration
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Youth Ministry Day on March 14
"Walking Among Stones of Fire: Crisis, Inclusion and Healing"
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Student response panel at
Youth Ministry Day 2014
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Join us at CDSP on Saturday, March 14 for the third annual CDSP/Diocese of California Youth Ministry Day. This year, our theme is "Walking Among Stones of Fire: Crisis, Inclusion and Healing with Youth and their Families."
The day will include presentations, workshops, and conversations dedicated to developing the skills to support young people and their families in the community of faith, particularly those on the autism spectrum and those struggling with emotional and spiritual crises of health and wholeness. Parents, youth ministers, clergy, teachers and anyone who works with or cares about young people are invited to take part.
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Serving Millennials This Spring
Intensive course meetings with weekly online work
This spring, join Matt Marino of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona for a course designed to help graduate students sharpen their understanding of the social and cultural characteristics of the millennial generation and the theological and practical issues related to their engagement in Christian communities.
The course will meet four times in Friday afternoon/all-day Saturday intensives--February 6 & 7, March 6 & 7, April 10 & 11 and May 8 & 9--with weekly online work. Learn more. Register online for academic credit by January 30, and register with Alissa Fencsik via email for continuing education.
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See CDSP
Visit campus on February 4-6 and March 11-13, 2015
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When students visit the only Episcopal seminary west of the Rockies, they can attend classes, join the community for common worship in All Saints Chapel, experience Thursday Community Nights with evening Eucharist, share meals and conversation and explore the richness of ecumenical life on Holy Hill.
Visiting campus during See CDSP is also a perfect opportunity to learn more about our newest programs, including a low-residence Master of Divinity option and the new online Master of Theological Studies and Certificate of Theological Studies.
Learn more online or talk with the Rev. Andrew Hybl, director of recruitment and admissions at 510.204.0715 or via email to arrange a visit.
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Community Organizing at CDSP
Intersession course with Industrial Areas Foundation
On January 21, students in CDSP's Organizing for Congregational Renewal, taught by experienced organizers from the Industrial Areas Foundation, attended a public action in San Anselmo. The action, sponsored by the Marin Organizing Committee, brought together citizens and public officials to advocate for expanded funding for a homeless shelter.
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A Call for Action on Social Justice
African American Presidents and Deans of Theological Schools open letter
On January 15, the African American Presidents and Deans of Theological Schools in the United States issued a "call for action in light of the current state of social justice in the United State of America."
One of our leaders, a founding member of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), noted that the socio-economic and political realities that led to the establishment of SNCC at Shaw University 54 years ago are actually eclipsed by the realities of this day. In 1960 there were lynchings and robe-wearing Klansmen. Today lynchings occur, but in different forms. Klansmen today bivouac without robes and hoods. Slavery still exists but under the auspices of a prison industrial complex. Discrimination thrives, with no intent or program for relief. As was true in the 1960's it is time for citizens of good conscience to once again rise up and rally to the cry for freedom and justice for all.
Read the entire statement.
At its meeting on January 28, the CDSP faculty agreed to gather an ad hoc group, led by Professors Bradley Burroughs and Marion Grau, to identify concrete proposals that respond to the statement. President Richardson will send an invitation to the entire CDSP community--students, faculty, staff and trustees--to invite their participation in the group. To begin this work, the faculty identified a number of places in the curriculum that address questions of race, racism and the church's response.
Watch upcoming issues of the newsletter to learn more.
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Five Questions for Professor Meyers
Earlier this month, Eerdmans Publishing Company, publisher of Academic Dean Ruth Meyers' new book,"Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission," featured her in its "Five Questions" series:
What led you to write Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission? Put another way: What's the story behind the book?
I became a scholar and teacher of worship because I'm intrigued by the connection between the way people worship and what they believe. So I started studying congregations - worshiping with them and asking members about their worship. What did worship mean for them? How did worship affect their daily lives? What excited or inspired them?
Through my work with the innovative clergy I taught in a Doctor of Ministry program, I became interested in the missional movement in contemporary churches. Rather than viewing mission as a program of the church, a mission-shaped church understands mission as a way of life - the way Christians participate in God's outpouring of love for the whole world. The 1979 Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church says that the church participates in mission "as it prays and worships, proclaims the Gospel, and promotes justice, peace, and love." Mission, the prayer book says, includes both worship and Christian service in the world.
Read the rest.
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Community News
The Rev. Jay Walton '14 was ordained to the priesthood on January 19 at Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral.
News to share? Please email us.
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