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RESOURCES AND OUTREACH WARTBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
• Wartburg’s location in beautiful, historic Dubuque, IA, makes it a great resource for easy accessibility to a wide variety of recreational opportunities.
Events For a complete and updated list of events, please see our website (www.wartburgseminary.edu). Opportunities for Continuing Education include:
Support Providing a learning community in which sharing and listening may be done in safety and participants may mutually struggle with issues of common concern . Practices Development of skills and abilities in areas that are unfamiliar, due to lack of previous exposure or newness of the area (e.g., education, youth, etc.)
Commitments The following institutional commitments represent the most important and distinctive things we offer: Reforming worship To care deeply about worship life and itsappropriate reform, through planning, and practice of worship that is faithful, focused and integrated Learning change To be concerned for lifelong growth in faith and discipleship for all the baptized, including the special role of rostered leaders in promoting transformational learning Focusing mission To point out the missional implications present within and beyond a faith community in a way that sees the congregation as the locus of mission Linking globally To recognize the broader interconnections with other people and places, as well as enhance understanding with those beyond the Christian faith Rooting locally To value and affirm small congregations in low population density areas, as well as advocate for faithful stewardship of the land Nurturing generations To attend to the vulnerable, at-risk aspects of the youngest in our midst and how their lives are embedded within systems of family and community support
Resources • Wartburg’s faculty are among some of the leading theologians and scholars in the global church. Wartburg faculty are featured in Continuing Education events both on and off campus. • Reu Memorial Library is connected to the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, Clark College, and Loras College Library collections. • With a wide variety of meeting spaces, we are well-equipped to host both small and large groups. • Throughout the academic year, guests are invited and encouraged to join the seminary community in daily worship and fellowship at 9:30 a.m.
• Tri-State Theological Forum • Annual Gronlund Stewardship Lectures • Back to Seminary (personal retreat at the castle) • Hein Fry Lecture Series • Three Years in Ministry Conference • Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Bible Study Seminar • Luther Academy of the Rockies
Continuing Education Units (CEU’S) Lay and rostered leaders may receive Continuing Education Units for events. One CEU is granted for every fifty minutes of classroom instruction time or its equivalent. Upon request, the continuing education office will issue a certificate indicating the CEUs earned for an event. For more information contact: LifeLong Learners Office Wartburg Theological Seminary 333 Wartburg Place, P.O. Box 5004 Dubuque, IA 52004-5004 Phone: 800-225-5987 or 563-589-0327 E-mail: LifeLongLearners@wartburgseminary.edu
Other Educational Opportunities For more information about each event, please contact the office listed under each event. Hein/Fry Lectures and Founder’s Day 563-589-0327, LifeLongLearners@wartburgseminary.edu Center for Global Theologies • International Reformation Festival (fall) • Center for Global Theologies (spring) global@wartburgseminary.edu Rural Ministry Conference Center for Theology and Land 563-589-0273, ruralmin@wartburgseminary.edu Homecoming 563-589-0340, missionsupport@wartburgseminary.edu Conference on Ministry 563-589-0203 or 1-800-CALL WTS admissions@wartburgseminary.edu Certification School in Youth and Family Ministry 563-589-0220, cym@wartburgseminary.edu Online and Intensive Continuing Education Courses • Certificate in Town and Country Ministry • Certificate in Theology and Congregational Leadership • Other online and masters level intensive courses TEEM@wartburgseminary.edu
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