Join Red Clay Sangha and Carolyn Browning Helsel of Emory University’s Candler School of Theology for Buddhist Homiletics 101. Over the course of four, two-hour interactive sessions, participants will hone their skills in preparing and delivering mindful, focused and inspirational dharma talks. During the course, each participant will be videotaped delivering a brief speech and will participate in a supportive feedback session.
Where: Self Discovery Center, 1315 South Ponce de Leon Ave., Atlanta, GA 30306 Dates: August 20, August 27, September 10, and September 24, 2011
Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Refreshments provided
Attendance limited to ten persons.
The cost for the four-part series is $150.
Register today.
Course Topics
Class 2: Speaking Blocks (I): Overcome Writer’s Block
Class 3: Speaking Blocks (II): Bring it to the Chopping Block
Class 4: Inspirational Speaking
Carolyn Browning Helsel is a PhD student at Emory University, studying how white preachers preach about racism in white congregations. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), she has previously served as the associate director of admissions at Princeton Theological Seminary, as an associate pastor in San Antonio, Texas, and as a chaplain in a multi-faith and racially diverse hospital in Yuma, Arizona. This summer, she is teaching preaching workshops to Methodists preparing for ministry at Candler School of Theology’s Course of Study program.