Formation Opportunities in our Diocese

Explore a variety of formation programs designed to nurture spiritual growth, foster lifelong learning, and strengthen your commitment to service within the Church. Our offerings include workshops, retreats, seminar series, ongoing programs, and special events—hosted in diverse parish and ministry settings across the diocese.

Programs are available for adults, ministry leaders, youth, and families. Each listing includes when and where the program takes place along with the hosting church or ministry team, helping you find opportunities suited to your spiritual journey or leadership role. Formats and topics vary to reflect the unique gifts of each facilitator and the needs of our local congregations.

We invite you to discover new ways of deepening your faith, building connections with others, and serving both the Church and the broader community through meaningful formation, prayer, and service.

Diocesan Vocations Course

Are you considering a significant change in your life? Do you wonder what more God might be calling you to do? The Diocese offers an opportunity for discernment that begins with a Vocations Course during Lent. This year's group begins meeting online via Zoom at 6:00pm (Mountain) on Wednesdays from February 25 through March 25, with an optional informational session on Feb. 11.

For more information about the Vocations Course or to register, please visit https://dioceserg.org/vocations-course.

What Really Happens on the Cross?

A Lenten Exploration of Christian Understandings of our Redemption
Tuesdays @ Noon (MST): February 17-March 24, 2026
Instructor: Rev. Dr. Cindy Geppert (Theologian in Residence at St. Mark’s, ABQ)
Contact Cindy Geppert at ethicdoc@comcast.net or 505-934-0475

Course Schedule:

• Session 1 February 17th : Prolegomenon: From What and For What Do We Need to be Redeemed?

• Session 2 February 24th: Recapitulation: The Second Adam Undoes the Damage and More

• Session 3 March 3rd: A Ransom is Owed to God, the Devil or Both

• Session 4 March 10th: Substituting for our Judgment

• Session 5 March 17th : The Sacrificial Priest and Victim

• Session 6: March 24 th : Epilogue: Following Christ, Exemplar and Mediator

Click here for course details and registration

Preaching Together: Living Stories Sermons and Intergenerational Worship

Zoom | April 8 | 12 – 1:30 pm Eastern
Rev. Peter Levenstrong | St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church

What happens when the sermon becomes a conversation? Living Stories Sermons is a collaborative preaching method that invites the whole congregation—children and elders, newcomers and longtime members—into the act of interpreting Scripture together. Drawing from Montessori and Godly Play pedagogies, this approach uses simple wooden figures, felt underlays, and open-ended wondering questions to transform preaching from monologue into shared theological imagination. In this webinar, participants will experience a Living Stories sermon firsthand, explore the theological and pedagogical principles that shape the method, and leave with practical resources for bringing collaborative, intergenerational preaching into their own congregational contexts. Whether you serve a large parish or a small church, lead youth ministry or preach weekly, this session will offer a fresh vision for what the sermon can become when we trust the whole Body of Christ to do theology together.

Registration closes April 6, 2026.

Register Here

Online Lenten Series w/St. Mark's ABQ and LGBTQ+ Ministry of the DRG

Cutting Through the Chatter: Trans Truths and Realities
Wednesdays 2/25, 3/4 , 3/11, 3/18 at 7:30pm (MST) and Sunday, March 22 at 11:15am (MST)
Hosted by St. Mark's members, clergy, and guest speakers

Click here for course details and registration

Walking the Mourner's Path Facilitator Training

February 26-28, 2026

St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Albuquerque, NM will be hosting a Walking the Mourner's Path Facilitator Training, February 26-28, 2026. For more information about the training and how to register, please visit: https://www.mournerspath.com/grief-facilitator-training.html

Weekly Lectionary Bible Study  

This Bible study explores the scripture readings from the church’s lectionary, helping participants engage with the biblical texts assigned for each week of the liturgical year. Through reflection and discussion, the class deepens understanding of Scripture’s themes and their connection to the seasons of faith, inspiring faithful living and worship.

We gather on Google Meet on Tuesdays 8:30am - 9:15am MT. All are welcome to join.

Contact Father Jeremiah Griffin for more information 

study of Life in Christ Jesus, Romans 5-8

Following our study of the primordial history in Genesis 1-11, we take up the examination of Paul’s response to the fall of Adam and the alienation of the world from God in original and actual sin. This study covers several short chapters, 5 through 8, in Paul’s letter to the church in Rome. These chapters form a fairly distinct unit within Paul’s letter. While they are brief, they constitute a serious and successful attempt to describe life in Christ and the role of Christ as the new Adam.

In his letter to the Galatians, Paul encouraged his converts to “walk in the Spirit”.  Now, in Romans, Paul explains exactly what he means by that and what it means to be “in Christ”. If people are justified through Christ, Paul insists, they are now reconciled to God. This reconciliation brings many benefits: peace with God, hope of sharing God's glory, and an outpouring of God's love. The description of how Christ's death accomplishes justification, salvation, and reconciliation is one of the great New Testament explanations of what is involved in divine love: a willingness to die for ungodly sinners who do not deserve such graciousness.

As always, we will consult leading scholars of the present and past in our examination. 

On Wednesday, October 22nd at 7:00 p.m. we will begin our study of Life in Christ Jesus, Romans 5-8.  Everyone is welcome to join us! No prior background in biblical studies is required. Email holyfamilysantafe@gmail.com to register and receive the Zoom link and study guide.  Our instructor will be the Reverend Dr. Kenneth Kochbeck.

Education for Ministry Groups (EfM)

Listing of Education for Ministry (EfM) groups currently meeting in the Diocese of the Rio Grande: