We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Tim Diebel, pastor of First Christian Church, Des Moines, will teach the first course in the new Upper Midwest School for Ministry. This will also be the first class for the new Commissioned Ministry Education Program (CMEP). The class subject is Church History: From Jesus To The Reformation. The text will be The Story of Christianity: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation (Vol. 1) by Justo Gonzalez. The class will be a ten weeks online course with students and teacher meeting in person for the first and last sessions. The cost is $250 for those who enter the CMEP (seeking commissioning), and $50 for those who wish to audit the class for continuing ed credits for their UMW standing (this class will provide 10 hours of credit for the 10 sessions). There will be two in-person meetings of this class, with those dates set by group consensus. This course is open to everyone, clergy and laity.
To Register for this class, please fill out the registration sheet below. Questions? Email: Jan Linn, Dean of the UMW School for Ministry at spiritofjoy@spiritofjoymn.org or Contact Connie Derby Dicks at the Regional office: cddumw@gmail.com, 515-255-3168.