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March 2019
Matt Epp in Concert – Presented by Main Street Church and FSI
As part of FSI's 30th Anniversary Celebration, please join us as Main Street Church and FSI Present Matt Epp in Concert When: Saturday, March 2, 7 – 9 p.m. Where: Main Street Church in historic Old St. Charles, 116 N Main Street, St.Charles MO 63301 Parking: Behind the church, or in any of the nearby public parking spaces Cost: FREE, but we do encourage the purchase of CDs! Featured Artist: Canadian Matt Epp has won the admiration and hearts of an…
Find out more »Professional Counselor Training Series – Trauma + Lament
Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Ruckstaetter, Assistant Professor of Counseling, Covenant Seminary “The quickest way for anyone to reach the sun and the light of day is not to run west, chasing . . . the setting sun, but to head east, plunging into the darkness until one comes to the sunrise” (Jerry Sittser, A Grace Disguised, p. 42). A profound element of the helping process entails entering into the darkness with others, and when facing suffering and trials, the biblical laments…
Find out more »FSI and Covenant Seminary Present – Small Town, Big Gospel, Hope for the Country
Small Town, Big Gospel, Hope for the Country A Special Weekend Conference on the Joys and Challenges of Rural Ministry Friday, March 29 & Saturday, March 30 Rayburn Chapel Cost: $25 (students taking for elective credit: $10 plus usual credit hour fees) Register online here. Whether you are considering planting a church, are already leading in an existing church or are looking to grow as a missionary to your small town, the Francis A. Schaeffer Institute and Covenant Theological Seminary invite…
Find out more »April 2019
Professional Counselor Training Series – Trauma + Attachment
Speaker: Dr. Dan Zink, Professor and Dean of the Counseling Department, Covenant Seminary Attachment is the key formative process in human experience. But, trauma distorts this essential-for-life process. In this session we will solidify our understanding of both attachment and trauma, and of the relationship between the two. To do so, Dan Zink will first develop a new view of integration of theology and theory. We will use this new view to anchor and deepen our understanding of the positive…
Find out more »FSI Presents – Dr. John Dickson
Join us in celebrating FSI's 30th Anniversary as we present Dr. John Dickson, author of The Doubter's Guide to the Bible Dr. Dickson will discuss his new documentary series For the Love of God: Why the Church is Better and Worse Than You Ever Imagined. View the trailer here. John’s story is eclectic. Starting out as a professional singer-songwriter, he now works as an author, speaker, historian, pastor, and media presenter. He was the Founding Director of the Centre for Public…
Find out more »Preview Day – Spring 2019
Interested in Seminary? Join us on our campus in St. Louis on Friday, April 12th, from 9:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Covenant Seminary Preview Day! Whether you are looking to study in residence, hybrid, or online, this is a great opportunity to see how Covenant Students are shaped and prepared for a lifetime of impactful ministry. Our Preview Day visitors will see our beautiful campus, experience the classroom, meet faculty and staff who care about their training, and be…
Find out more »September 2019
Covenant Preview Day—and Gray Havens Concert!
Thinking of coming to Covenant? Join us for Covenant Preview Day, a unique prospective student experience where you'll hear from professors and students about how Covenant equips men and women for a lifetime of faithful ministry. Tour the campus, attend a class, worship in chapel, attend a seminary-wide picnic, and get a taste of the Covenant Seminary community that can help prepare you to become a faithful and equipped ministry leader. Included: A live concert with The Gray Havens Preview…
Find out more »Professional Counselor Training Series – Attachment & Families
Covenant's 2019–2020 Professional Counseling Training Series offers ongoing training for counseling professionals. The series leverages research from leaders in the field of counseling to provide continuing education training for licensed counselors interested in CE credits with a Biblical perspective. Each lecture is 1.5 hours on a Friday afternoon, with 30 minutes for networking beforehand. The full series also includes our annual Austin Harrington Counseling Lectures. Sign up for one one offering or come to the whole series. Cost: $25 per lecture / 20%…
Find out more »October 2019
2019 FSI Lecture Series: Advancing through Adversity: Speaking of Jesus in our Secular and (nearly) ‘Post-Christian’ Setting
This fall's FSI Lectures will take place October 4 - 5. Click here to buy tickets. Featured Speakers: Dr. John Dickson is a public advocate for Christian faith and works as a writer, speaker, historian, and media presenter. The author of a dozen books and host of three TV documentaries, John has held lecturing and research positions at both Macquarie University (Sydney), and the University of Sydney (Department of Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish Studies). During 2017-19 he is a Visiting Academic of…
Find out more »Preaching Lectures featuring Scott Sauls
Speaker: Rev. Scott Sauls, Senior Pastor, Christ Community Church, Nashville, TN, and author of Irresistible Faith, Jesus Outside the Lines, From Weakness to Strength, and Befriend Theme: God Have Mercy on You: Reflections on Preaching Join us as Rev. Sauls speaks to the need for gospel preaching to be undergirded by gospel character and kingdom faithfulness in order for preaching and pastoring to be credible and effective. NOTE: Classes are cancelled this day so that everyone may have the opportunity…
Find out more »Professional Counselor Training Series – Apologies & Families
Covenant's 2019–2020 Professional Counseling Training Series offers ongoing training for counseling professionals. The series leverages research from leaders in the field of counseling to provide continuing education training for licensed counselors interested in CE credits with a Biblical perspective. Each lecture is 1.5 hours on a Friday afternoon, with 30 minutes for networking beforehand. The full series also includes our annual Austin Harrington Counseling Lectures. Sign up for one one offering or come to the whole series. Cost: $25 per lecture / 20%…
Find out more »December 2019
Lunch with Composer and Recording Artist Keith Getty
Covenant Seminary invites you to join us for a limited-space luncheon with celebrated hymn writer, recording artist, and performer Keith Getty. Enjoy comfort food and listen to Keith perform and talk about the ways hymns and singing in particular influence our worship and have been fundamental to our Christian identity through the history of the church. Friday, December 20, 2019 / Noon – 2 p.m. Covenant Theological Seminary 12330 Conway Rd. / St. Louis, MO 63141 Cost: $10 – or FREE…
Find out more »January 2020
Professional Counselor Training Series – My Family Story: Reflections on Themes of Anxiety, Perfectionism, Resilience, Grief, Aging, and Grace
Covenant's 2019–2020 Professional Counseling Training Series offers ongoing training for counseling professionals. The series leverages research from leaders in the field of counseling to provide continuing education training for licensed counselors interested in CE credits with a Biblical perspective. Each lecture is 1.5 hours on a Friday afternoon, with 30 minutes for networking beforehand. The full series also includes our annual Austin Harrington Counseling Lectures. Sign up for one one offering or come to the whole series. Cost: $25 per lecture / 20%…
Find out more »February 2020
The 2020 Austin Harrington Counseling Lectures
Speaker: Jay Stringer, author of Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing Jay Stringer, LMHC, M.DIV, MACP Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington State Jay Stringer is a licensed mental health counselor, researcher, and author of Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing. Unwanted is based on a multiyear research project on over 3,800 men and women to address the key drivers of unwanted sexual behavior, be that the use of pornography, infidelity, or buying sex. Unwanted was named Resource of the Year in Counseling…
Find out more »March 2020
CMI Conference – Tell Me a Story: Orality, Storytelling, and God’s Mission
Theme: Tell Me a Story: Orality, Storytelling, and God's Mission When: Friday, March 6, and Saturday, March 7 Where: Rayburn Chapel Hosted by: City Ministry Initiative (CMI) Cost: $10 per person To Register: Sign up Here What: Approximately 5.7 billion people in the world are oral preference learners and communicators, and more than half of those are among unreached people groups around the world. Globalization, rapid urbanization, and population shifts have brought a more oral preference learners together in population centers around the…
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