EFM Summer 2020

 ARE YOU SENSING A CALL . . . to learn more about our Christian tradition . . . to deepen your faith and your commitment to serve others?  Come learn more at a ZOOM online info session on Tuesday, July 21 at 2 pm.

EfM will help to increase your knowledge of scripture, church tradition, and theology as well as grow your faith and preparation for lay ministry.¬† We meet weekly to discuss scripture and other readings, worship together and share theological reflections.¬† Our trained mentor guides the group, and participants learn how to look at life and ministry through a theological lens. Our St. James’s EfM group is enrolling new participants for 2020/21.¬† We will meet for 36 weeks on Tuesdays, 6:15 to 8:15 pm, beginning on September 16, at Westminster Canterbury Community, just a few miles north of St. James’s Church, or by ZOOM if virus restrictions are still in place.¬† While most of our group participants are from St. James’s, we welcome individuals from all denominations and faith traditions.¬† To sign up for the ZOOM info session on July 21, and for more information, contact EfM mentor Jane Dowrick at efmvirginia@gmail.com or 804-334-0117.¬† Information about the history, ratrionale and curriculum of EfM is also available at the Education for Ministry website at http://efm.sewanee.edu/about-efm/about-efm