"To allow onself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb to the violence of our times."
Our Mission: Developing Christian Leaders through Lifelong Learning
The Center for Ministry prepares persons of faith to lead, sustains them across a lifetime of service, and invites them toward excellence in living out God’s call. Spiritual formation shapes the Center’s work in continuing education and leadership development for laity and clergy of many denominations. Created by the Mississippi Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and Millsaps College, the Center is located on the Millsaps campus in Jackson, Mississippi.Pastors' School, September 13-15, 2010
Pastors and congregations describe the sermons they deliver and hear each week in many ways—from inspiring to boring, from thoughtful to clichéd, from easily understood to confusing. How often is preaching found to be joyful—for both preacher and listener? What can a preacher do to increase his or her delight in the practice of this sacred calling?
Spiritual Direction for Clergy on the Gulf Coast
Church pastors and ordained Mississippi clergy can receive twelve once-a-month sessions with a trained spiritual director beginning in August, 2010. The Pastoral Excellence Project offers this ministry at no charge to participants with funding from the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
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8/17/2010
Church pastors and ordained Mississippi clergy can receive twelve once-a-month sessions with a trained spiritual director beginning in August, 2010. The Pastoral Excellence Project offers this ministry at no charge to participants with funding from the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
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9/13/2010
"The Joy of Preaching" with Dr. Michael Pasquarello.
September 13-15, 2010.
Pastors and congregations describe the sermons they deliver and hear each week in many ways—from inspiring to boring, from thoughtful to clichéd, from easily understood to confusing. How often is preaching found to be joyful—for both preacher and listener? What can a preacher do to increase his or her delight in the practice of this sacred calling?
Pursue these questions with
9/23/2010
We often find ourselves at thresholds in our lives that God is inviting us to cross. At these crossings, aspects of our lives begin, end, or simply change. At what threshold do you find yourself? Join us in silent retreat September 23-25, 2010 and listen for God’s invitation to you... Rest in a schedule that allows time for solitude and community, for worship, for art, for learning spiritual disciplines. Enjoy the beauty of the The Duncan Gray Conference Center near