Residency Programs
- - Scholars, clergy, church leaders, thinkers, artists, and writers who are seeking to discern and communicate the meaning of Christian identity and unity in a religiously and culturally diverse world are invited to apply for our residency programs.
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Writing Workshops
- - Each summer, the Collegeville Institute opens its doors to pastors, ministers, lay leaders, and other thinkers and writers for week-long, intensive writing workshops geared toward various levels of writing skill, genre and interest.
    
    Each fall, the Collegeville Institute partners with other institutes, seminaries, or churches to coordinate regional off-site workshops.
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Vocation Projects
- - The Communities of Calling Initiative invites congregations into a 5-year project on vocation.
    
    The Collegeville Institute Seminars offer resources to explore calling in your community.
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- - Called to Life – a free program for small groups
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- - Lives Explored – a video storytelling project
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Fellows Program
- Bringing together an ecumenical group of gifted Minnesota faith leaders, the Collegeville Institute Fellows Program focuses on leadership development with the goal of strengthening religious leaders’ sense of themselves as civic leaders.
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Faith and Writing
- Good writing is essential to powerful theological education within congregations. In this section we highlight book reviews, provide resources for good writing, feature the writing of our program participants, and more.
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Writing the Spiritual Life: A Creative Writing Workshop with Lauren Winner

Dec 2nd, 2018

Venue: Lake Logan Conference Center in Canton, NC
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop
Tags: 2018 writing workshops, Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina, Lake Logan Conference Center, Lauren Winner, off-site, regional workshop

A Creative Writing Workshop.
The application deadline for this workshop is Wednesday, August 1, 2018.

Dancing on the Head of a Pen: A Writing Workshop for Clergy

Nov 12th, 2018

Venue: Warren Conference Center in Ashland, MA
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop
Tags: MA, off-site, Robert Benson, Warren Conference Center in Ashland, writing pastor, writing workshops

For clergy who hear a call to write.
The application deadline for this workshop has now passed.

Writing Spirit, Writing Faith: A Week with Mary Potter

Oct 1st, 2018

Venue: Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop
Tags: Mary Potter, Whidbey Institute on Whidbey Island

Exploring the complexities of faith in today’s world.
The application deadline for this workshop has now passed.

Mapping the Geography of Grace: A Writing Workshop for Clergy

Sep 25th, 2018

Venue: Gray Center in Canton, MS
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop
Tags: Center for Ministry, off-site, Robert Benson, writing workshops

For clergy exploring the landscape of faith.
The application deadline for this workshop has now passed.

Apart, and Yet a Part: A Week with Writing Coach Michael N. McGregor

Aug 2nd, 2018

Venue: Collegeville Institute
Categories: Writing Workshop
Tags: 2018 writing workshops, Michael N. McGregor

Independent, unstructured work in community.
The application deadline has now passed.

Writing Beyond the Academy: A Week with Professor and Writer Michael N. McGregor

Jul 25th, 2018

Venue: Collegeville Institute
Categories: Writing Workshop
Tags: 2018 writing workshops, Michael N. McGregor

For academics who wish to reach a broad audience.
The application deadline has now passed.

In the Thick of It: Explorations of Advanced Topics in Prose Writing

Jul 12th, 2018

Venue: Collegeville Institute
Categories: Writing Workshop
Tags: 2018 writing workshops, Lauren Winner

For advanced spiritual writers in the middle of prose projects.
The application deadline has now passed.

A Broader Public: Writing for the Online Audience, with the Editors of Religion Dispatches

Jun 21st, 2018

Venue: Collegeville Institute
Categories: Writing Workshop
Tags: Evan Derkacz, Lisa Webster, public theology, Religion Dispatches, writing workshops

Entering the public conversation.
The application deadline has now passed.

Exploring Identity and (Dis)belonging through the Personal Essay

Jun 13th, 2018

Venue: Collegeville Institute
Categories: Writing Workshop
Tags: 2018 writing workshop, belonging, creative nonfiction, Enuma Okoro, personal essay, writing workshops

A workshop that explore issues of identity and belonging through creative nonfiction.
The application deadline has now passed.

How Pastors Write for Public Life

May 14th, 2018

Venue: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop

For faith leaders who want to write for audiences outside the church.
The application deadline has now passed.

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