Considering Seminary? Discernment Weekend 2016

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If you’ve ever wondered whether seminary was for you, Seattle Pacific Seminary invites you to explore your calling and vocation at Discernment Weekend on November 4 and 5.

Discernment Weekend offers a day and a half of teaching, prayer, discussion, thoughtful challenge, worship, fellowship, and food with Seattle Pacific Seminary faculty and students, along with others who are considering seminary.

When

Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5, 2016

Where

SPU campus, Kingswood House (adjacent to campus), and downtown Seattle

Cost

Friday and Saturday: $25 (includes dinner on Friday, Seattle excursion, and breakfast on Saturday)
Friday only: $20 (includes dinner and Seattle excursion)


Program Highlights

  • Meet SPS faculty and students.
  • Learn about our MDiv, MA, and Dual Degree programs.
  • Participate in thoughtful discussions with SPS faculty on vocation and discernment.
  • Talk with SPS students about their discernment process and Seminary experience.
  • Engage in prayerful discernment in worship and community with others.
  • Get to know students over late-night social outings in downtown Seattle.

Registration

Register online, call 206-281-2171, or email seminary@spu.edu.

Schedule

Friday, November 4

 1 p.m. 

 Welcome 

 1:30–2:45 p.m.

 Vocation and Discernment Discussion

 2:45–3 p.m.

 Break

 3–3:45 p.m.

 SPS’s Theological Vision

 3:45–4 p.m.

 Break

 4–5 p.m.

 Q & A with Seminary Student Panel

 5–5:30 p.m.

 Break

 5:30–6:45 p.m.

 Guided Prayer

 6:45–7:45 p.m.

 Dinner

 7:45–9 p.m.

 Late Night Dessert

Saturday, November 5

9:15–10 a.m.

 Continental Breakfast

10–11:15 a.m.

 Lectio Divina

11:15 a.m.–12 p.m.

 Prayer and Commissioning

12 p.m.

 Dismissal

Posted: Friday, September 9, 2016


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Come Explore Your Calling With Us

Seattle Pacific Seminary invites you to explore your calling and vocation in the company of Seminary faculty, students, and others considering seminary.  

Check out this video and learn more about Discernment Weekend.

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Meet SPS Student Jeff Lam

Jeff is a public school teacher, seminarian, husband, and father. He shares why he chose Seattle Pacific Seminary and his dream to someday be a Theology professor.

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Meet SPS Alum Jaymes Lackey

Jaymes recounts how he and his young family were called from California to Washington in pursuit of a seminary education at Seattle Pacific Seminary and discusses where God is leading them in the future.