Upcoming Seminary Courses

Fall 2026 Courses

Foundations of Chaplaincy (CH5101)

Bernie Mullins, DMin (Cand.)
Nov 2-6, 2026, In-Person/Video Call

• This course introduces chaplaincy, what it means to be a chaplain, how that work is done in various contexts, and the benefit of spiritual care. As well its history, its modern practice will be discussed. The learner will learn to articulate the purpose, role, responsibilities, and value of spiritual care. From this, they will develop a theology of spiritual care that will be foundational to how they serve.

The Megilloth (OT5305)

Nate Wall-Bowering, PhD
Nov 2-6, 2026, In-Person/Video Call

• Jewish tradition paired five lesser known books from the Hebrew Bible with Judaism’s five annual festivals. These books—Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations and Esther— cover the waterfront of human experience: love, loss, trauma, guilt and survival against all odds. This course explores these five festival scrolls as Christian Scripture with the help of interpreters both ancient and modern. Special focus will be given to the theme of divine absence/presence. Read together, these five books reveal the jumbled landscape of life to be a place of encounter with a God who hides, woos, shelters, frustrates, and offers unforeseen joys.

Highlighted Winter 2027 Courses

Encountering Jesus in John’s Gospel

Joshua Coutts, PhD
Jan-Apr, In-Person/Video Call

• The Gospel of John is one of the most foundational and influential texts of the Christian faith. For John, the disclosure of God in and through his unique Son portrayed in the Gospel is the climactic event of history. He composed his Gospel to facilitate both an encounter with Jesus and the extension of his mission. This course offers a literary, historical, and theological engagement with the Gospel that approaches it both thematically and sequentially, with the pastoral aim of encountering more deeply the Jesus whom John presents.

Introduction to Child & Adolescent Therapy

Michelle Gritter, PsyD (ABD)
Feb 16-20, 2027, In Person/Video Call

• This course is an introduction to diagnosis and treatment of childhood and adolescent disorders. Neurobiology will play a key role in understanding both healthy and abnormal child and adolescent development. Sociological and cultural factors will be considered in development, diagnosis, and treatment. Therapeutic interventions for emotional, behavioural, and other mental health issues among children and youth will be explored.

Holy Spirit and Last Things

Robert Dean, ThD
Jan-Apr, In Person (Wpg Location TBA)/Video Call

• A study of pneumatology and eschatology, with a focus on the Holy Spirit’s work of drawing all things toward eschatological fulfillment. Considers the person and work of the Holy Spirit in relation to major topics in eschatology such as resurrection, judgment, glory, and the nature of Christian hope. Reflects on how eschatological themes form Christian thinking and living in the present and have far-reaching implications for the whole of creation.