Lifelong Learning

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Lifelong Learning provides continuous opportunities for theological education in the service of faithful leadership. It is for the committed and the curious, lay and clergy eager to claim and explore their Christian vocations in today’s world. Lifelong Learning at VTS is a multi-faceted department grounded in theology and research-based practices to provide transformational learning for courageous leadership in a changing church.

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Faith-filled Families

A grant initiative in which we will enrich religious education in church preschools and congregations by equipping teachers and parents/guardians with Christian practices for faithful living in daily life.

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TryTank

An experimental laboratory for church growth and innovation that offers inventive approaches to the challenges facing the Episcopal Church. The mission is to help the church innovate as a way of following the Holy Spirit.

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Forma

A network for Christian Formation for the Episcopal Church and beyond. There are members from across the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, and Europe, who work ecumenically with several denominations including the Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Moravian, and Catholic communities.

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Deep Calls to Deep

A program to strengthen preaching using communities of peer groups to nurture pastors’ own spiritual, emotional, physical, and imaginative lives.

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Launching into Ministry

A program to support VTS graduates in their first years of ministry through one-on-one mentorship as they integrate the foundations of classical theological education into the practice of ministry and spiritual leadership.

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Mutual Ministry Initiative

A grant initiative and multi-year process designed to leverage the strengths and address the challenges of a residential, denominational seminary to meet the urgent need for clergy and lay leaders trained as ministry developers in local, culturally specific contexts by shifting from the model where professional clergy are the sole minister that others gather around.

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Building Faith

An active website since 2010, its mission is to equip and inspire churches and individuals for the ministry of Christian education and faith formation through the sharing of practical wisdom and replicable resources.

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Baptized for Life

A grant initiative driven by the conviction that congregations, with God’s help, can form lives of meaning and purpose to equip people of all ages to claim their baptismal identities with confidence and joy.

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Thriving in Ministry

A grant initiative that supports lay and ordained leaders in their ministries by creating vibrant peer learning groups for clergy in distinct settings and advancing the continuing education of clergy through the support of trained mentors.

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