Conference Spotlights Preaching Skills for Seminarians
Episcopal News Service. May 14, 1991 [91120Y]
Forty-three Episcopal seminary students will gather in Berkeley, California, on June 1 for a week-long conference aimed at honing their preaching skills. The fourth annual Preaching Excellence Conference is sponsored by the Episcopal Evangelism Foundation, and will be held at the Church Divinity School. Participating students were selected on the basis of recommendations made by the deans of the 11 accredited Episcopal seminaries in the United States. The conference's teaching staff will consist of five professors of preaching and five parish clergy, and featured lectures or sermons will be given by the Rt. Rev. William Swing, bishop of California; Dr. Robert Bellah, an author and professor of sociology; and the Very Rev. Alan Jones and the Rev. Michael Merriman, both of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. The Episcopal Evangelism Foundation, founded 12 years ago, seeks to provide supplemental theological education to persons preparing for the Episcopal Church's ordained ministry. For further conference information, contact the Rev. Roger Ailing, Diocese of Connecticut, 1335 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT 06105; telephone (203) 233-4481.