Summer Seminars

Loving to Know: Attuning Your Philosophy To Enhance Your Ministry
June 17-21, 2024
Calvin University Campus, Grand Rapids, Michigan
On covenant epistemology in worship, life, and leadership
Esther Lightcap Meek, leader
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Flourishing Together: Becoming an Accessible and Welcoming Church
June 23-27, 2024
Calvin University Campus, Grand Rapids, Michigan
On faithful ministry to, with, and by people with intellectual/developmental disabilities
Kate Strater and Erik Carter, leaders
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African American Religious Autobiography 
July 21-26, 2024

Calvin University and Seminary Campus, Grand Rapids, Michigan
On insights for pastoral and worship ministries
James Abbington, Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, Danjuma Gibson, Lisa M. Weaver, and John D. Witvliet, leaders
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Past Summer Seminars

2023 Does Your Character Preach?
on the virtues of a beautiful word and witness
Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung, leader

2023 Putting a Human Face on Migration
on thinking deeply about migration and migrants as a Christian
Janice McLean-Farrell and Leopoldo Sanchez, leaders

2023 African American Religious Autobiography 
on insights for pastoral and worship ministries
James Abbington, Stephanie Boddie, Danjuma Gibson, Lisa Weaver, and John D. Witvliet, leaders

2023 Worship and Work
on liturgies for those who labor
Matthew Kaemingk, Katie Roelofs, and Cory Willson, leaders