Course Catalogue 2026-2027

One-year pastoral internship under the supervision of a Pastor.

A three-month full time internship in a parish setting, immersing the student in the dynamics of congregational life.

As a course in church leadership and ministry, our learning will be first grounded in an understanding of the Church; what it is and what it is for. Together we will explore the implications of what it means to say that the Church is the body of Christ in the world. In the context of a deeply rooted ecclesiology we will then begin to understand what it means to be a Christian leader in the Church, exploring practical areas of ministry including: nurturing the traits and disciplines of healthy Christian leadership, developing others as leaders, leading and managing change, dealing with conflict, cultivating missional organizational practices, implementing sound financial management, developing effective church communications, building an integrative ministry to children, and cultivating healthy community connections.

As a course in church leadership and ministry, our learning will be first grounded in an understanding of the Church; what it is and what it is for. Together we will explore the implications of what it means to say that the Church is the body of Christ in the world. In the context of a deeply rooted ecclesiology we will then begin to understand what it means to be a Christian leader in the Church, exploring practical areas of ministry including: nurturing the traits and disciplines of healthy Christian leadership, developing others as leaders, leading and managing change, dealing with conflict, cultivating missional organizational practices, implementing sound financial management, developing effective church communications, building an integrative ministry to children, and cultivating healthy community connections.

This seminar assists candidates as they prepare for priestly order and lay ministry. It will provide candidates with the opportunity to reflect on previous ministry experience, identify personal strengths, and anticipated areas of growth for future ministry.

One-year placement in a parish or mission under supervision; course is tailored to individuals.

The Psalter has been described as "an anatomy of all the parts of the soul" (Calvin) as it resonates with the human condition. The Psalter is also described as a prayer book of the Church and has resourced this practice through the ages. Further, the church understands Christ himself prayed these psalms and invites us to pray them in him. This course takes up these positions but additionally studies the means by which the Psalter spiritually forms those who prayerfully engage it. Along with immersive reading in the Psalter and Christian writers across the centuries, this course considers modern understandings of how texts affect and shape readers. Thus, the insights of studies in memory, wonder, lament and imprecation and more will open new considerations of how the Spirit works through the Word as the psalms are read and prayed. At its core, this course explores how a prayerful stance before the Psalter forms us in the responsive spiritual listening and freedom of the Christian life.

The Psalter has been described as "an anatomy of all the parts of the soul" (Calvin) as it resonates with the human condition. The Psalter is also described as a prayer book of the Church and has resourced this practice through the ages. Further, the church understands Christ himself prayed these psalms and invites us to pray them in him. This course takes up these positions but additionally studies the means by which the Psalter spiritually forms those who prayerfully engage it. Along with immersive reading in the Psalter and Christian writers across the centuries, this course considers modern understandings of how texts affect and shape readers. Thus, the insights of studies in memory, wonder, lament and imprecation and more will open new considerations of how the Spirit works through the Word as the psalms are read and prayed. At its core, this course explores how a prayerful stance before the Psalter forms us in the responsive spiritual listening and freedom of the Christian life.

The Psalter has been described as "an anatomy of all the parts of the soul" (Calvin) as it resonates with the human condition. The Psalter is also described as a prayer book of the Church and has resourced this practice through the ages. Further, the church understands Christ himself prayed these psalms and invites us to pray them in him. This course takes up these positions but additionally studies the means by which the Psalter spiritually forms those who prayerfully engage it. Along with immersive reading in the Psalter and Christian writers across the centuries, this course considers modern understandings of how texts affect and shape readers. Thus, the insights of studies in memory, wonder, lament and imprecation and more will open new considerations of how the Spirit works through the Word as the psalms are read and prayed. At its core, this course explores how a prayerful stance before the Psalter forms us in the responsive spiritual listening and freedom of the Christian life.

The Psalter has been described as "an anatomy of all the parts of the soul" (Calvin) as it resonates with the human condition. The Psalter is also described as a prayer book of the Church and has resourced this practice through the ages. Further, the church understands Christ himself prayed these psalms and invites us to pray them in him. This course takes up these positions but additionally studies the means by which the Psalter spiritually forms those who prayerfully engage it. Along with immersive reading in the Psalter and Christian writers across the centuries, this course considers modern understandings of how texts affect and shape readers. Thus, the insights of studies in memory, wonder, lament and imprecation and more will open new considerations of how the Spirit works through the Word as the psalms are read and prayed. At its core, this course explores how a prayerful stance before the Psalter forms us in the responsive spiritual listening and freedom of the Christian life.

Students who have applied for and been selected as student worship coordinators on the Emmanuel College Spiritual Life Team may register for this course as an associated reflexive practicum in planning and leading the communal spiritual practices, prayer, meditation, and worship life of the College. They will work with the professor of the course to engage in collaborative oversight - planning, leading and evaluating weekly spiritual, ritual and liturgical practices, and other occasional events and services, using ecumenical, intercultural and interfaith resources. Students will learn ways to support, resource and animate the Emmanuel College community of faculty, staff, students, and guests in the spiritual practices of the College. Students will take primary leadership responsibility for several occasions each academic year, including the work of facilitating collaborating planning, communications, ritual and liturgical creation and design, textual and/or projection production, celebration of festivals and sacraments, preparation of ritual and liturgical spaces, leadership, evaluation, and feedback.

This course will explore the liturgical understanding of human existence from the central liturgical rites of the Orthodox Church covering every aspect of life: birth, marriage, ordination, confession, healing from sickness, and death. The course will thus provide an overview of the history, theology and current practice of the holy mysteries (sacraments), with a view to understanding the sacramentality of the world and the centrality of liturgy and sacraments in contemporary Christian life and ministry.