An NRIT Digital Offering: download onto your computer or stream online
An Introduction to the New Testament
with Dr. James Aageson
The New Testament documents are central to the Christian faith and to historic Christianity. By ecumenical consensus among all Christian traditions, the New Testament is central to the faith, life, and worship of the church. It is the word of God and it conveys the word of God. Even as the New Testament is central to all Christian traditions, interpretations of these texts often vary widely. This makes for a rich and fascinating tapestry of readings in the history of New Testament interpretation. This course is an introduction to the New Testament designed for a general audience and for lay people who may be preparing themselves for congregational leadership.
You can purchase this class now and watch at your convenience anytime in the coming months. The format allows you to watch in any time increment you choose and also allows you to return to sections you’ve already watched or go back and forth between sessions.
$75 to purchase class
6.5 Contact hours of continuing education. (And no travel costs!)
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An Introduction to the New Testament
with Dr. James Aageson
The New Testament documents are central to the Christian faith and to historic Christianity. By ecumenical consensus among all Christian traditions, the New Testament is central to the faith, life, and worship of the church. It is the word of God and it conveys the word of God. Even as the New Testament is central to all Christian traditions, interpretations of these texts often vary widely. This makes for a rich and fascinating tapestry of readings in the history of New Testament interpretation. This course is an introduction to the New Testament designed for a general audience and for lay people who may be preparing themselves for congregational leadership.
You can purchase this class now and watch at your convenience anytime in the coming months. The format allows you to watch in any time increment you choose and also allows you to return to sections you’ve already watched or go back and forth between sessions.
$75 to purchase class
6.5 Contact hours of continuing education. (And no travel costs!)
Click Here to Register
Music that Makes Community
With Paul Vasile
- Mission Statement: Music that Makes Community is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help people connect and learn through singing. We do that by developing and teaching a practice of paperless song leading, grounded in a theology of welcome and generosity for the benefit of musicians, clergy, congregants, students and lay leaders who want to use the practice to enrich and enliven their worship and community life.
- Pastor Miriam Schmidt who serves at All Saints Lutheran in Big Sky, has attended two Music that Makes Community workshops and said, “Having taken part in Music that Makes Community workshops in both Minnesota and New Mexico, I am deeply excited to participate here again in Montana. I have come away from these occasions both spiritually renewed and practically equipped for singing and teaching “paperless” music in an assembly. Paperless singing breaks open the (often unhelpful) division between ‘traditional’ and ‘contemporary’ music styles, opening up a new (and very old) way of praising God.”
Hope Lutheran Church in Bozeman
Thursday, Aug. 22 from 7pm to 9pm and Friday, Aug 23 from 9am to 3pm.
No experience necessary, just a willingness to sing and to learn.
Cost:
$80 for clergy (including new to ministry)
$60 for lay people, LPAs and retired clergy
Participants/Congregations will be responsible for their own lodging on Thursday night.
7 Contact Hours
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Face-to-Face Faith Formation
with Dr. Dick Hardel
After doing your best to be “a workman who does not need to be ashamed, correctly handling the word of truth,” investing time, effort, sacrificing in your ministry… How much of what you share will they remember?
Researchers find immediately after hearing a message, people tend to remember 50% of what they have heard. By the next day this drops to 25%. At the end of the week this is 10% and the amazing thing is that you don’t get to pick the 10% they remember!
Building Strong Relationships Is Essential In Faith Formation
I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink: instead I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together, face to face 3rd John: 13,14
Come join us for this hands-on event focused on resources for faith formation:
Thursday, April 11 at Pella Lutheran in Sidney 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 13 at Bethlehem Lutheran in Billings 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(4 Contact Hours)
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with Dr. Dick Hardel
After doing your best to be “a workman who does not need to be ashamed, correctly handling the word of truth,” investing time, effort, sacrificing in your ministry… How much of what you share will they remember?
Researchers find immediately after hearing a message, people tend to remember 50% of what they have heard. By the next day this drops to 25%. At the end of the week this is 10% and the amazing thing is that you don’t get to pick the 10% they remember!
- What if there was a way that would help those to whom you are ministering to remember 90%?
- What if there were resources to help individuals, families, and friends tell faith stories face-to-face?
- What if there were resources to help children engage actively in worship in the congregation and devotions in the home?
- What if there was a way that encouraged people to share what they learn from you with others?
- What if there was a way to spur people on to keep processing what the Lord is saying to them through what they have heard so the can live it out?
- What if there was a way to help people wonder about God and the world and discuss together, face-to-face, what God might be up to in their lives.
Building Strong Relationships Is Essential In Faith Formation
I have much to write to you, but I would rather not write with pen and ink: instead I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together, face to face 3rd John: 13,14
Come join us for this hands-on event focused on resources for faith formation:
Thursday, April 11 at Pella Lutheran in Sidney 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 13 at Bethlehem Lutheran in Billings 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
(4 Contact Hours)
Click Here to Register
An NRIT Digital Offering: download onto your computer or stream online
St. Paul:
From Saul of Tarsus to the Apostle of the Lutheran Reformation
with Dr. James Aageson
Apart from Jesus, Paul is arguably the most important figure in the history of Christianity. Paul and his legacy have continually shaped, fed, and challenged the church from the first century to the twenty first. Paul’s letters form the theological heart of much of the New Testament, and along with the memory of his ministry, they have continued to be read, preached, theologically interpreted, and applied to contemporary ethical issues.
You can purchase this class now and watch at your convenience anytime in the coming months. The format allows you to watch in any time increment you choose and also allows you to return to sections you’ve already watched or go back and forth between sessions.
$50 to purchase class
4 Contact hours of continuing education. (And no travel costs!)
Click Here to Register
St. Paul:
From Saul of Tarsus to the Apostle of the Lutheran Reformation
with Dr. James Aageson
Apart from Jesus, Paul is arguably the most important figure in the history of Christianity. Paul and his legacy have continually shaped, fed, and challenged the church from the first century to the twenty first. Paul’s letters form the theological heart of much of the New Testament, and along with the memory of his ministry, they have continued to be read, preached, theologically interpreted, and applied to contemporary ethical issues.
You can purchase this class now and watch at your convenience anytime in the coming months. The format allows you to watch in any time increment you choose and also allows you to return to sections you’ve already watched or go back and forth between sessions.
$50 to purchase class
4 Contact hours of continuing education. (And no travel costs!)
Click Here to Register
FREE RESOURCE FROM THE MONTANA SYNOD
SERVING ON THE CONGREGATION'S COUNCIL
Church councils provide positive leadership within a congregation. As a support to your council, we have prepared five short videos, ranging from five to ten minutes, that are intended as an introduction to the work of councils and their role within the church.
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On the next page, you will need to provide contact information, including an email. Then click on the "submit" button and you will be taken directly to the five videos, plus an introduction.
We hope you find the videos helpful in leading to deeper conversation about what it means to be church together.
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Northern Rockies Institute of Theology is a continuing theological education ministry of the Montana Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
NRIT exists to provide and promote lifelong learning for the people of the Montana Synod (and their neighbors) , for the purpose of equipping them in their lives of ministry.
For more information about NRIT click here.
NRIT exists to provide and promote lifelong learning for the people of the Montana Synod (and their neighbors) , for the purpose of equipping them in their lives of ministry.
For more information about NRIT click here.