The 2005 Continuing Education Program drew 37 participants from 20 dioceses across the country

2005 Continuing Education Program June 6 through noon June 10

Morning sessions with the Rev. Dr. William Seth Adams (pictured below right) and afternoon sessions with Dr. Russell Schulz (below left)

The Diocese of Texas will award 12 CEUs (professional) for completion of this program

Stirring the Pot:
Exercising the Liturgical Imagination

Morning sessions with the Rev. Dr. William Seth Adams, Professor of Liturgics and Anglican Studies at the Seminary of the Southwest

Every cook knows that from time to time, the stew needs a good stirring - the stuff on the bottom congeals and has no life and the stuff on top gets watery and has no substance. The same is true for the liturgical imagination. Every now and again, it, too, responds to a good stir.

What we propose is to take the Church's most common rites, Eucharist, Baptism, Marriage and Burial and to give them a good turn of the spoon. Imagining a group of clergy and lay folks committed to knowing and renewing the rites, we will "dis-member" and "re-member" these familiar liturgical forms with an eye to breaking up what's settled and to giving substance to what's floating on top.

In order to spark our imaginations, we will consider the rites, not in themselves, but in their several common dimensions: the Entrance rites, the Word, Holy Communion, the Dismissal rites. Instead of treating the liturgies "vertically," we will treat them "horizontally." This will force us to consider them, perhaps, in fresh and interesting ways. In other words, we'll "stir the pot."

Biography of William Seth Adams

Professor Adams's interests focus on the nature of liturgical leadership, the role played by liturgy in pastoral care, the relationship of liturgy and matters of social justice and the interplay of liturgy and architecture. In his book, Shaped by Images: One who Presides, he explores new ways for the ordained to guide and support the vision of the church ministering as congregations of baptized persons. His writings on liturgy have been published in numerous scholarly and professional journals. A 1999 collection of his essays, Moving the Furniture: Liturgical Theory, Practice and Environment, challenges the church to examine its thinking and assumptions about how Christians worship. A member of the faculty since 1982, Professor Adams works with several diocesan commissions on liturgy, architecture and ecumenical affairs. He is a member of Societas Liturgica and the convener of the Anglican members of the North American Academy of Liturgy, of which he has been a member since 1977. Professor Adams is a priest associate of St. James' Church in East Austin.
B.A., Washington University. B.D., Bexley Hall. M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University.

Church music -- Where have we been? Where are we going?

Afternoon sessions with Dr. Russell Schulz, Associate Professor of Church Music, Organist and Choirmaster at the Seminary of the Southwest

The twentieth century was quite a trip. Starting from turn-of-the-century Oxford Movement attitudes, Episcopal Church music skirmished with US frontier traditions, picked up a variety of approved mid-century enrichments along the way, torqued up the horse-power, and then, in the '70s, hit a big bump in the road.

Was it a fatal crash? Was it a detour? A kidnapping? Was it a rest stop? Was it a dazzling new vista?

We'll get out our musical road maps -- the hymnal and some more recent supplemental material -- and see where we've been, take a look at where we are now, and then speculate where we might be headed.

Biography of Russell Schulz

Professor Schulz's work focuses on sacred music, especially liturgical music and hymnody, but his real job, he says, is to keep music in the air. He chaired the music committee of The Hymnal 1982 and was tapped by Yale to co-edit its New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools. Past President of the Hymn Society of the U.S. and Canada, he has made presentations on hymnody in the U.S. and in Europe, including an American hymn festival in Westminster Abbey. To further his interest in folkloric ("intuitive") music, he has interviewed people in the former Communist countries, as well as Copts in Egypt and all sorts of faithful in India, about how religious music speaks to ordinary folks. Professor Schulz, who has taught at ETSS since 1974, is composer of about 250 published works. He also is Director of Music at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Austin.
B.Mus., Valparaiso University. M.Mus., Union Theological Seminary. D.M.A., University of Texas.

Brochure

A brochure detailing the 2005 Continuing Education program will be mailed out in February to all ETSS graduates. If you are not an ETSS graduate, contact Nance Busbey with mailing information and a brochure will be sent to you.

Information

DATES: The session begins on Monday evening, June 6, with registration and dinner, and concludes Friday, June 10, at noon.

SESSION COSTS: Tuition for this week-long program is $325.00. An additional $150.00 Room & Board charge includes three daily meals and on-campus housing at the seminary. Campus housing is limited. For those persons who do not need seminary housing, an additional $25.00 fee will provide noon meals through the week. Payment is by check or cash only. Registration deadline is May 27.

SESSION FORMAT: Morning sessions with William Seth Adams and afternoons with Russell Schulz.

REGISTRATION: Download a registration form. Complete the form and mail it to the Seminary of the Southwest with a $50 registration fee. Seminary address is within the pdf.

Questions? Contact Nance Busbey by email or 512-472-4133, ext. 322.