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FOCUS NORTH AMERICA: Register now for student trip to New York City

FOCUS North America’s “Youth Equipped to Serve” program [YES] will be conducting a student trip to minister at Emmaus House in Harlem Friday through Sunday, August 27-29, 2010.

The YES program provides opportunities for junior and senior high school students to participate in formative weekends of service that ultimately will help raise up a generation of Orthodox Christians who lead others in living out the true mission of the Church - to love and serve our neediest neighbors.

For information and/or to register visit http://yesnorthamerica.org/front-page/washington-dc.

ANTIOCHIAN VILLAGE: Pastoral Marriage and Family Counseling Certificate Program

The Pastoral Marriage and Family Counseling Certificate Program—a two-year training program for clergy, parish staff, or Christian Ed persons each having M.Div. degrees or diplomas through the Antiochian House of Studies and three years of parish experience—will hold sessions at Antiochian Village, Ligonier, PA beginning May 2011.

The program is designed to prepare parish staff in counseling of individuals, couples, and families in the parish and larger community. The program is offered in two week modules (5 days each) twice a year in May and August/September. The first two courses will be offered May 9-13 and 16-20, 2011 followed by August 29-September 2 and September 5-9.

Courses will be offered in Christian Anthropology and Human Development in the Family Life Cycle, Pastoral Care and Professional Ethics, Pastoral Counseling: Skills and Models, Pastoral Marriage Counseling, Pastoral Family Counseling, Psychopathology, and a Marriage and Family Counseling Practicum. Tuition per course is $300.00, with room and board costs to be determined by room occupancy.

Applications can be obtained from Amy Stiffler, Director of Event Services, at 724-238-3677 or www.antiochianvillage.org/center/contact/amy.html. Applications are reviewed and persons accepted in the order they are postmarked. Class size is limited to 15 for the two year training period.

Following acceptance, participants will receive a letter of acceptance, program guidelines, and beginning syllabi. Each person should allow 2-3 months to prepare for the two courses offered as there are readings and pre-course assignments.

Coursework may not be transferable to other graduate programs as this is not an accredited program, but is a certificate training program sponsored by the House of Studies of the Antiochian Archdiocese.

Deadline for applications is January 31, 2011.