PSWD Center for Brethren Studies

Coming Events:

"Missional" webinars
Alan Roxburgh, pastor, teacher, writer and consultant with more than 30 years experience in church leadership, consulting and seminary education, will present three webinars in 2010. The first two webinars are for pastors and church leaders. Each webinar for pastors and church leaders will be offered one time and not repeated. The webinars are scheduled on the following dates:

Tuesday, May 25 from 12:30-2:00 pm Pacific/3:30-5pm Eastern
Tuesday, June 8 from 12:30-2:00 pm Pacific/3:30-5pm Eastern

The focus of the webinars is on developing leadership in order to transform congregations into missional communities. There is no fee for the event and CEUs will be offered.

Brethren Revival Fellowship
37th Annual Brethren Bible Institute
July 19-23, 2010
Elizabethtown College campus, Ellizabethtown, PA
Several courses to choose from. CEU's and scholarships available.
For application forms, write to:
Brethren Bible Institute
155 Denver Road, Denver PA 17517
Please send for an application form early. Your application process must be completed by June 22, 2010.

Brethren Life and Belief
This class will cover a variety of topics from Brethren history to church polity and everything in between. An enormous amount of information will be shared about the Church of the Brethren both past and present. This class is available for all licensed and ordained ministers in the Pacific Southwest District. Throughout the year, the class will be offered at various locations dependent upon the need and interest.

The first class will be held at the Hillcrest Retirement Village on:
Friday, August 13, 2010 from 7 - 9 p.m.
Saturday, August 14, 2010 from 9 - 3 p.m.

Lombard Mennonite Peace Center
Mediation Skills Training Institute for Church Leaders
November 15-19, 2010
Fullerton, CA
Pastors, Lay Leaders, and Seminary students welcome
Register

Preaching Class
In the near future, all pastors and ministers will be receiving information about a preaching class to be offered by Don Booz, District Executive. This class is intended to be a “refresher class” for some as well as an “introduction to preaching” for others. The purpose of the class is to give helpful information about how to reduce the sermon preparation time while improving the art and craft of preaching.

The date and location are yet-to-be determined.

Bethany Theological Seminary Symposium
Several Bethany Theological Seminary faculty and staff will be presenting a symposium in the spring of 2011. The symposium is a perfect time for pastors, ministers and lay people to be part of a learning event that will begin to answer some of the important questions now facing the church. At the present time, we are looking at dates and a possible location for the event.

More information will be forthcoming as soon as it becomes available.

	Center for Brethren Studies ~ Pacific SW District - Church of the Brethren ~ Equipping leaders and congregations to be God's missionary agents of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in their neighborhoods and the world.

last updated 4/9/2010 Contact: cbs@pswdcob.org Return to Main District Page