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- - 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.
    
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Vocation Projects
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- 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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Women Writing: A Writing Workshop with Donna Johnson

22 June 2015

Venue: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Categories: Writing Workshop
Tags: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Donna Johnson

For women pastors, writers, and would-be spiritual memoirists.
The application deadline for this workshop has passed.

Women Writing: The Art of Spiritual Memoir

16 May 2016

Venue: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop
Tags: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Donna Johnson, off-site, women, writing

For women pastors, writers, and would-be spiritual memoirists.
The application deadline for this workshop has passed.

How Pastors Write for Public Life

08 May 2017

Venue: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Categories: Regional Workshop, Writing Workshop
Tags: Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Charlotte Gullick, off-site, pastors, writing workshops

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

How Pastors Write for Public Life

14 May 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.

The Art of Spiritual Memoir with Donna M. Johnson

09 September 2019

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

For faith-inspired writers who seek transformation in their craft.
The application deadline is Friday, July 26, 2019.

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