SELECT Video Resources
Lutheran Voices for Leadership Formation
What is SELECT? SELECT is a program of continuing theological education videos designed for individuals and small groups. These resources are intended specifically for clergy, deaconesses, diaconal ministers, associates in ministry, for laity, but can be used in almost any church setting.
SELECT is sponsored by the Vocation and Education unit of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), working in cooperation with the eight seminaries of the ELCA. Most of the courses, however, offered are appropriate for use by persons of all denominations.
Tired of going it alone?
Don't take the journey alone — choose an online course!
Whether you're looking for continuing education, education for rostering or certification in your synod or the ELCA, you don't need to go it alone — or create your own class. SELECT knows that people learn better when they are supported and enriched by other learners and a facilitator. Learners have often expressed concern about being able to pull together a small group for a SELECT class or in getting a pastor to commit to facilitating.
To serve you better, SELECT has online companion courses! Courses from our catalog will be used and enhanced with online learning components and a qualified facilitator will host the online learning. Courses provide quality resource materials, including videos, readings, and a study guide which leads the group through the course. While it is usually preferable to study with a small group, SELECT courses are often sold to and used by individuals.
SELECT online courses are designed to provide new information through the video presentation and reading resources, group discussion will help inform, clarify, enlighten and influence the mind, build supportive relationships among persons in the study group, and begin a process of integrating the new learning into the practice of daily ministry.
Why SELECT?
There are many good reasons to do continuing education via SELECT. This is a sampling of what we hear from the thousands of people who have used our resources:
- "SELECT courses and DVDs provide access to excellent, well-known teachers — you can invite professors from our ELCA seminaries to address your group by way of these videos. The courses and DVDs feature many other excellent teachers."
- "The courses are educationally sound. The study guide leads the group through learning experiences that both inform and build supportive relationships."
- "Courses are accessible and easy to use. You study with peers who are nearby and familiar to you. You set the schedule and the place you will meet. There is no hassle to travel great distances to fit into someone else's schedule and system."
- "SELECT resources are reasonably priced and fit into our stewardship goals."
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