SSW appreciates the importance to clergy and lay leaders of continuing their education and offers numerous opportunities to earn CEUs. In addition, the faculty of SSW are regularly invited to teach at parishes, diocesan schools, and clergy conferences.
All the below qualify for CEUs.
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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. Our 2010 continuing education program, "Engaging Scripture, Heart and Mind: Teaching Scripture in the Parish," will be presented June 21-25, by Professor Cynthia Briggs Kittredge on the seminary campus. (See link below for more details.)
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Workshops in vocation and ministry are offered by the Center for Vocation and Ministry at SSW on occasional Saturdays. Workshops are largely focused on counseling, pastoral theology and chaplaincy.
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SSW's Online School for Spirituality and Mission will offer courses again in Fall 2009.
Clergy in the greater Austin area who supervise SSW students in Contextual Theology for Ministry requirements receive supervision and training on the campus.
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Lecture series in September (Blandy Lectures), February (Payne Lecture), and April (Harvey Lectures) presented by distinguished scholars and leaders in the Church offer additional learning and renewal opportunities. Southwest Lectures 2009-10 Academic Year
Clergy and lay leaders are invited to spend two weeks on campus in the Visiting Fellows program, which offers an opportunity to focus on a project of their own choosing to interact with faculty, and to join the seminary community in worship services, meals, and fellowship.
All degrees are accessible for special student status which does not require formal admission to the seminary.
