On May 1st, Forma launched a new membership platform: The Forma Space on VTS Plus. In less than three months, we have exceeded 200 paid members! Member benefits include member only programing, access to a searchable resource library, 25% off Lifelong Learning programing, and more. In addition to building out our membership benefits, this network […]
One of my favorite parts of being the Lead Editor for Building Faith, Lifelong Learning’s website that publishes Christian formation articles, is working with authors. They share great ideas, create effective resources, and show other Christian formation leaders that they are not alone in the struggles that arise with formation ministries. They write with courage, […]
When a stranger asks me, “What do you do?” my short-form response is that I teach and serve as a senior administrator at a small graduate school. If their curiosity is piqued, I continue with “a denominational seminary that prepares people for leadership in the church.” When they are genuinely interested the next question is inevitably, […]
One of the goals I set when I started as archivist here at VTS was to promote the use of the archives through discoverability, programming, and social media. Over the past year we have increased visibility with displays, by providing professors with resources for student research, curated an exhibit on Bishop John T. Walker, and […]
On October 11, 2023, the African American Episcopal Historical Collection (AAEHC) will celebrate 20 years of chronicling the history of Black people in the Episcopal Church. In 2003 the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church and the Bishop Payne Library formed a partnership to archive the stories of the largely unsung, but remarkable and defining […]
Coming into the Rare Book Room is like dipping your toes into the sea of Medieval and Reformation history. The Bishop Payne Library’s Rare Book Collection consists of over 5,000 books with emphases on early English Anglican literature, Books of Common Prayer, Bibles, practical theology, and music. This collection offers a visual window into what […]
One of my primary jobs as User Services Librarian is to meet with students and faculty for research consultations. I try to listen carefully to their research questions and then I suggest ways they can enter the (inevitably) vast scholarly literature on their subject. My role is to help students and researchers find the “scholarly […]
Readers of the Commentary will hear this week from members of the Bishop Payne Library team. Let me introduce them: User Services Librarian Vincent Williams will tell you about his work with students to identify library resources for their papers and sermons. Jim Fitch, Discovery and Technology Services Librarian, ably administers the library’s discovery catalog, […]
Today we continue our sneak peak at fall events with CACS. In addition to the Scriptural Reasoning (SR) Training of Facilitators and monthly sessions described yesterday, we look forward to hosting two sabbatical visitors: The Rev. Natalie Arendse will join us September 15 – October 6 from the Province of Southern Africa and St. John’s […]
CACS is pleased to be starting off the fall with new opportunities for skill-building in interfaith engagement. On Wednesday and Thursday, September 6-7, a team from the Rose Castle Foundation, led by CACS Fellow in Peace and Reconciliation, and Rose Castle Founding Director, Canon Sarah Snyder, will lead a Scriptural Reasoning (SR) Training of Facilitators. […]