Continuing Education

Southwest appreciates the importance to clergy and lay leaders of continuing their education and offers numerous opportunities to earn CEUs. 

Certificate Program in Christian Formation

All the below qualify for CEUs.

  • SSW's Online School for Spirituality and Mission offers courses in the Spring and Fall.
  • Each summer, SSW presents a week-long continuing education session on the seminary's campus for clergy and lay leaders. Meant to give you "food for the journey" the content will have practical application back home, and the learning shared with faculty and friends will renew and refresh you. See upcoming session below.
  • Lecture series in September (Blandy Lectures), February (Payne Lecture), and March (Harvey Lectures) presented by distinguished scholars and leaders in the Church offer additional learning and renewal opportunities. 

Continuing Education Sessions

June 3 - 7, 2013: The Preacher's Self: The Role of the Preacher in the Sermon

Is preaching just one more item on your to-do list, or is it part of your identity, part of  your self? We'll be looking at this topic and others, including the preacher alone and in community, the place of the preacher in the sermon, and the preacher as sermon. Join us for this practical and philosophical look at the role of the preacher in today's church. 

Faculty: The Rev. Micah Jackson, Bishop John Hines Associate Professor of Preaching

Click here for online registration.