"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."

- Thomas Merton

Continuing Education

The Lord has given me the tongue of a teacher,

that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word.

Morning by morning God wakens--

wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught.

The Lord God has opened my ear,

and I was not rebellious,

I did not turn backward.

--Isaiah 50:4-5

The Center for Ministry affirms lifelong learning as a sign of faithfulness and a pathway toward excellence for lay persons and clergy. Our goal is to create educational environments

that are challenging, creative, and worshipful
that build community among participants, and
that lead to personal and congregational transformation

Click here for the Continuing Education Guidelines for clergy of the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodist Church.

This document is based on "Standards and Guidelines for Use of Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in Church Systems" provided by The Society for the Advancement of Continuing Education for Ministry. The Center for Ministry is a member of "SACEM"-- an ecumenical organization that promotes and supports continuing education for ministry.

Click here to visit the Continuing Education pages on the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry web site (United Methodist).

Visit Faith and Wisdom to research continuing education opportunities by topic and location.