Lifelong Learning

We Connect, Nurture, and Celebrate Communities of Faithful Practice.

Lifelong Learning provides opportunities 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.

         

     

From sermons to stories, from families to formation,
Lifelong Learning creates transformational resources for a changing Church:

Faith-filled Families

Faith-filled Families

Equipping teachers and parents/guardians with Christian practices for faithful living in daily life.

TryTank Research Institute

TryTank Research Institute

Information. Innovation. Incarnation.

Forma

Forma

A network for Christian Formation for the Episcopal Church and beyond.

Preaching Congregations Initiative

Preaching Congregations Initiative

A congregationally-based program of renewal and formation for preachers and listeners.

Launching into Ministry

Launching into Ministry

A program to support VTS graduates in their first years of ministry through one-on-one mentorship.

Mutual Ministry Initiative

Mutual Ministry Initiative

An initiative 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.

Roots & Wings

Roots & Wings

A grant initiative in which we are accompanying church leaders in deepening their practice of intergenerational worship for the sake of forming children’s faith and strengthening congregations.

Building Faith

Building Faith

Equipping and inspiring churches and individuals for the ministry of Christian education and faith formation through the sharing of practical wisdom and replicable resources.

Activate Baptism

Activate Baptism

Resources developed and curated by the Department of Lifelong Learning to inspire and equip others for courageous, faithful discipleship and ministry.

Thriving in Ministry

Thriving in Ministry

Supporting lay and ordained leaders in their ministries through peer learning groups and the support of trained mentors.