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Vocation Exploration Circles are small groups designed to give BU undergraduate students discernment tools and space for vocational discovery over a 6-week period. These circles are offered each semester as part of the Vocation Exploration Initiative, a program of Protestant Campus Ministry at Bloomsburg University (PCM) and generously funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc.
These 1 ½ hour weekly sessions will be facilitated by the campus minister, a local pastor, or other campus partners. Discussions and activities will encourage students to:
The curriculum draws from the Christian tradition. However, students of all backgrounds and beliefs, religious or non-religious, are welcome. |
Fall 2020 Workshops & Circle
If you are interested in participating in our Vocation Exploration Circle contact Rev. Jill Young, jyoung@bloomu.edu, or click here to register.
We are now also offering introductory Vocation Exploration Workshops as part of the CLE leadership certification program, level 1 & 2. These will give you a taste of what we cover in the 6-session Vocation Exploration Circle. To sign up for one of these workshops through the CLE click here or email jyoung@bloomu.edu.
Title: Introduction to Vocation: A path toward meaningful, joyful work and a life of purpose.
Presenter: Rev. Jill Young
Day/Date/Time: Tuesday, September 29, 12:00-12:50 PM
Zoom link: https://bloomu.zoom.us/j/93169808677
Description: Amidst all of your studies and preparations for your future career, have you stopped to check in with your truest self? This workshop is designed to help you ask the fundamental questions about your career and life plans. Work of any kind is most fulfilling when we are contributing out of what we are uniquely meant to give, and when we are intentionally seeking to live in congruence with our deepest values and beliefs. Come away with ideas for practices and tools to further your vocational discernment, as well as questions for you to continue to chew on.
Credit available for CLE, level 1
Level 1, Critical thinking and problem solving
Title: Introduction to Discernment: Tips & tools for making important life decisions
Presenter: Rev. Jill Young
Day/Date/Time: Monday, October 19, 12:00-12:50 PM
Zoom link: https://bloomu.zoom.us/j/98394777646
Description: Whether you’re choosing a major, making choices about a relationship, or deciding about which opportunity to pursue during summer break, decision-making can be stressful. In this workshop, you will learn about discernment, which involves slowing down to carefully listen as you sift through various options and perspectives, listening for your own voice and values. You will glean tips and practices to help you in making wise and true choices.
Credit available for CLE, level 1
Title: Vocation & Today’s World: Connecting what we love to do with what our communities need.
Presenter: Rev. Jill Young
Day/Date/Time: Thursday, October 8, 12:00-12:50 PM
Zoom link: https://bloomu.zoom.us/j/96013766404
Description: Not only is self-understanding vital in vocational discernment, but so is awareness of how our abilities, gifts, and passions fit into what is needed in our world. In this workshop you will have opportunity to consider your own unique interests and skills and then to generate creative ideas about how those can be put to work to serve key needs in the communities in which you live, in this particular moment in history. We will look at innovative examples of how others are doing just that and how their beliefs and values motivate their work.
Credit available for CLE, level 2
We are now also offering introductory Vocation Exploration Workshops as part of the CLE leadership certification program, level 1 & 2. These will give you a taste of what we cover in the 6-session Vocation Exploration Circle. To sign up for one of these workshops through the CLE click here or email jyoung@bloomu.edu.
Title: Introduction to Vocation: A path toward meaningful, joyful work and a life of purpose.
Presenter: Rev. Jill Young
Day/Date/Time: Tuesday, September 29, 12:00-12:50 PM
Zoom link: https://bloomu.zoom.us/j/93169808677
Description: Amidst all of your studies and preparations for your future career, have you stopped to check in with your truest self? This workshop is designed to help you ask the fundamental questions about your career and life plans. Work of any kind is most fulfilling when we are contributing out of what we are uniquely meant to give, and when we are intentionally seeking to live in congruence with our deepest values and beliefs. Come away with ideas for practices and tools to further your vocational discernment, as well as questions for you to continue to chew on.
Credit available for CLE, level 1
Level 1, Critical thinking and problem solving
Title: Introduction to Discernment: Tips & tools for making important life decisions
Presenter: Rev. Jill Young
Day/Date/Time: Monday, October 19, 12:00-12:50 PM
Zoom link: https://bloomu.zoom.us/j/98394777646
Description: Whether you’re choosing a major, making choices about a relationship, or deciding about which opportunity to pursue during summer break, decision-making can be stressful. In this workshop, you will learn about discernment, which involves slowing down to carefully listen as you sift through various options and perspectives, listening for your own voice and values. You will glean tips and practices to help you in making wise and true choices.
Credit available for CLE, level 1
Title: Vocation & Today’s World: Connecting what we love to do with what our communities need.
Presenter: Rev. Jill Young
Day/Date/Time: Thursday, October 8, 12:00-12:50 PM
Zoom link: https://bloomu.zoom.us/j/96013766404
Description: Not only is self-understanding vital in vocational discernment, but so is awareness of how our abilities, gifts, and passions fit into what is needed in our world. In this workshop you will have opportunity to consider your own unique interests and skills and then to generate creative ideas about how those can be put to work to serve key needs in the communities in which you live, in this particular moment in history. We will look at innovative examples of how others are doing just that and how their beliefs and values motivate their work.
Credit available for CLE, level 2
