EfM is a four-year program of study for adults who, through study, prayer, and reflection, seek to move toward a new understanding of the fullness of God’s kingdom as they better apprehend the connections between their faith and their lives.

The seminar group is the nucleus of the program. A group consists of six to 12 participants and a trained mentor who meet weekly over the course of 36 weeks. These meetings are usually from two and a half to three hours in length.

Participants are given weekly assignments to study with the help of resource guides and reading texts. The EfM Reading and Reflection Guide covers 36 group meetings in five six-meeting units plus two two-meeting interludes (in which all years read and reflect on a common text). Reading texts offer perspectives on the entire sweep of the Christian tradition from the earliest period to the present: biblical exegesis and interpretation, theology, church history, ethics, worship, spirituality, and interfaith encounter. Interlude texts offer additional voices that focus on specific themes.

For more information about the EfM program, please contact Deacon Diana Leiker,

Click here to read the EfM informational brochure.