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Classes - Professional Practitioner Training
Credentialing is through Emerson Theological Institute - Licensing, through Joyful Gathering Spiritual Center.
Joyful Gathering has graduated a total of 16 practitioners through 3 professional practitioners training programs held since it was founded in 2010. The most recent class’s information appears below.
Professional Practitioner Year One Training Program
3 - 10 Week Sessions
Term One Held: Sept. 19th - Dec. 5th, 2017
Time: 7:00-9:30PM
Cost: $250 plus $15 for printed materials, books paid for separately
Facilitator: Rev. Margaret Palagye
Term Two Held: Feb. 13th – May 1st, 2018
Time: 7:00-9:30PM
Cost: $265 plus books
Facilitator: Rev. Margaret Palagye
Term Three Held: Sept. 25th – Dec. 11th, 2018
Time: 7:00-9:30PM
Cost: $265 plus books
Facilitator: Rev. Margaret Palagye
YEAR ONE - This 30-week course guides the student on a deep journey into self-discovery and a clear understanding of our teaching, consciously using spiritual principles. Students are guided in uncovering limited beliefs and using spiritual tools to transform their lives. There will be reading, classroom exercises, reflective writing, affirmative prayer, meditation and highly interactive group discussions to help the students develop a deep and clear awareness of what it means to live a spiritual life. A minimum of five completed classes and an interview with the minister are required prior to enrolling.
Professional Practitioner Year Two Training Program
3 - 10 Week Sessions
Term One: January 15, 2019 – April 2, 2019
Time: 7:00-9:30pm
Cost: $265 including workbook
Facilitator: Rev. Margaret Palagye
Term Two: April 16, 2019
Time: 7:00-9:30pm
Cost: $325 including workbook
Facilitator: Rev. Margaret Palagye
Term Three: Sept. 24 – November 17, 2019
Time: 7:00-9:30pm
Cost: $265 plus books
Facilitator: Rev. Margaret Palagye
YEAR TWO - This 30-week course furthers the study that has begun in year one: guiding the student on the deep journey into self-discovery and a clear understanding of our teaching, consciously using spiritual principles. Students are guided in uncovering limited beliefs and using spiritual tools to transform their lives. There will be reading, classroom exercises, reflective writing, affirmative prayer, meditation and highly interactive group discussions to help the students develop a deep and clear awareness of what it means to live a spiritual life.
Accreditation: Joyful Gathering Spiritual Center is an Affiliate Center of the Emerson Theological Institute, with headquarters in Oakhurst, California. Emerson Institute is accredited by the Accrediting Commission International for Schools, Colleges and Theological Seminaries, which has its executive offices in Beebe, Arkansas, and currently accredits 212 schools in six countries, including the United States.
This is a church-related accreditation. Students taking Emerson Institute classes must not assume that credits taken through it will be accepted by private schools, colleges, universities, businesses or governmental agencies. Prior to taking classes, students are advised to check with their school districts, businesses and other institutions to determine if Emerson Institute credits will be accepted. Emerson Institute is recognized by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education as being a church school teaching a specific belief system and is, therefore, permitted under the laws of California to offer degrees in religious studies and divinity.
