Parish Focus

The Parish Focus is an opportunity for growth, challenge, study, and community with peers and faculty. Such a program is a gift of time for sufficient disengagement from the day-to-day responsibilities of ministry thereby facilitating collegiality and community and offering access and use of the total resources of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Through a series of two-week seminars, and the completion of an applied research project that addresses both the theory and practice of ministry, pastors and those engaged in specialized ministry are able to:

• integrate experience,
• step back and reflect in new ways,
• examine and deepen vocational and personal identity,
• form lasting collegial relationships, and
• develop a new level of insight, depth, and set of restorative practices.

While most candidates who elect the Parish Focus serve congregations, others with specialized ministries have found it a flexible vehicle adaptable to their own situations. These have included denominational posts, ecumenical agencies, prison work, and various school ministries. Involvement of the local congregation or agency is a necessary and valuable component of the Doctor of Ministry Program in ongoing course work and in the design and implementation of a Final Project.

Schedule

St Petersburg, Fla.:  Printable Parish Focus, St Petersburg Calendar 2011-2013

Pittsburgh, Pa.:  Printable Parish Focus, Pittsburgh Calendar 2012-2014, Printable Brochure

Charleston, S.C.:  Printable Parish Focus, Charleston Calendar 2013-2014

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