Seminar Leader

The Rev. Dr. Emily Bisset

The Rev. Dr. Emily K. (Rodgers) Bisset has served as minister of Knox, Oshawa for three years. She was ordained in the PC (USA) and came to Toronto in 2000 to pursue advanced degree studies in homiletics.  She earned her Th.D. from Knox College in 2007 and wrote a dissertation entitled Solid Food: The Integration of The Theology of Sanctification and Homiletics to Nurture Congregational Preaching.  Emily has taught as adjunct faculty at Knox College in homiletics, and has offered courses in lay education in Reformed Worship and Preaching. With her husband, the Rev. Alex Bisset, Emily edits an online series of Worship Planners through the PCC that seek to integrate the lectionary with Living Faith, creating a distinctly Canadian Presbyterian resource.

Cost:  $30 per Session
$75 for all Sessions
(includes supper)

[For  ‘Lecture Only’ a donation would be appreciated]

Please note that arrangements for financial assistance can be made.

 Sessions begin with supper starting at 5 p.m.

Presentations from 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

Sunday Morning Words,

Monday Morning World

By learning (and re-learning) the language of faith, it is our hope that these discussions will lead to richer experiences of worship week by week as we seek a deeper understanding of the words we pray, sing and preach.  In addition, learning and inwardly digesting the vocabulary of faith will open up new ways of seeing how faith comes to bear on all other areas of our lives, from work to home to life together.  As we understand our own Sunday morning words, we will also be better equipped to engage in meaningful dialogue with others from a different faith or without a faith tradition.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

"Holy, Holy, Holy"

When we are called to worship, we sing of a God who is three times holy.  We read in the Scriptures that God calls us to be holy.  Yet, as Protestants of the Reformed tradition, we reject the whole notion of sainthood.  What does it mean to worship a Holy God?  Are human beings ever holy?

Sunday words:  Holy/Sanctification

Weekday implications:  The Spirit in your vocation

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

"If we say we have no sin..."

The confession of sin is a dangerous time in the worship service.  In our society, we seem to either take sin too seriously or not take it seriously enough.  And what are we really confessing anyway?  Each week, we hear a declaration of forgiveness.  What impact does that have on what we do on Monday morning or Friday night?

Sunday words:  Confession/Sin & Forgiveness/Justification

Weekday implications:  Right Relationships.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

"By grace you have been saved"

"Saved" is a charged word in our society.  Some say that it has been hijacked by the right wing of the Christian faith.  What are the signs of blessing:  good fortune, luck, prosperity or happiness?  Or does blessed mean something else?

Sunday words:  Grace/Salvation & Benediction/Blessed

Weekday implications:  Space to grow.