a-cad-e-my n. [L academia fr. Gk Akademeia] A center for specialized learning and experience.The Academy for Spiritual Formation is a two-year covenant learning environment which combines academic learning and experience in spiritual disciplines. Each Academy is two years in length. Participants meet in residence for 5 days each calendar quarter.
The Academy for Spiritual Formation recognizes that the Holy Spirit is the enabling power in all Christian spiritual formation. It is designed to provide a setting where a spiritually disciplined community of lay and clergy can open their lives to receive God's love and grace so that they increasingly may become spiritual leaven within the Body of Christ.
A typical schedule for each residence period includes two prayer services each day (Morning Prayer and Night Prayer); Eucharistic Celebrations (combined with Evening Prayer); Silence; Covenant Group Meetings; morning and afternoon curriculum sessions; and spiritual reading. Participants typically participate in between residence periods in such activities as journaling; physical fitness; reading of assigned texts; and a project for ministry in spiritual formation.
During each two-year academy, a total of sixteen courses are offered. These courses, taught by outstanding scholars and leaders in today's church, offer insights into the history and development of Christian Spirituality. Over the course of the two years, two topics per session are examined. Topics include "The Spirituality of the Psalms," "Early Christian Spirituality," "Healing and Wholeness," and many more.
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