April, 2007 EfM Mentor Training

Meet the group of Mentors who received training from April 12 through 14 this year.  We met at the St. Francis Springs Prayer Center in Stoneville, NC.

All convened recently at the St. Francis Springs Prayer Center in Stoneville, NC from April 12 through 14 for Education for Ministry (EfM) Mentor training.

EfM is a program of theological education-at-a-distance of the School of Theology of the University of the South. Students sign up one year at a time for this four-year program. It covers the basics of a theological education in the Old and New Testaments, church history, liturgy, and theology. Students meet regularly, usually once a week, in seminars under the guidance of trained mentors. The program grants a certificate at the completion of the four years and 18 Continuing Education Units for each year's work.  More detailed information about the curriculum is available through the University of the South's website.

As a reminder, all active Mentors must receive training every 12 to 18 months in order to maintain certification and to support one's ministry as a mentor.  The next mentor training in our diocese is scheduled for October 4-6 at the same location in SToneville.  Contact Shelley Kappauf to register via e-mail, or call her at 336-273-5770.

Pictured are:

            Standing left to right:  Lois Ann Partridge of Charlotte, Gerry Roberts from Forest City in the Western Diocese, Hugh Tilson from Chapel Hill, Marjorie Northup from Winston-Salem, The Rev. Randall Keeney of Greensboro (giving rabbit ears to his wife in front), and Joanne Stevenson Jenkins from Charlotte.

            Seated left to right are:  Our trainer, Ms. Elsa Bakkum, from Yorktown, Virginia; Amber Keithley from Wilson, and Wanda Keeney from Greensboro,

            Photo was taken by Diocesan EfM Coordinator, Shelley Kappauf, who was on hand to make sure the week-end training went smoothly.