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Lifetime Theological Education

Summer at VTS

eFormation Conference: Faith Formation for a Connected, Digital World
May 31 - June 2, 2013
Although our proclamation remains the same, the world is changing very quickly; our ideas about ways to form disciples for that world need to change with it. This conference convenes Christian formation practitioners who want to discover and share ways that technology can support discipleship.
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e-Formation Conference Schedule and Registration
Registration includes most meals & refreshments!
e-formation Tools Bootcamp (Friday 9am - 5pm) $99.00
e-formation Weekend Conference (Friday 6PM - Sunday 1pm) $239.00
Full conference Bootcamp + Weekend (Fri 9am - Sunday 1pm) $299.00

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Building & Empowering Communities Conference
June 13 (5pm) — June 15 (3:30pm)
A 3-Day training on Community Organizing, Leadership & Institutional Development. Attendees will receive an abbreviated version of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) National Leadership Training on broad based community organizing and congregational or institutional development.
Communities Conference Schedule and Registration
Thursday June 13
5pm – 7pm Registration & Dinner
7pm – 9pm Training

Friday June 14
9am – 9pm Training
Saturday June 15
9am – 3:30pm Training

Registration includes meals + refreshments
$300.00—General Price
$100.00—Metro IAF Members + VTS students, faculty & staff + St. Mary’s Scholarship Recipients

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(Registration ends  May 31)
Communities Conference Required Pre-Reading
Gordon E. Simmons
Rules for Radical Pastors
Parish Practice Notebook
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (Fall 1997).

Malcolm Gladwell
The Cellular Church
The New Yorker (September 2005)
Hotel Accomodations

Hilton Alexandria Mark Center
5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria, VA 22311
(703) 845-1010 or 1 (877) 783-8258

Ask for the "Virginia Theological Seminary" group rate of $89/night for a king bed or two double beds. After Tuesday, May 14 2013 all reservations will be subject to hotel availability at the best available rate. S3Year participants should inquire at VTS about extending their stay for the conference.
Weeklong Intensives
June 17-21    June 24-28     July 1-5

Join a graduate course as a continuing education student. Learn and engage your chosen topic in a collaborative learning environment. Summer 2013 course offerings and dates are listed below. $200 course fee; May 15 deadline to apply.


Course Schedule
LTE 325 17
History & Philosophy of Education
6/17-21 8:00-11:50am

LTE 325 18
Liturgical Theology, Congregational Mission, & Leadership
6/17-21 8:00-11:50am

LTE 325 19
Human Growth & Faith Development
6/17-21 6:30-9:30pm

LTE 325 20
Holistic Environments of Faith & Learning
6/24-28 8:00-11:50am

LTE 325 21
Where is God in Harry Potter? Using Popular Culture to Teach Systematic Theology
6/24-28 6:30-9:30pm

LTE 325 22
Fostering Cultures of Spiritual Practice
7/1-5 8:00-11:50am (meets 7/4)

LTE 325 23
Religious Diversity & Ministry in Institutional Settings
7/1-7/5 8:00-11:50am (meets 7/4)

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