2025-2026 calendar.

The following dates are tentative and will be firmed up by August 2025.​ (In-person gathering dates begin Monday evenings and end Wednesday at noon, with travel arranged for both those days.)

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July 1

     New cohort announcement

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August 20

     Welcome Zoom meeting

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September 15-17

     First in-person gathering of the cohort in Des Moines

     Topics:

          "The deus absconditus and the preacher"

          "Complexity science and preaching"

          "Preaching an actual Word to actual sinners"

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October 1

     All-cohort Zoom meeting

     Topic:

          "Preaching the Law won't do what you intend"

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November 5

     All-cohort Zoom meeting

     Topic:

         "Yes, you can preach on the Old Testament"

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December 3

     All-cohort Zoom meeting

     Topic:

          "What un-seminaried ears are tuned for"

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January 12-14

     Mid-winter recharge gathering of the cohort in LA

     Topics:

          "Ekphrastic poetry as a model for sermon development"

          "Bridging the biblical world and ours"

          "Your hymnal can strengthen your proclamation"

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February 4

     All-cohort Zoom meeting

     Topic:

          "Free will is neither free nor preachable"

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March 4

     All-cohort Zoom meeting

     Topic:

          "Preaching Easter"

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April 8

     All-cohort Zoom meeting

     Topic:

          "Preaching the Psalms"

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May 1

     Applications for 2026-2027 open

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May 6

     All-cohort Zoom meeting

     Topic:

          "Preaching to Gen Z"

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June 1

     Applications for 2026-2027 close

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June 8-10

     In-person celebration gathering in Charlottesville

     Topics:

          "In it for the long haul"

          "The grammar of relief"

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