EFM Graduation – Today saw the end of my four years of study.13 pictures
EfM
EfM – Education for Ministry. Not to be mixed up with Seminary, I have not been studying to become a deacon or a priest (Though I did try to convince my Buddhist uncle that that might be the case). It’s a fairly intensive part-time course. 3 hours a week in class and 2-4 hours a week studying. The course lasts four years, and runs for nine months each year. The course is intended to prepare one for working in the various ministries of the Church. It was an excellent experience, and now it is over I miss it.
Today I got to see my friends John and Kris receive their EfM certificates. Four years, all done.
EFM Retreat – I’ve now finished my third year of EfM – Education for Ministry. Ministry in this context refers to service, not as many of my UK friends and family thought, ordination. Two-minute read, 2 pictures
Ginger dropped me off early at church tonight. I used the extra time to sit in the classroom and go over my coursework.
I’m now well into year two of my EfM course
Studying again (365:258) – The second year of my EFM course starts tonight. 2 pictures
I do a lot of mental staring into space, not so much actually gazing into the distance though. I’m having a bit of a mope at the moment. No real reason, just a minor self-pity fest. I’ll shake it off quite quickly. One-minute read
The yard needs to be mowed, we’ll have to get a kid on to it. I had a quiet day studying. It’s my final class for this academic year on Thursday. Lots of reading has been done, just the course notes to read and exercise to get out of the way and I’m finished. After …
EFM Retreat (365:127) – This week’s EFM class was held on a Saturday,so we got out of the classroom and spent the day in a cabin by the river. It was very nice to sit in the screened porch going through the lessons and exercises; a day of good company, conversation, discussions, food, and coffee. One-minute read
Studying with cats (365:126) – This week I did my studying on a Friday. One-minute read, 3 pictures
Thursday keeps on coming around every week. I had time for one quick test of the infamous wood burner before settling down to my studies for this week’s class. The wood burner experiment hints at possible improvements, my studying produced more mixed results. I’m finding this part of the course quite a hard slog, as …
Parallel Guide (365:090)
Thursday (365:055) – My day might have been simpler if I’d studied the right lesson in the first place.
Thursday studies (365:041) – School run this morning. Yay! -7°F (-22°C) Brrrrr! Tank of gas $52 Grrrrrr! 2 pictures
Coursework (365:005) – I’ve two lots of coursework to do before tomorrow evening’s class.