"Living the Covenant" to Help Deepen, Strengthen Discipleship

The conference, scheduled for Sept. 9-10, is an exploration of the baptismal covenant as a spiritual foundation for discipleship and witness.

DALLAS (SMU) -- “Living the Covenant,” a learning retreat to help lay and clergy leaders of diverse ministries with people of all ages explore and answer questions to deepen their own discipleship and strengthen the discipleship of those the lead, will take place Sept. 9-10 at Perkins School of Theology.

Co-sponsored by Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church and Perkins School of Theology, "Living the Covenant" is an exploration of the baptismal covenant as a spiritual foundation for discipleship and witness that makes key connections to Wesleyan practices in the process.

"Living The Covenant" will run from 1 p.m. Sept. 9 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 10. Workshop leaders include Taylor Burton-Edwards and Steven Manskar of Discipleship Ministries, Heather Josselyn-Cranson of Regis College (Weston, Mass.), singer and song writer Michael Bell, as well as Mark Stamm, Professor of Christian Worship at Perkins.

If you are United Methodist clergy, you can receive 1 CEU for this event.

For more information and to register, visit http://www.cvent.com/events/living-the-covenant/event-summary-301c7d84408048d2865916fa33c56ae8.aspx

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Perkins School of Theology, founded in 1911, is one of five official University-related schools of theology ofThe United Methodist Church. Degree programs include the Master of Divinity, Master of Sacred Music, Master of Theological Studies, Master of Arts in Ministry, Master of Theology, Doctor of Ministry and Doctor of Pastoral Music as well as the Ph.D., in cooperation with The Graduate Program in Religious Studies at SMU’sDedman College of Humanities and Sciences.