Wesley
Theological Seminary
Buffalo,
NY Extension
Admissions, General Information, Course Offerings, Schedule, Cost, Housing, Registration, Contact Information
Welcome!
At the request
of the WNY Conference Board of Ordained Ministry, in July of 2004, The Board of
Directors of the United Methodist Course of Study at Wesley Theological Seminary
Program approved the creation of a Buffalo Extension designed for part-time
local pastors in the New York West Area and surrounding Conferences.
We are grateful
for the privilege of serving you, and for your continued prayers and support as
we serve the mission of the WNY Conference, “to recruit, resource, refresh and
release excellent spiritual leaders to strengthen and multiply places where
Jesus is proclaimed and served in our world.”
Dr. Wendy J. Deichmann Edwards,
Director and Registrar
Rev. Gail
Lewis, Local Academic Coordinator
Rev.
David Hotchkiss, President of the WNY Fellowship of Local Pastors
Requirements
for enrollment in Course of Study include:
Location
West
Seneca campus of Houghton College (about 12 miles south of Buffalo), 810
Union Road,, West Seneca, NY 14224 (716-677-0802)
General
Information about Courses
·
Minimum enrollment
required of 10 students per course. Full
refunds (including registration fee) will be granted if a course is cancelled
because of insufficient enrollment.
·
Course syllabi will be
posted on this site approximately 3 months prior to the beginning of each
course.
·
Students are expected
to acquire books foe courses on their own, since there is no bookstore on
campus. Normally books can be
ordered through online sources or at your nearest Cokesbury store.
Exceptions and additional sources should be stated in the syllabi.
Please contact the Instructor of the course or the Director if you have
questions.
·
It is expected that a
significant portion or the reading, and possibly written assignments, will be
due prior to or at the first meeting of class.
Please be sure to study the syllabus for each course as soon as it is
posted to allow sufficient time for preparation.
NEW 2010 COURSE INFORMATION (Download .pdf file)
CS-111
“Pastor as Interpreter of the Bible”
Sessions: January 15-16, February 12-13, 2010
Instructor,
Rev. Dr. Carl Shultz, Professor of Old
Testament, Department of Religion and Philosophy, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
Registration Due: November 15, 2009
CS-114
“Pastoral Leadership and Administration”
Sessions: March 12-13 & April 30-May 1, 2010
Instructor, Rev. Dr. Cathy Hall-Stengel, District Superintendent, Western New York Conference UMC, Mountain View District, Olean, NY
Registration Due: January 12, 2010
CS-113
“Pastoral Care for Spiritual Formation”
Sessions: August 20-21 & September 17-18, 2010
Instructor, Rev. Robert C. Spilman, Clinical Pastoral Education Department, Samaritan Pastoral Counseling Center of WNY
Registration Due: June 20, 2010
CS-112
“Theology in the Wesleyan Spirit”
Sessions: October
15-16 & November 12-13, 2010
Instructor, Dr. Jason Vickers, Assistant Professor of Theology,
United Theological Seminary, Trotwood, OH
2010 YEAR 2 COURSES
CS-211
“Hebrew Bible”
Sessions:
October 15-16 & November 12-13, 2010
Instructor, Rev. Dr. Carl Schultz, Professor of Old Testament,
Department of Religion and Philosophy, Houghton College
CS-212
"Theological Heritage: Early Church”
Sessions: March 12-13 & April 30-May 1, 2010
Instructor, Dr. John Tyson, Professor of Theology, Houghton College, Houghton, NY
Registration Due: January 12, 2010
CS-213 “Formation for Discipleship”
Sessions: January
15-16 & February 12 -13, 2010
Instructor, Barbara Bruce, Nationally known Christian Educator and Author
Registration Due: November 15, 2009
CS-214
“Practice of Preaching”
Sessions: August 20-21
& September 17-18, 2010
Instructor,
2010 YEAR 3 COURSES
CS-311 “New Testament 1”
Sessions: August 20-21 & September 17-18, 2010
Instructor, Dr. David Watson, Assistant Professor of New Testament, United Theological Seminary, Trotwood, OH
Registration Due: June 20, 2010
CS-312 “Theological Heritage: Reformation”
Sessions: October
15-16 & November 12-13, 2010
Instructor, Dr. John Tyson, Professor of Theology, Houghton College,
Houghton, NY
CS-313 “Our Mission: Evangelism”
Sessions:
March 12-13 & April 30-May 1, 2010
Instructor, Rev. Dr. Gregory Crispell, Pastor, First United
Methodist Church, N Tonawanda, NY
CS-314
“Pastoral Care and Counseling”
Sessions: January 15-16 & February 12-13, 2010
Instructor, Rev John Wetherwax, Pastor, Williamsville United Methodist Church, Williamsville, NY, Clinical Therapist, Child and Adolescent Treatment Services, Buffalo, NY
Registration Due: November 15, 2009
DOWNLOAD COURSE SYLLABUS
Schedule
Each course will meet on a Friday/Saturday format as follows:
Fridays:
1:30-2:30pm Arrival, check-in, refreshments
2:30-5:00pm Class
5:00pm Community worship
5:30pm Dinner
6:30-8:30pm Class
Saturdays:
7:30-8:30am Continental Breakfast
8:30am-12:00 Class
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-3:00pm Class
Costs per course
(Costs should not prevent a person from enrolling in Course of Study.
Contact your home Conference Board of Ordained Ministry about scholarship
assistance. If you need assistance
beyond what your home Conference can provide, please contact the Director of the
Extension.)
Please
note:
Registration
forms (see below) and accompanying registration fee must be postmarked two
months prior to the beginning of each course.
$75.00 registration fees are not refundable unless the course is
cancelled. Tuition and Board may be
refunded upon written request until the course begins.
Fees $
75.00 (non-refundable)
Tuition $
350.00
Board* $
40.00
Dorm room $ 30.00 (2
Fri. nights, optional.)
_______
Total
$
495.00
*Includes
Friday night dinner, Saturday continental breakfast and lunch, beverages and
snacks
Dormitory
housing will be available most Friday nights at the West Seneca campus for $15
per night, linens included, on a first come, first served basis.
Students must indicate on registration forms whether they want to reserve
a room on campus or arrange their own housing elsewhere.
On occasion, Houghton College may need their dormitories for their own
programs, in which case it would be necessary to find alternative housing.
Following is a list of nearby hotels, phone numbers and approximate
costs—which vary from season to season. (This
list reflects primarily off-season rates.)
Econo
Lodge
(4344
Milestrip
Rd., Blasdell, 5.5 miles from campus Mapquest
location
Red Roof Inn (Camp Road, Hamburg, 9 miles from campus) 716-648-7222
$89.00-$94.00
Clarion Hotel (S 3950 McKinley Pkwy, Blasdell, 6.5 miles from campus)
716-648-5700
$89.00 - $110.00
Hampton Inn (Slade Road, West Seneca, 2 miles from campus) 716-821-2030
$170.00
Oak Tree Inn (3475 Union Road, Cheektowaga, 6 miles north on Union Rd from campus) 716-681-2600
$75.00 - $95.00
Bluebird Motel (Transit Road, West Seneca, 3.5 mi. from campus) 716-674-3174
$49.00 - $59.00 (This is a smaller family owned motel but several students have stayed here and said the rooms were nice)
Registration Form Download Form (Note: Acrobat Reader required)
Free
Rev. Dr. Wendy J.
Deichmann Edwards
Director, UM COS Buffalo
Extension
United Theological Seminary
4501 Denlinger Road
Trotwood, OH
45426
(937) 529-2255
Rev. David Hotchkiss
7200 Ontario Center Road
Ontario, NY 14519
(585) 335-8418
dhotch2@frontiernet.net
Rev. Gail Lewis
Local Coordinator
810 Union Road
West Seneca, NY 14224
revGML@aol.com
Denise Barham
Administrative/Hospitality
Assistant, UM COS Buffalo Extension
810 Union Road
West Seneca, NY
14224
(716) 677-0802