Holiness of Life: Adoration, Awe, Service
Who? -
A small group of clergy-in-charge of parish churches working together with experienced trainer/coaches
To do what? -
An exploration of priesthood as lived in the parish church. The starting place will be Evelyn Underhill's understanding of the relationship of adoration and awe in relation to service.
When -
January 21 - 24, 2020
How? -
An integration of practical parish issues and Anglican pastoral/ascetical theology and strategy; with a touch of organization development. Participants come having completed a significant course of reading. They each complete some work prior to the clinic. That work, is in part, based on the readings.
The advance work and time together will help you become more attentive to both your own dynamics around adoration, awe and service. We'll help you consider holiness of life as seen in your own experience.
When we gather the trainer/coaches will facilitate a process in which the participants engage one another and the coaches around the assigned work and the issues and dynamics of their parishes.
Registration: By August 15, 2019
Participants: Must be the priest-in-charge of a parish church (a vicar, rector, priest-in-charge)
Location: West Seattle, 4752 41st Ave SW, Apt 405 (the corner of 41st Ave and Edmunds St.)
Parking: There is a parking garage on 41st Ave between Alaska St. and Edmunds St. There are entrances at both ends of 41st. Looks like the cost is $10.00/day if out by 5:00 pm. Note: That does mean that on Friday when we have a social, light dinner there will be an evening charge.
Public Transportation: The 50 and 128 run along California Ave. Exact fare is $2.75.
Participants: four or five
Trainer/coaches: Michelle Heyne, OA and Robert Gallagher, OA. For more
Travel: Participants need to plan on traveling to Seattle on Monday the 19th (or prior to that) and departing on Saturday the 25th (or a date after that).
Full Participation: No late arrivals or early departures. Present every day from 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Schedule
Tuesday- Friday. 9:00 am - 4:45 pm
9:00 Arrive (you can arrive anytime after 8:45 am)
9:05 Morning Prayer
9:40 Work session
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch - There are many places to eat on California Ave; the working space will not be available during the lunch break.
(You can return to the apartment anytime after 1:15 pm)
1: 30 Work session
4:15 Evening Prayer
4:45 End for day
On Friday, after EP, there will be drinks and a light meal as we say goodbye.
PDF of schedule with more details
Beginning and ending times are firm. The exact time of the lunch break may change a bit day-by-day.
READING
Complete assigned readings. You need to come being very familiar with the material. Please read them again if you haven't read them recently.
Concerning the Inner Life, Evelyn Underhill, first published 1926 Look on Amazon.
The Priest in Community: Exploring the Roots of Ministry, Urban Holmes, 1978 (this is rare, you may need to pay a good bit for it)
Christian Proficiency, Martin Thornton, first published 1959 Try - https://wipfandstock.com/
Priestly Spirituality, Eleanor McLaughlin, 1981 We'll send you a copy
The Nearness of God, Julia Gatta
"Accepting the Human and the Symbol" pp. 148 - 151, Fill All Things, R. Gallagher
ADVANCE WORK
There are two elements to the advance work.
1. A sermon
Prepare and offer a sermon at the Sunday Eucharist(s) between now and December 1, 2019. Ground the sermon in Underhill's quote on Adoration, Awe, and Service -- PDF. As Underhill's thinking has appeal to the Apostolic, progressing, and possibly others (in a sentimental manner) you will want to take into consideration a core homiletic task -- how to preach in a manner that speaks to all levels of spiritual maturity while maintaining a tilt toward the Apostolic. It may help to review the "Shape of the Parish" chapter in Fill All Things. Here's a PDF of the model.
By December 5 - e-mail the sermon to Michelle Heyne. She'll send them to everyone as one PDF once she has all of them.
2. Connecting with the readings
Due January 5 (earlier would be good!)This work is your chance to relate the readings to your own spiritual life as a priest and person. The document the instructions. Word Doc - Reflections on the Readings
Core norms
1. Arrive having completed all the advance reading and work.
2. Be present 9:00 am - 4:45 pm every day. We begin with Morning Prayer at 9:05 and end with Evening Prayer at 4:15. May change start and end times as we get closer.
3. Participants need to go out to lunch each day. Michelle and Robert will not be available for private meetings during the Clinic. We work during lunch and dinner every day of the Clinic.
Each participant arranges and pays own costs -- hotel, meals, travel. Tea and coffee will be available throughout the day.
Workshop fee of $400 for those not associated with the Order. We have one spot available.
Background: The Order of the Ascension has developed the Parish Development Clinics. The idea emerged in our work on establishing an effective formation program for novices. The clinic is just a small part of the overall formation program for the novices.
As we designed the program we realized that in addition to the OA novices we could include other people. We can manage a total of five participants.