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Continuing Education

Courses, conferences and training are provided by outside organizations.

AED has a special relationship with CDSP and is able to offer CALL online classes at a discount for AED members. Deacons also serve as instructors
COURSES, CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
CDSP | CALL Online Classes
Fall 2018 (Sept. 17 - Nov. 5, 2018) schedule includes:
  • Fall: September 17 - November 5, 2018  The Diaconate with Dr. Rod Dugliss  (This class is designed to meet AED's Competencies for Deacons)
  • Winter 2019: January 21 - March 11, 2019 Church History with Dr. Bradley Peterson
  • Spring 2019: March 25 - May 20, 2019 The Diaconal Hermeneutic with Dr. Rod Dugliss

Register here.  AED members receive a discount.
Asset-Based Community Development
Facilitator Formation Workshops
  • ​October 8 – 11 at St. Columba Center in Memphis, TN
  • October 22 -25 Mater Dolorosa Retreat Center, Sierra Madre, CA  This training will have two tracks, one in English and one in Spanish.
Register here for the English track. For the Spanish track, contact Samuel Borbon.

Read a reflection from Deacon Teri Van Huss about this course's impact on her.
27th Festival of Homiletics
​May 13-17, 2019​
Minneapolis, MN
"Preaching as Moral Imagination"
Visit the website. 
Deacons Talking on the Road to Emmaus 
Monthly 7-8:15 pm EST
All deacons are invited to a free, monthly online discussion about their ministries. Previous discussions have been on co op farming, women leaving prison and preaching.  Details.
Sponsored by the Province of New England
PREACHING RESOURCES
MISCELLANEOUS EDUCATION SOURCES
School for Deacons/Center for Learning
Diocese of San Joaquin
The Community-Based Learning Initiative, Princeton University
Bishop Kemper School for Ministry
Trinity School for Ministry
ChurchNext
Forma
Coursera

Canadian theological courses include: