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Brent School for Ministry
Introduction * Registration * Cost * Schedule
Information *Directions * Photographs
The Bishop Brent School for Ministry provides a variety of classes throughout the year, including:
 | Licensing classes for Eucharistic minister and Visitor, administrator, etc |
| Mandated Safe Church classes for church employees and youth workers |
| Gifts Discernment |
| Scriptural studies |
| And more |
Responding to the persistent requests of clergy and laity in Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Deaneries, beginning in 2003 we are offering all of the core courses of the Bishop Brent School in the Southern Tier. The instructors will be clergy and laity from the two deaneries.
All the core courses will be held on Thursday evenings at Grace Church, Randolph at 7:00 pm, unless otherwise indicated. Saturday one-day classes (including “Safe Place” and Eucharistic Visitor/Minister training) will be held in the Fall and the Spring in different locations to be named later.
A general registration form can be downloaded here. Please fill out and send with your check to:
Deacon Jerry Hilfiker
10085 Pfarner Rd.
Boston, NY 14025
(716) 941-5695
The cost for Bishop Brent School courses is set by the board. The fee schedule is as follows:
1-2 Sessions: $10
3-5 Sessions: $25
6-8 Sessions: $45
The Church: A Safe Place: $10
EM/EV Training: Free
**NOTE: We must have a minimum of six registrants to offer these courses. If you want future classes to be held in the Southern Tier, please make every effort to attend and to advertise these courses in your congregations.
Other courses are offered throughout the diocese. For a full and up to date listing, go to: http://www.episcopalwny.org/
For more information about the Bishop Brent School, email Kathy Williams at the diocesan offices or call 716-881-0660, extension 12. For information about Bishop Brent classes in Randolph, contact the Rev. David Noves at 716-358-6124.
To get to Grace Church, take the I-86 to the Main Street exit in Randolph. Turn left on Washington Street and the church is on the left. Click here for a map from Mapquest. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
Pictures from the first class held in Randolph, Intro. to the New Testament, June, 2003
