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SF007F18: Spiritual Direction Practicum
Instructor: Dr. Sandra Broadus

This course will serve to continue to train mature students in the art and practice of spiritual accompaniment. The content and format provide an opportunity for an expanded knowledge and experience of the ministry through the practice of supervised spiritual direction. Through lectures, class discussions, spiritual exercises, and the supervised practice of spiritual direction, students will not only learn critical skills for the practice, but also benefit from the hands-on supervision of their practice. Students will meet with a minimum of 3 directees outside of class time, for supervised spiritual direction. Through this experience, both students and supervisor(s) will continue to learn about the persons, process and practice of guiding fellow pilgrims deeper in love, faith and hope in Christ. Students are required, themselves, to be in regular monthly spiritual direction.

*Note: If you’re paying by cheque, this course price is $649 and the Early Bird price is $629.

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SF008F18: Methodologies of Spiritual Direction
Instructor: Multiple

This course is intended for mature students who have discerned a call to training in the art and practice of spiritual direction, whether that will be, in a lay or professional capacity. This course introduces students to 4 major streams of spirituality and practice of spiritual companionship, which have historical, as well as, current significance in the field of spiritual direction. Students will consider both readings and teaching on each of these movements/methodologies and reflect upon the resonance to their own practice, as well as, the areas which draw them further into a particular area or methodology presented. Methodologies include Evangelical Spirituality and Spiritual Direction, Franciscan Spirituality and Spiritual Direction, Thomas Merton Spirituality and Spiritual Direction, and Ignatian Spirituality and Spiritual Direction.
This course utilizes selected readings, lectures, class discussions, guided experiences, and sharing.

*Note: If you’re paying by cheque, this course price is $649 and the Early Bird price is $629.

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SF009W19: Issues in Spiritual Direction
Instructor: Multiple

Begins January 12, 2019

There are a number of important and recurring issues that arise for the contemporary spiritual director: grief and depression, personality and spirituality styles, the meaning of dreams and the role of the unconscious, sex-related issues, retreat ministry, genograms, direction with people of other traditions or faiths, setting up a spiritual direction practice, recognizing basic pathologies, partnering and referring, ethics, professionalism, peer supervision, etc. While directors need to engage in life-long education, a basic orientation and some discussion on some particular issues will help prepare the director when and if they arise. Personality, dreams, sexual issues, grief and depression, retreats and professionalism are the expected topics for 2017.

*Note: If you’re paying by cheque the course fee is $649, $670 by PayPal.

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Spiritual formation gives us some really important Christian tools, primarily the spiritual practices to meet the deep longings and the big challenges of life.

Rev. Dr. Paul Bramer

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The testimonies of people who had experienced the benefits of having a spiritual director were moving and inspiring. Your ministry is a wonderful expression of God's love and tender care for His treasures here on earth.

Steve Read, PHD

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There's so much more you can learn with other people than when you're just reading scripture by yourself. The Spiritual Direction program has expanded my thinking about God, spirituality and how very different we all relate to Him. I highly recommend this program.

Tammy Pierce, Emmaus Student

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The course has developed a new hunger in me for scripture. I also appreciate the time of group spiritual direction as we process together between classes.

Lynne Ball, Emmaus Student

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Taking time in spiritual direction to reflect on where God is, day-to-day, has awakened in me, a clarity of vision. It has renewed my passion and continues to be a crucial part of my spiritual discipline. The impact of spiritual direction affects not only me, but my congregation and the community we serve.

Rev. Angie Song, Associate Pastor, Vaughan Community Church

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The first course – Introduction to Spiritual Formation – gave us high quality instruction that incorporated visuals, art, music, spiritual direction exercises as well as teaching that reflected a scholarly breadth of understanding and insight into both historical and current Christianity. I’d recommend this course, alone, for anyone interested in gaining a solid introduction into ancient-contemporary Christianity, and grasping something of how our orthopraxy and orthodoxy can fit even better together! Emmaus is a long-waited for gift, to believers and churches in the GTA and surrounding areas.

Naomi Johnson, Emmaus Student

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Ministry is challenging and can leave those who pursue it feeling depleted and lonely. Spiritual direction replenishes me. It deepens my perspective, keeps me grounded in God’s Word and reminds me that I am connected with Jesus and his community of friends.

Rev. Andrew Gordon, Pastor, Compass Church

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I discovered that I was serving out of a depletion—a growing depletion of soul. And so I knew that I needed someone to come alongside of me, and not listen for me—but to listen with me. And I think every emerging leader needs a spiritual director. Not to replace God. Not to replace the discipline of being in silence, in solitude, and listening to God through scripture, through His holy word, through the presence of the Holy Spirit—but to help clarify the questions.

Rev. Marc Gauvreau – PAOC Discipleship & Spiritual Direction

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Spiritual direction and spiritual formation has been a journey that I will continue for as long as I’m in ministry, and as long as I have breath because the benefits are just so astounding, and I can’t imagine carrying on in ministry without it.

Rev. Ron Shantz, Executive Director, Front Line Outreach

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How is your relationship deepened and nurtured in the context of your ministry? Many in ministry often say it’s not, and we’re all running around like a chicken without a head. It’s crucial, that we all have—especially in ministry—a spiritual director. These conversations about spiritual direction are immensely helpful because it starts where you are at—of your own ego and of your own desire to be somebody important in ministry. Now I can lead a life where I'm responding to God, rather than soliciting a response from God.

Rev. John Kim – Pastor Bridgeway Church

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The Individual Retreat is a process over a period of days where you interact with scripture, learn ways of praying, and develop that kind of personal connection with God. So it’s a process of developing our soul-connection—spirit-connection—with God, so that we are seeing God’s work in daily life, and that we are creating space for God in the crush of the normal things that happen in our daily lives. So that is one of the formation processes that an organization like Emmaus can facilitate or help with in churches—is to run retreats like that, that help people get into that mindset.

Rick Wukasch – Associate Pastor, The Meeting House

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SF007F18: Spiritual Direction Practicum

Instructor: Dr. Sandra Broadus

SF008F18: Methodologies of Spiritual Direction

Instructor: Multiple

SF009W19: Issues in Spiritual Direction

Instructor: Multiple

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