During two weeks on the campus of Duke University, high school students explore, practice
and reflect using baptismal theology as the lens to understand their experience in the church.
August 30 - September 1 Myrtle Beach, SC
Stewardship as Spiritual Discipline: Raising Money in the Local Church
A seminar with the Albemarle and Northeast districts of the United Methodist Church.
GASTON WARNER, Duke Divinity School
September 23-24
Probationer’s Seminar
A seminar to help United Methodist probationary members prepare
for deacons’ and elders’ orders.
September 27 - October 1
Study Leave for Ministry Professionals
October 4-8
Study Leave for Ministry Professionals
October 5-6
The Gardner Taylor Lectures
CLEOPHUS LARUE, Princeton Theological Seminary
October 11-13
The Art & Craft of Preaching
Convocation & Pastors' School Duke Divinity School 's annual event featuring invited lecturers, continuing education seminars, and worship in Duke Chapel.
MARVA DAWN, author and theologian
THOMAS LONG, Candler School of Theology
PETER GOMES, Harvard Divinity School
STANLEY HAUERWAS, Duke Divinity School
WILLIAM WILLIMON, Duke Divinity School
FLEMING RUTLEDGE, author and preacher
October 18-22
Study Leave for Ministry Professionals
October 26-28 Chapel Hill, NC .
Courage to Serve
A program for pastors serving rural North Carolina churches, this retreat is designed
for personal and professional renewal.
November 8-11 Hendersonville, NC
Elder’s Retreat
A retreat for the order of elders of the Western North Carolina Annual
Conference of the United Methodist Church.
November 8-12
Study Leave for Ministry Professionals
November 15-19
Study Leave for Ministry Professionals
January 24-28
Study Leave for Ministry Professionals
February 7-11
Study Leave for Ministry Professionals
February 15-16
Kenneth Willis Clark Lectures
A distinguished lectureship delivered by leaders in New Testament studies.
ULRICH LUZ, University of Bern, Switzerland
February 23-24 ** New Date **
Holy & Beautiful: Greening Sacred Spaces
A conference to explore the possibilities for building worship spaces that are
ecologically intelligent in design.
ELLEN DAVIS, Duke Divinity School
NORMAN CHRISTENSEN, Nicholas School of the Environment
and Earth Sciences, Duke University
KEVIN BURKE, architect, McDonough & Partners