August 2025 News
Resources for Clergy and Community Life and Learning
We know how challenging ministry can be in 2025. As you prepare for the upcoming program year, the Center for Continuing Education offers resources to help with sermon prep, Bible study, training your team, devotionals, pulpit supply, education and professional enrichment and more!
Crafting a sermon every week? Listen to our lectionary podcast, Chapter, Verse, and Season to hear what YDS faculty are saying about the lectionary text. Or check out the Resources section of the Yale Bible Study website to find more on the lectionary, sermons from YDS faculty and alumni, videos, artwork and more to find inspiration!
Need resources to support your faith community? The Yale Bible Study offers fully packaged Bible studies for individual or small group use that can be either clergy or lay led and can be tailored to fit your context. Explore courses here. Need to train youth workers? The Yale Youth Ministry Institute offers training modules on a variety of topics and a certificate program in youth ministry leadership. We also have curriculum for use with youth. Our Resources for Life and Learning section contains helpful information on devotional series, pulpit supply, online courses and workshops, internship opportunities and more. We also offer special benefits to congregations through our Congregational Partners program!
Looking for continuing education or enrichment for yourself? CCE offers a variety of options including the YDS Summer Study week-long online courses; live-online Bible study courses with current and former YDS faculty, recorded lectures and webinars in Learning Beyond the Walls on our website, and partnerships with Quad partners like Berkeley Divinity School for The Leaders Way webinars and workshops.
Explore these resources and many more at the Center for Continuing Education.
Planning for the Fall with Youth
Have you started planning for the fall? Are you hoping to grow your youth program? We have a wealth of resources for youth ministry, including training modules, spiritual practices, confirmation, youth bible studies, and more. Check out a few of our resources below.
- Integrating Youth Ministry into the Wider Congregation
- Sample Youth Group Fall Schedule
- Confirmation Best Practices
- Studying the Bible with Youth
- Youth Bible Studies
Starting a new youth program? Find our resources here.
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A Message from Dr. Joel Baden on Yale Bible Study this Fall!
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What Do We Do with a Book Like Revelation? with Dr. Yii-Jan Lin The Book of Revelation is a strange book, full of conflicting timelines, bizarre images, and coded language. This course will look at the many different ways to read and interpret this ancient text by analyzing its historical and literary context and exploring the many different ways people have used the book. |
The Anticipation and Arrival of Jesus in Luke 1 and 2 with the Rev. Dr. Allen Hilton The Gospel of Luke offers our most extensive biblical look at the anticipation of Jesus’s advent. Through angel visits, the enthusiastic response of faithful women, the lowly circumstances of the birth, and the earliest days of the incarnation, the Gospel trumpets the significance and shape of God’s appearing among us in Bethlehem. |
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Addressing Childhood Trauma with Liberation Psychology and Theology with Dr. Thema Bryant This presentation explores pathways that can benefit the trauma recovery process of children, especially for marginalized survivors. The trauma and healing-informed liberation pathways which emerge from the literature are culture as medicine, community support, spirituality and religiosity, expressive arts, and resistance. A more inclusive view of trauma and trauma recovery can both heal and empower individuals and society as a whole. |
Passing on the Faith to Children: Supporting Caregivers with the Process with Dr. Amy Adamczyk, Ph.D. This webinar will explore how congregations can better understand and support caregivers raising children aged 0–12 in a religious tradition. The session aims to equip faith communities with insights to more intentionally and effectively support the spiritual formation of young children through the caregivers who guide them. |
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God’s Dream: Children, Justice and Faith with the Rev. Jyrekis B. Collins What does it mean to raise children in the spirit of justice, rooted in faith? Join us for God’s Dream: Children, Justice, and Faith—a thoughtful conversation exploring how families, educators, and faith communities can nurture young hearts to live with compassion, courage, and a commitment to a more just world. Together, we’ll reflect on the role children play in God’s vision for justice—and how we can walk alongside them in love and hope. |
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Part-Time Is Plenty: Thriving in Bi-Vocational and Part-Time Ministry This four-week course will delve into four proven, part-time ministry models that lead to heightened congregational vitality and improved clergy well-being. |
Healing Along our Dangerous Roads & Finding Mercy by the Sea Come walk along the shoreline, breathe in salt air, and let the ocean’s vastness guide you towards deeper compassion and trust in the God who continues to call and equip you in new ways. Through prayer, deep rest, and shared reflections, we trust that new seeds we plant together will produce new fruits as we return to our ministries to love and serve our people with renewed vision and vocation. |
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