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Grace Year
  • About
    • Staff
    • Grace Church & Millbrook
    • Prospective Site Partners
    • Contact Us
  • Fellowship
    • Meet the Fellows
    • In Living
    • In Learning
    • In Praxis >
      • Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
      • Cardinal Hayes Home for Children
      • GIO & EPIC for Immigrant Solidarity
      • Episcopal Youth Ministry @ St. Peter's
      • New Generation @ Grace Millbrook
  • Apply
    • August 2019 Cohort
    • Admissions Info >
      • Application Process
      • Applicant FAQ
      • Informational Phone Call
      • Recommend Someone
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In Learning

Curriculum on Spirituality, Leadership, and Justice

Grace Year is an experiential learning and professional development program. Of course, learning is integrated into every aspect of life in the fellowship, as we equip our fellows to be lifelong learners. 

The bulk of the program is divided into four learning modules: spirituality, leadership, justice, and capstone projects. Each module involves independent and group study, reflection, site visits, workshops, and skill-building. Typically each Monday is a dedicated Study Day. Fellows meet challenging topics with passion and love. They make a commitment to centering truth and reconciliation as we study oppression, liberation, and our place in both. Reading, discerning, writing, and discussing are all part of the weekly rhythm of life at Grace Year. ​

The program is book-ended by one-week opening and closing sessions. Fellows are expected to be co-creators of their Grace Year. The program fosters leadership amongst fellows, and offers a highly responsive approach to programming.

Would you like to invite Grace Year to visit your organization or community of faith? Do you have a skill that you'd like to share with us? Did you write something that we should be reading?  Contact us.
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Capstone Projects

Following the three modules on spirituality, leadership, and justice, we conclude with capstone projects. Capstone projects synthesize learning and growth from the many different aspects of the program: the life of the church, praxis positions, intentional living community, learning modules, spiritual discernment, and the intangibles that arise from such experiences transpiring in unison. Fellows have four weeks of unstructured time and a small budget to complete and publicly present a project that shares their experience with the wider community. A capstone project celebrates a fellow's accomplishment in their Grace Year and summarizes their Praxis Position.

Spiritual Direction

Fellows receive one-to-one, guided spiritual direction from a clergy person, whether an Episcopalian or someone ordained in a different faith tradition. Spiritual directors take an open-minded, student-centered approach that responds to the individual's questions with a listening ear and useful methods and exercises.
IN PRAXIS
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Rooted in spirituality, leadership, and justice, Grace Year guides fellows through a year ​of discernment, community, and professional development to imagine and create pathways to reconciliation ​and a more just world. ​
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  • About
    • Staff
    • Grace Church & Millbrook
    • Prospective Site Partners
    • Contact Us
  • Fellowship
    • Meet the Fellows
    • In Living
    • In Learning
    • In Praxis >
      • Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
      • Cardinal Hayes Home for Children
      • GIO & EPIC for Immigrant Solidarity
      • Episcopal Youth Ministry @ St. Peter's
      • New Generation @ Grace Millbrook
  • Apply
    • August 2019 Cohort
    • Admissions Info >
      • Application Process
      • Applicant FAQ
      • Informational Phone Call
      • Recommend Someone
      • Access Online Application