Education for Ministry at the Cathedral

Week 15 on Monday, December 15 (Night Group) and Monday, January 5 (Day Group)
NOTE NO MEETING ON CHRISTMAS OR NEW YEARS DAY

Pathwright Module: Week 15
Assignments:

• Year 1:

  • Job 1, 5:1–7, 6: 24–30, 7:11–21, 8:1–10, 9–10, 13:20–28, 17, 19–29, 32–33, 38–40, 42

  • Jacobson: Chapters 18-19

  • Freeman: Job’s Wife

  • Watch the BibleProject: Job

• Year 2:

  • Powell: Chapters 11-12

• Year 3:

  • Mullin: Chapter 12

• Year 4:

  • Bretherton: Chapter 13

  • The Episcopal Book of Common Prayer: Collects 24 and 25 on page 210; The “unfailing providence” collect from Compline on page 134

• Wide Angle:

  • Varghese: Introduction through Chapter 3 (including the Interlude “What is Power?”)

  • Dozier’s Agenda for the 90s

  • Watch two YouTube videos:

    • Justice: A Christian Understanding

    • Forgiveness: "What do you do to forgive someone?"

Week 16 on Monday, December 22 (Night Group) and Thursday, January 8 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 16
Assignments:

• Year 1:

  • The Bible: Psalms

  • The Apochrypha: Psalm 151

  • Jacobson: Chapter 20

  • Watch the BibleProject: Psalms

• Year 2:

  • The Bible: 1 & 2 Thessalonians

  • Powell: Chapters 20-21

• Year 3:

  • Ferguson: Chapter 9

  • Watch a YouTube Video: Early Protestant Missions to the Americas

• Year 4:

  • Bretherton: Chapter 14 and Epilogue

• Wide Angle:

  • Varghese: Chapters 4-6 (including the Interlude “What is Social Location?”)

  • The 79th General Convention approved new language to include creation in the Baptismal Covenant

  • Watch two YouTube videos:

    • 207th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina (watch 4:32:00-5:01:00)

    • Verna Dozier—World

Day Group TR for Week 16: “It is not necessary to believe the same thing in order to do good”

Week 17 on Monday, January 5 (Night Group) and Thursday, January 15 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 17
Assignments:

• Year 1:

  • The Bible: Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth)

  • Jacobson: Chapters 21-22

  • Watch the BibleProject on Proverbs and Ecclesiastes

  • What Is Sukkot?

• Year 2:

  • The Bible: 1 Corinthians

  • Powell: Chapter 14

  • MLK Jr’s “Paul’s Letter to American Christians”

• Year 3:

  • Mullin: Chapter 13

  • YouTube: The Life of John Wesley and When I Survey the Wondrous Cross

• Year 4:

  • Sheldrake, Philip. 2016. Christian Spirituality and Social Transformation. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion (Note: only read the free summary)

• Wide Angle:

  • Varghese Chapter 7 until the end (including interlude and conclusion)

  • Watch the BibleProject on Justice

  • Watch a Facebook video on Juneteenth

Day Group TR for Week 17: “Seed to a Tree”

Week 18 on Monday, January 12 (Night Group) and Thursday, January 22 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 18 | FIRST COMMUNITY GATHERING
Assignments:

• ALL YEARS: Watch The Open Narrative of Love, The Greater Part, and Danseuse and see information in Pathwright for this week

Week 19 on Monday, January 19 (Night Group) and Thursday, January 29 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 19 | CONNECT
Assignments:

• All Years: Read the Spiritual Sojourner Essay

Week 20 on Monday, January 26 (Night Group) and Thursday, February 5 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 20
Assignments:

• Year 1:

  • The Bible: Song of Solomon 1-3, 6 (Song of Songs)

  • Jacobson: Chapter 23

  • Freeman: Shulamite Woman

  • Watch the BibleProject on Song of Songs

  • Listen to the Biblical Time Machine Podcast: The Dead Sea Scrolls Are a Big Deal

• Year 2:

  • The Bible: Galatians

  • Powell: Chapter 16

• Year 3:

  • Ferguson: Chapter 10

  • Watch The Oxford Movement

  • Listen to The Rest is History: 86. The Enlightenment

• Year 4:

  • Sheldrake: Preface & Introduction

• Wide Angle:

  • Chittister: Introduction (revisit, if needed), Chapters 1, 38, and 42

  • Listen to Best Of: Tired? Distracted? Burned Out? Listen to This (listen up to 19:00)

Night Group TR for Week 20: “I believe… ICE”
Day Group TR for Week 20: “Life flows on within you and without you”

Week 21 on Monday, February 2 (Night Group) and Thursday, February 12 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 21
Assignments:

• Year 1:

  • The Bible: Isaiah 6-9, 35-38

  • Jacobson: Chapter 24

  • Watch the BibleProject on Isaiah 1-39

  • Listen to Holiness & Justice: Intro to Isaiah

• Year 2:

  • The Bible: 2 Corinthians

  • Powell: Chapter 15

  • Watch YouTube: Chapter 15: 2 Corinthians (Introducing the New Testament)

• Year 3:

  • Mullin: Chapter 14

  • Watch YouTube: America’s Advents

• Year 4:

  • Sheldrake: Chapter 1

  • The Bible: James 2:14-26

• Wide Angle:

  • Chittister: Chapters 14, 37, and 46

  • The Bible: Mark 6

Day Group TR for Week 21: “Rebelling and Returning”

Week 22 on Monday, February 9 (Night Group) and Thursday, February 19 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 22
Assignments:

• Year 1:

  • The Bible: Isaiah 40, 42:1-4, 49:1-7, 50:4-9, 52-53

  • Jacobson: Chapter 25

  • Listed to Comfort, Comfort Ye My People: Isaiah 40-55

• Year 2:

  • The Bible: Philemon

  • Powell: Chapter 23

  • Acta Theologica: How Onesimus Was Heard – Eventually. Some Insights from the History of Interpretation of Paul’s Letter to Philemon

• Year 3:

  • Mullin: Chapter 15

  • Ferguson: Chapter 11

  • Watch YouTube: Catholics in America

• Year 4:

  • Sheldrake: Chapter 2

  • Watch any videos about any forms of monasticism that Sheldrake describes in this chapter

• Wide Angle:

  • Chittister: Chapters 16, 9, and 33

  • Watch a video on the Book of Kells

  • Meditate with Lectio Divina using Isaiah 58:11 (Click here for a guide to Lectio Divina.)

  • Click here to access John Phillip Newell's unabridged audiobook. Play the chant “You Shall Be Like A Garden.” Contemplate the words of Isaiah 58:11 as you listen.

Day Group TR for Week 22: “Matthew 6:5-6”

Week 23 on Monday, February 16 (Night Group) and Thursday, February 26 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 23
Assignments:

• Year 1:

  • The Bible: Jeremiah 1, 3, 7–8, 22, 27–28, 31–33, 36–39

  • Apocrypha: Baruch and Letter of Jeremiah

  • Jacobson: Chapter 26

  • Freeman: Chapter 17

  • Watch the Bible Project on Jeremiah

  • Listen to Bible Love:

    • I Knew You: Jeremiah 1-25

    • Blessed: Jeremiah 26–52

• Year 2:

  • The Bible: Romans

  • Powell: Chapter 13

  • Appendix: Pistis Christou

• Year 3:

  • Mullin: Chapter 16

  • YouTube: The Dreams and Nightmares of Christian Liberalism—Professor Alec Ryrie

• Year 4:

  • Sheldrake: Chapter 3

  • YouTube: Meet Julian of Norwich

• Wide Angle:

  • Charleston: Introduction and Chapter 1

  • Chittister: Chapter 17

Week 24 on Monday, February 23 (Night Group) and Thursday, March 5 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 24
Assignments:

• Year 1:

  • The Bible: Lamentations 1-3 and Ezekiel 4, 8, 14-16, 24, 39

  • Jacobson: Chapters 27-28

  • Watch the Bible Project on Lamentations, Ezekiel 1–33, and Ezekiel 34–48

  • Listen to Bible Love Podcast on Protest Anthems: Lamentations 1-5 and A New Heart: Intro to Ezekiel

• Year 2:

  • Henze:” Chapters 5-6 and Epilogue

  • From the Appendix: The Olive Tree and Its Branches

• Year 3:

  • Mullin: Chapter 17

• Year 4:

  • Sheldrake: Chapter 4

  • YouTube:

    • Saint Ignatius Loyola

    • Ignatian Spirituality

    • Dorothy Day: Revolution of the Heart

    • Breath Prayer

    • Breath Prayer—Richard Rohr's Daily Meditations

• Wide Angle:

  • Charleston: Chapters 2-3

Week 24 Day Group TR: “Choirs of Angels”

Week 25 on Monday, March 2 (Night Group) and Thursday, March 12 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 25
Assignments:

• Year 1:

  • The Bible:

    • Hosea 1-4, 9, 14

    • Amos 1, 4:1-3, 5:14-24, 9

  • Jacobson: Chapter 30, 32

  • Watch the BibleProject on Hosea and Amos

  • Listen to the Bible Love Podcast:

    • Broken Relationships: Hosea

    • Roaring Lions: Amos

• Year 2:

  • The Bible: Philippians

  • Powell: Chapter 18

  • Holloway: Is Philippians 2 a Hymn to Christ? 

• Year 3:

  • Mullin: Chapter 18

  • Watch Two Kingdoms in the Third Reich

• Year 4:

  • Sheldrake: Chapter 5

  • Watch YouTube:

    • Daily Poetry Readings #102: Love by George Herbert read by Dr Iain McGilchrist

    • How to Walk in Beauty | Navajo Teachings

• Wide Angle:

  • Charleston: Chapters 4-5

  • Watch YouTube:

    • Hotki Helps Willie Jack Pray to Spirits - Scene | Reservation Dogs | FX. Notice that Hotki tells Willie Jack to “just focus on the dark” as the prayer begins.

    • Riffles - Katmai National Park | Season Highlights 2024. Watch any 10:00– 15:00-minute portion.

Week 25 Day Group TR: “Free Will”

Week 26 on Monday, March 9 (Night Group) and Thursday, March 19 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 26 | SECOND COMMUNITY GATHERING
Assignments:

• All Years: Kidd, Introduction and Chapters 1-8

Week 27 on Monday, March 16 (Night Group) and Thursday, March 26 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 27 | SECOND COMMUNITY GATHERING
Assignments:

• All Years: Kidd, Chapters 9-16, Epilogue

Week 27 Night Group TR: “Control is Safer than Trust”

Week 28 on Monday, March 23 (Night Group) and Thursday, April 2 (Day Group)

Pathwright Module: Week 28 | APPLY
Assignments:

• All Years: Spiritual Sojourner Essay and complete your Spiritual Gifts Inventory

When will I need my books?

YEAR 1: Week 3 (Jacobson, Freeman); Week 26 (Kidd)

YEAR 2: Week 3 (Henze); Week 5 (Powell); Week 26 (Kidd)

YEAR 3: Week 3 (Ferguson, Mullin); Week 26 (Kidd); Week 33 (Gates)

YEAR 4: Week 5 (Bretherton); Week 20 (Sheldrake); Week 26 (Kidd)

WIDE ANGLE: Week 3 (Evans, Chittister); Week 15 (Varghese); Week 23 (Charleston); Week 26 (Kidd); Week 31 (Williams)

Schedule of Sessions for Night Group (all on Mondays unless otherwise noted)

Schedule of Sessions for Day Group (all on Thursdays unless otherwise noted)

Class Covenant

We will honor God and ourselves by doing the following: Being silent and listening to each other. Being Supportive of one another. Keeping our obligation to be here and bring our best. Offer encouragement. Enable space in our lives for one another. What is shared be held in confidence. Be vulnerable. Being respectful of experiences and beliefs.