APPLICATION GUIDELINES

Your completed application to the program will comprise a Cover Sheet, your Responses to the questions below (parts A and B), and the Application Fee. Your application may be submitted electronically (preferred method) or by regular mail. 

Electronic submission:

Cover Sheet: you may submit this online .

Responses: create a document with your responses and e-mail that document as an attachment to gro.tiripsehtfoloohcsnull@snoissimda. 

Application fee: you may pay the $45 application fee via PayPal or by check. You will be taken to the payment page upon submitting the Application Cover Sheet. You can go directly to the payment page here .

Submission by regular mail: the cover sheet, responses, and application fee may be mailed to:  

The School of the Spirit Ministry, c/o Beckey Phipps, 15 Upton Road, Waltham, MA 02452-8017.

Please make your check payable to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, earmarked SotS.

Application Questions

Please respond to the following questions. You may copy and paste the questions into your document.

A. Write a summary (3-6 pages) of your call to and experience with spiritual nurture ministry. In your summary, reflect upon how your calling to spiritual nurture and to its study rises out of your: personal faith, faith community, life experience, education, and training.

B. Respond succinctly but fully in writing to the following discernment questions. These questions are meant for your own discernment as well as to assist us in the admission process.

1. Describe your response to and level of comfort with the Christian grounding of Quakerism and with Christ-centered language. Describe your ability to listen and recognize spiritual openings and committed journeys in whatever form they may appear.
2. What personal needs demand a major part of your attention at this time? (e.g., recent loss, emotional issues, financial or family pressures, professional demands, opportunities for service in your meeting/church and beyond)
3. Describe how you will make the time available in your life to commit to all that this program calls for? (daily prayer, attendance at all the residencies, reading up to 100 pages per month, preparing four projects, and monthly meetings with a Care Committee)
4. Have you persons in mind who might serve on your Care Committee? What challenges, if any, do you anticipate in forming and having a Care Committee?
5. How are you going to pay for this program?
6. For your safety and health, are there any limitations that might affect your participation in this program?
7. What other questions, if any, have arisen in your discernment process for undertaking this program?