Education for Ministry (EfM) is a program of “theological education at a distance” administered by the School of Theology of the University of the South, Sewanee, TN.  The components of an EfM Group are:  becoming and maintaining a nurturing, effective learning community, reading and discussing the EfM texts, worshipping together, and doing theological reflection.  The program covers the basics of the Old and New Testaments, church history, liturgy, ethics, and theology.  The program is designed to help persons be more effective in their lay ministries.  Although the program runs for four years, prospective group members commit for only one year at a time.  The next opening for new students will be in August 2010.

Wiley Grantham and Clay Smith will be the Co-Mentors the 2010 Group.  You can find out more by telephoning Wiley at (352) 505-3783 or emailing him at wileygrantham@cox.net.  Clay can be contacted at (352) 335-9171, email:  clay.smith@sfcollege.edu.   For a student’s perspective of the program, talk to any of the most recent EfM Group:  Melody Ritchie, Margaret James, Lydia Sweatt, Kathy Smith, or Geoff O’Meara.  Other EfM graduates at St. Joseph’s are Peggi Young, Linda and Doral Teetz, Barbara Lauer, and Deacon Jay Lauer.