Education for Ministry (EfM)
Don't let the title scare you away. We are not studying to be priests or deacons...necessarily.
Education for Ministry, affectionately known as EfM, is a program of theological education-at-a-distance of the School of Theology of the University of the South. Students sign up one year at a time for this four-year program. It covers the basics of a theological education in the Old and New Testaments, church history, liturgy, and theology. Students meet regularly, usually once a week, in seminars under the guidance of trained mentors. The program grants a certificate at the completion of the four years and 18 Continuing Education Units for each year's work.
Our group completed another successful year in May of 10, with two graduates from St. John's, Ames and one graduate from St. Anne's, Ankeny. For additional information about the EFM program, explore the Sewanee website at: http://www.sewanee.edu/EFM/index.htm
Please email St. John's church office (jeannie@stjohns-ames.org) or use the phone number on our home page if you'd like to join in. One of our co-mentors for 2010-2011 will get back in touch with you before September.
Millennium Development Goals
The MDGs represent a global partnership that has grown from the
commitments and targets established at the world summits of the 1990s. Responding to the world's
main development challenges and to the calls of civil society, the MDGs promote poverty reduction,
education, maternal health, gender equality, and aim at combating child mortality,
AIDS and other diseases.
