NEW! ALPS MTH Course of Study Update
Dear Local Pastors
Please register for ALPS-MTH "fully online summer courses" by
(click on the Schedule 2022 tab at the top of the web page and scroll down for the list of SUMMER 2022 courses)
Click on the registration tab at the top of the page to register. This is a great time to finish one or two more courses --fully online.
Email a copy of your registration form to Pam and mail your registration check NOW -- so Pam can quickly add you to the summer course list .--while your registration form is processed through the Conference Office. Thank you.
SUMMER 2022 COURSES - FULLY ONLINE
June 17-18 and July 8-9, 2022
COS 122 (formerly 112) Theology I Rev. Dr. Phil Jamieson
COS 124 Transformative Leadership (do not take 124 if you took COS 113) Rev. Dr. Robert Brown
July 15-16 and August 5-6, 2022
COS 221 (formerly 211) Bible II: Torah & Israel’s History Rev. Dr. Russ Sisson
July 29-30 and August 12-13, 2022
COS 223 (formerly 413) Worship and Sacraments Rev. Dr. Ken Ramsey
COS 422 (formerly 412) Theological Heritage IV: Wesleyan Movement Rev. Dr. Jason Vickers
UPDATE ON FALL 2022 COURSES:
In late June, ALPS-MTH will email you additional information about FALL 2022 Hybrid courses, options on course locations, and other format information. Please check your email regularly in June (and your spam folder). Based on GBHEM policy - All Extension and Regional Schools must return to a Hybrid --one weekend residential and one weekend zoom class session format for all courses that begin after August 31.
Go ahead and register now for the ALPS-MTH fall 2022 courses that you want and need to take. We will work on the location arrangements with you in late June and July. If you are located at a great distance from the scheduled course location and cannot make it to the location for the one weekend, contact Barbara
bnye34@gmail.com Since you will only attend a course in residence one weekend, the location may not be a problem for you. Students will make their own hotel and meal and snack arrangements for all courses.
If there is a renewed Covid surge nationally or in states or locales in the fall or a local campus/course location issues a local health advisory, the course format could change OR the GBHEM policy requiring hybrid courses with a residential weekend could change. We cannot predict the fall conditions now.
The best thing to do is register for the fall courses NOW--so that we have your course registration with your home address, email, and cell phone information-- so we can make the best course plans possible at this time.
This is a time of transition. Please be flexible. We will get through this transition. Local pastors have done an amazing job working throughout the pandemic with their churches while attending COS Courses. The ALPS-MTH faculty and staff have done an amazing job converting courses to online and now will transition to Hybrid courses. Then, they may have to make last minute changes in format again-- if local health conditions change again. The fall may be challenging for all of us in some ways, but we will get through it. Thank you for your continuing support.
I hope that your ministry is going well. We continue to pray for those who have experienced loss and grief during the pandemic from Covid-19 and from other health/mental health concerns and family crises. We pray for the Church as God continues his work and allows our participation, and we pray for the world so in need of God's love, healing, and reconciliation.
In Christ,
Barbara and Pam,
Dr. Barbara Nye, Director
Ms. Pam Whitmore, Registrar
