EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

• This year’s Clergy Tax Seminar will take place online (via Zoom) on Feb. 1, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Central Time. The seminar, led by tax expert Deb Oskin, is a good resource for clergy and for church treasurers seeking guidance on clergy taxes. Cost is $40 person; registration deadline is Jan. 24. Participants can receive 0.3 CEU credits for the first two sessions of the seminar. Find details and registration information at https://bethanyseminary.edu/brethren-academy/clergy-tax-seminar/.

• Registration is now live for the Ventures in Christian Discipleship 2024-2025 webinar series. CEUs are available. Upcoming courses include:

• Feb. 11 & 18: “Luke and Acts: Turning the World Upside Down,” presented by Chris Bucher & Bob Neff

• March 11: “Standing in Solidarity: A Conversation about Race and Allyship,” presented by Eleanor Hubbard

• April 5: “A Place for Everybody: Creating Communities of Belonging,” presented by Jeanne Davies

Suggested donation is $25 per course. Learn more and register online at www.mcpherson.edu/ventures.

• Upcoming courses from the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership include “Brethren, We Have Met to Worship,” online with Zoom sessions Jan. 15-March 11, led by Christy Waltersdorff (official registration deadline Dec. 11); “Church of the Brethren Polity,” online Feb. 12-April 8, led by Torin Eikler (registration deadline Jan. 8); “Ministering Across Cultures: Building Bridges through Intercultural Competence,” led by Darla Kay Deardorff, onsite at Bethany Theological Seminary March 17-19 (registration deadline Feb. 10); and “Effective Leadership for Times Such As These,” Zoom intensive, April 4-5 and May 2-3, led by Randy Yoder (registration deadline March 4). Register and pay online at Brethren Academy Course Registration/Biannual TRIM Payment | Bethany Theological Seminary (bethanyseminary.edu).

• Upcoming Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center (SVMC) continuing education courses include “Identifying and Responding to Suicide Risk,” led by Julie Guistwite, Jan. 28, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Central, via Zoom, cost $35. Course prices are $10 less without CEU’s. Register by visiting the SVMC course page or by contacting Karen Hodges at karenhodges@svmccob.org.

• Lombard Mennonite Peace Center offers a variety of training sessions. It recently added several one-day online training events to the schedule, including “Fractured Lives, Fractured Churches” Dec. 17. For details and registration information, go to https://www.lmpeacecenter.org/trainings.

• 2025 New Community Project Learning Tours: Go. Meet. Learn. Grow. Change yourself—and your world. These trips will take participants of all ages to: Borneo in mid-May; the Ecuadorian Amazon in early June; Lybrook, N.M. in late June; and Denali/Kenai Fjords National Parks in early August. For more information visit www.newcommunityproject.info/learning-tours or contact dradcliffncp@yahoo.com or 540-855-1199.

• Designed particularly for ministers new to the Church of the Brethren denomination, Bethany Theological Seminary’s new certificate of achievement in ministry studies (CAMS) includes six courses that focus on Brethren history and theology, practical experience with the ordinances and preaching of the church, biblical interpretation, and peace studies. The certificate can be completed in two years or even one year, depending on course offerings. Five of the six courses can be completed at a distance. For more information go to https://bethanyseminary.edu.