{"id":26,"date":"2023-02-08T21:03:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T21:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.layschoolofministry.org\/press\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:10:46","slug":"continuing-education-classes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.layschoolofministry.org\/press\/continuing-education-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Continuing Education Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lay School of Ministry Continuing Education Theme: 2025-26<\/b>
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Scriptural Schemes & Themes<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

September 12 & 13, 2025<\/b> Evangelism as Oasis & Refuge<\/b><\/p>\n

Francisco Herrera, <\/span><\/b>Executive Director of Prism Initiatives, Auxillary Fac<\/span>ulty Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago<\/span><\/p>\n

October 10 & 11, 2025 Living Word: Law\/Gospel for the 21st Century <\/b><\/p>\n

Samantha Gilmore<\/b>, Assistant Professor of Homiletics, Wartburg Seminary<\/p>\n

November 7 & 8, 2025 The Sabbath Way <\/b><\/p>\n

Travis West,<\/b> Professor of Hebrew & Old Testament, Western Theological Seminary, author The Sabbath Way<\/span><\/p>\n

December 12 & 13, 2025<\/b> (ZOOM Only) A Wilderness like Eden: Stories of Food & Faith<\/p>\n

Derrick Weston<\/b>, Director of Theological Education and Formation at Creation Justice Ministries <\/p>\n

Jason Chesnut<\/b>, Founder of ANKOSfilms, freelance filmmaker, itinerant pastor, digital preacher<\/p>\n

January 9 & 10, 2026<\/b> (ZOOM Only) When Africans Read the Bible <\/p>\n

Shola Adegbite,<\/b> Assistant Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life, Lawrence University<\/span><\/p>\n

February 13 & 14, 2026<\/b> (ZOOM Only) God Gave Us Big Imaginations: Remembering Sacred Stories with Children & Their Grown-Ups <\/p>\n

Andrea Roske-Metcalfe,<\/b> Pastor at Diamond Lake Lutheran Church, MOTH Grand Slam Winner<\/p>\n

March 13 & 14, 2026<\/b> The Message of John’s Gospel <\/p>\n

Karoline Lewis<\/b>, Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary<\/span><\/p>\n

April 10 & 11, 2026<\/b> Clouds of the Cross: Darkness & Revelation <\/p>\n

Carl Hughes<\/b>, Professor of Theology, Texas Lutheran University, author Clouds of the Cross<\/span><\/p>\n

May 8 & 9, 2026<\/b> Romans: Together by Grace <\/p>\n

Philip Ruge-Jones<\/b><\/p>\n

Pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Director Lay School of Ministry<\/span><\/p>\n

Please return and join with us in learning in <\/span><\/font>another<\/span> great year in Lay School.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.layschoolofministry.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.layschoolofministry.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.layschoolofministry.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.layschoolofministry.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.layschoolofministry.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.layschoolofministry.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":751,"href":"http:\/\/www.layschoolofministry.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions\/751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.layschoolofministry.org\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}