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The San Diego School of Christian Studies
San Diego School of Christian Studies offers seminary-level theological education to laity. The School is designed for life-long learners who wish to deepen their faith as they broaden their knowledge. More . . .
Current Class Offerings, spring 2008:
Spiritual Autobiography: History, Readings and Practice (March 8)
It's A Revelation: Introduction to the Apocalypse of John (March 31, April 7)
Science and Faith: Lecture with Dr. Francis Collins (April 11)
Science and Faith: Symposium (April 19)
A Place to Stand: Finding Our Turf in the Soil of Christian Pluralism (Rescheduled for Fall)
Once and Future Worship
Once and Future Worship
Mondays, May 5 and May 12, 7:00-8:30, The Music Center
Dr. Stanley M. Wicks, Director of Church Music, FUMCSD
 When one observes worship practices in today’s culture one can hardly find two churches with identical styles. Why do Christians worship in so many different ways? Is there a “right way” to worship? Why do people become so possessive of certain worship styles? What are the “essentials” to true worship? What role does music play in worship?
Dr. Wicks will explore the historical roots of Christian worship, from its beginnings in the early church to the present, and then attempt to offer insights into where worship trends are taking us well into the twenty-first century.
Dr. Stanley M. Wicks, a native of Fort Edward, New York, received his undergraduate education in church music and organ from Houghton College, Houghton, New York, his master’s degree in church music and organ from Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton, New Jersey. He was awarded a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral music from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Wicks has been active as a church musician for 35 years, having served in Presbyterian, Lutheran and United Methodist congregations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Arizona and North Carolina, as choral director for choirs of all ages, handbell director and organist. Since 1998 he has been the Director of Church Music at First United Methodist Church of San Diego, California where he oversees the entire music ministry and directs the three adult choirs: Chancel Choir, Contemporary Singers and Masterwork Chorale.
Tuition: $30 one person; $50 two people registering together; students free.
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A Place to Stand: Finding Our Turf in the Soil of Christian Pluralism
(To be rescheduled for Fall)
Rev. Chuck Hoffman, Retired Methodist Minister
 The Church in America assumes many forms: sociological, psychological, theological and other factors give a variety of shapes to the church — its passions, its actions, its forms of worship, and its politics. The well-defined posture and strident voice of evangelicals lead mainliners to ponder their own role and even question their relevance in the national discourse. Is there a place for the liberal Christian in a country where the Christian Right corners the market? The lecture seeks to answer that question.
The Reverend Charles Hoffman retired in 2006 after 42 years of service to the church. He is a native of Canada and citizen of both Canada and the United States. He began his spiritual journey in the fundamentalist church, became a Methodist in 1972, and served three local churches as a United Methodist minister. From 1981 to 1991 he was a member of the staff at First Church San Diego. Chuck is married to Sharon Morgan Hoffman. He and Sharon have two sons and six grandchildren.
Tuition: $20 on person; $30 two people registering together
Coming Events 2008
John Fanestil: “Borderlandia”: Issues about immigrants in the Southwest
Robert Buck: Issues about Social Justice
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