School For Ministry
DATES AND COURSES 2024-25
Dates and Courses 2024-25
SFM Study Weekends 2024-25 include the following Saturdays (morning class session, midday worship & community time, and afternoon class session; on site or online as noted)
Sept. 28 (on site)
Oct. 12 (on site)
Nov. 16 (on site)
Dec. 21 (on site)
Jan. 18 (online)
Feb. 15 (online)
March 15 (on site)
April 12 (on site)
May 24 (on site)
June 21 (on site)
This schedule was updated 9/12/24 to honor the parish commitments of our priest faculty members, and to reflect that SFM courses are Saturday-only in 2024-25.
NEW: SFM Wednesdays: A regular pattern of mid-week online gatherings for learning, reflection, conversation, and prayer has been a formative and vital part of SFM’s community life since the School’s beginnings.
For 2024-25, the SFM community will be invited to gather on scheduled Wednesdays for 45 minutes of “CCC”: content (a focused presentation on a topic or practice), conversation (to engage the presented content), and compline (shared community prayer). Wednesday gatherings for fall 2024 begin in October. The schedule will be shared directly with enrolled students and SFM alumni.
Anticipated Courses, 2024-25
Year-long courses, for those seeking a lay ministry license, and postulants and candidates for the priesthood:
Scripture with the Rev. Steve Rugg
Common Prayer: Liturgy in the Episcopal/Anglican Tradition with the Rev. Jason Wells
UPDATE: Clinical Pastoral Formation will not be offered starting in Fall 2024. Contact Canon Kelly with any questions.
Shorter SFM courses for those seeking a lay ministry license, and postulants and candidates for the priesthood:
Preaching A: Introducing the Art of Preaching.
Half-year; fall and/or spring cohorts. Continues with Preaching B (see below). Course mentor: The Rev. Fred Chisolm
Please refer to this information sheet about the Preaching Course beginning in January, 2025.
To register for Preaching A, please email Dean Kelly, expressing your interest in the course, and confirming that you have your the support of your rector/vicar/priest-in-charge to so so.
Preaching B: Giving & Receiving Feedback/Mentored preaching practice
With the Rev. Cathy George. This course can be taken by those seeking a Lay Preacher license and by postulants/candidates as the continuation of SFM’s Preaching A, or as a stand-alone by lay people with previous training in homiletics who are preparing to be licensed as preachers. Taught online; course length varies by size of cohort.
Tuition for SFM courses
Congregations that are sponsoring a person for ordination engage to support that person’s formation. If you are a postulant or candidate for ordination, please discuss with your congregation’s leadership how your SFM tuition might be cost-shared. Lay students, including lay preaching students and others seeking lay licensure: please discuss with your congregation’s leadership how your SFM tuition might be cost-shared. SFM tuition is substantially underwritten by the Diocese of New Hampshire’s annual budget. There is no charge to attend workshop-style short courses.
Tuition rates for the 2024-25 academic year, for students from the Diocese of New Hampshire
Comprehensive tuition: Two or more full-year courses + community formation - $1,200
Partial tuition options:
One full-year course + community formation - $600
Preaching A & B (half-year plus preaching lab) + community formation - $400
Preaching B (preaching lab) only - $100
Shorter workshop courses for all the baptized, including those seeking a lay ministry license:
There is no charge to attend workshop-style short courses.
Leading Sunday Morning Prayer (half-day workshop)
When and where: On site, various locations (please express interest to Canon Kelly, including to schedule a congregational workshop)
What on Earth Do I Say?: Introducing Pastoral Care for Laypeople
A four-session workshop led by the Rev. Elsa Worth
When and where: Online, spring 2025 (Date TBD; please express interest to Canon Kelly)