Term Dates: September 11th – December 15th, 2023
Mondays
Morning
HB500 (3)
Introduction to Hebrew Bible
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (In person or Zoom synchronous only)
PT651D
Studio for Strategic Leadership
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (Zoom only – Synchronous) Dates: Sept 11 & 25; Oct 16; Oct 19- 21 (onsite intensive) Oct 30 & Nov 27
Course also requires attendance (in person or online) at the Oct 5th evening Somerville Lecture at VST.
Afternoon
PT655
Integrative Ministry Seminar (M.Div and MA PPL students – including Spiritual Care)
Time: 2 pm – 5 pm (In person or Zoom Synchronous only)
Tuesdays
Morning
NT500
Synoptic Gospels
Time: 9am-12pm (In person or Zoom)
HIS6/750
Anglican History, Theology & Spirituality
Dates & Time: 9am-12pm Sept 14-16 onsite intensive; Sept 26; Oct 10 & 31; Nov 14 & 28 (Zoom option for Tuesday classes only)
Afternoon
SAH-DS515
PCC Studies: Worship, Creeds and Confessions
Dates & Time: 2pm -5pm Sept 19; Oct 3 & 17; Nov 2-4 (onsite intensive) ; Nov 7 & 28 (Zoom option for Tuesday classes)
ED5/700
Catechesis and Community in Post-Christendom
Time: 2 pm – 5 pm (In person or Zoom)
Afternoon & Evening
CPE Group Session Full Year
Time: 2 – 7 pm
(CPE students only. Class at hospital with CPE supervisor. Onsite only)
Wednesdays
Morning
TH6/780D
Contemporary Trinitarian Thought
Time: 2 – 5pm (Zoom only)
NT6/713
Creating Jesus: Jesus in Scholarship, Film and Fiction
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (In person or Zoom synchronous only)
Afternoon
BIBL500D
Biblical Language Tools
Time: 2 – 5pm (Zoom only)
IPS/SP5/710
Ritual and Sacred Ceremony (in person or zoom synchronous classes; onsite intensive (no zoom) )
Time & Dates: 2 – 5 pm Sept 27, Oct 4 & 18; Nov 2-4 onsite intensive; Nov 15 & 29
Evening
TH500
Christian Theology
Time: 6pm – 9pm (In person or Zoom)
Thursdays
Morning
PT500
Spiritual and Theological Foundations for Public and Pastoral Leadership
Time: 9am – 12pm (In person or Zoom)
HIS/TH6/705
History and Theologies of Reconciliation
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (In person or Zoom)
Afternoon
HOM500D
Homiletics
Dates and Time: 9 am – 12 pm Sept 14 & 28; Oct 5 & 19; Nov 2 & 16; PLUS ONSITE INTENSIVE Nov 30-Dec 1 (Thurs classes Zoom only)
LS500
Introduction to Christian Worship
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (In person or Zoom)
Evening
ETH680D
Directed Study: Professional Ethics for Spiritual Care (MA PPL Spiritual Care students only)
Time: 5-7pm Dates: Sept 14 & 28; Oct 5 & 12; Nov 2, 16 & 30 (first class in person at VST for local students; other classes synchronous Zoom)
Weekend Courses (on-site only)
PT651 – Studio on-site intensive (other classes on Mondays)
Dates: October 19-21
Times: Thur 6-9pm; Fri 9-5; Sat 9-5 (On-site only – no Zoom available)
IPS/SP5/710 – Ritual and Sacred Ceremony on-site intensive (other classes Wednesday afternoons)
Dates: Nov 2-4
Times: Thur 6-9pm; Fri 9-5; Sat 9-5 (On-site only – no Zoom available)
SAH-DS515 – PCC Studies on-site intensive (other classes Tuesday afternoons)
Dates: Nov 2-4
Times: Thur 6-9pm; Fri 9-5; Sat 9-5 (On-site only – no Zoom available)
LS/SP5013 – Anglican Sacrament of Baptism
Dates: Nov 16-17
Times: Thur 6-9pm; Fri 9-5 (On-site only – no Zoom available)
January Interterm
Interterm Dates: Jan 2-12, 2024
Morning
TH6/750
Dates: Jan 2 – 12 (Monday – Friday)
Time: 9 am – 12:30 pm (In-person or Zoom Synchronous Only)
HB6/743 – Psalms and Trauma
Dates: Jan 2 – 12 (Monday – Friday)
Time: 9 am – 12:30 pm (In-person or Zoom Synchronous Only)
Afternoon
DS501
Anglican Liturgy
Dates: Jan 2 – 6 (Tues – Sat) Onsite only (no Zoom option)
Time: 2 – 6 pm Tues-Fri; 9am – 1pm Sat
DS525
United Church of Canada: Polity for a New Day
Dates: Jan 8 – 11 (Mon – Thurs)
Time: 2 – 4:30 pm Onsite only (no Zoom option)
PT127C
Intergenerational Worship
Dates: Jan 11-13
Time: Thurs 5:30 – 8:30pm; Fri 2pm – 8:30pm; Sat 9am – 4:30pm
(Zoom synchronous or onsite participation available)
Spring 2024
Term Dates: January 15th – April 19th, 2024
Mondays
Morning
PT652
Studio for Strategic Leadership
Dates: Jan 15 & 29; Feb 5 & 19; Mar 4 & 18; Apr 11 (Thurs)
Time: 9am – 12pm (In person or Zoom Synchronous only)
Afternoon
DS624
United Church Studies: History, Theology & Doctrine
Time: 2 – 5 pm (In person or Zoom Synchronous only)
ETH500
Christian Ethics
Time: 2 – 5 pm (In person or Zoom)
Tuesdays
Morning
TH5/714
Indigenous Theologies & Epistemologies
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (In person or Zoom)
SAH-DS510
PCC Heritage, Polity & Practice
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (In person or Zoom)
Afternoon
NT501
Paul
Time: 2-5pm (In person or Zoom)
HOM6/705
Preaching Parables
Time: 2-5pm (In person or Zoom)
Afternoon & Evening
CPE Group Session
Full Year
Time: 2 – 7 pm
(VGH CPE students only. Class at hospital with CPE supervisor. Onsite only)
Wednesdays
Morning
HIS6/700D
North American Church History
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (Zoom only)
HIS500
Judaism and Christianity in Antiquity
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (In person or Zoom)
Afternoon
PT551
Pastoral/Spiritual Care and Practice
Time & Dates: Jan 24, Feb 7, [onsite intensive from Feb 29-Mar 2], Mar 6, Mar 20, Apr 3
(In person or Zoom synchronous only for classes; onsite only for intensive)
Evening
SAH-PT5/750
Evangelism in a Post-Christendom World
Time: 6 – 9 pm (In person or Zoom)
Thursdays
Morning
HB600
Hebrew Bible II
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (In person or Zoom)
LS/SP510
Spirituality of Christian Worship
Time: 9 am – 12 pm (In person or Zoom)
Afternoon
NT6/741
The Book of Revelation
Time: 2 – 5pm (In person or Zoom – synchronous only)
PT505
Leadership in Context (with TFE: Exploration)
Time: 2 – 5 pm (In person or Zoom – synchronous only)
Weekend Courses - Onsite only
LS/SP504
Anglican Sacrament of Eucharist
Dates: Feb 8-9 (Fri 6-9pm; Sat 9-5)
(On site only)
PT551
Pastoral/Spiritual Care and Practice
Dates: Feb 29-Mar 2 (additional classes on Wednesdays)
Time: Thurs 6-9pm; Fri 9am – 5pm; Sat 9am – 5pm)
(On site only)