A Send Off for SEM ’25
After three years of diligent work, the SEM class of 2025 has officially graduated! Three students shared with us how going through SEM changed them. Plus a graduation photo gallery! Read More
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A Merry SEM Christmas
Although most interactions in our School of Everyday Mission (SEM) happen during online classes, the SEM experience emphasizes relationships, and students are intentional about connecting outside the classroom, whether through a lively WhatsApp chat or informal meetups. Read More
SEM Celebrates First Graduating Class
Woodland’s School of Everyday Mission (SEM) is a three year online discipleship program forming students in Jesus’ character in order to go out and serve the world. This May, our first class of SEM students graduated! Read More
Three Years’ Worth of SEM
Our School of Everyday Mission (SEM) is a three year program that has now been running for three years, so we asked students from each class year to tell us what it’s been like for them. Enjoy! Read More
SEM: Year Three
SEM is our three-year part-time discipleship and theological formation school. Each year a new batch of students is welcomed in at the Fall retreat, pictures below! But first, some fun facts: We have 36 students total (18 gals and 18 guys) Students come from 8 countries: Bolivia, China/Hong Kong, Democratic Republic of the Congo France, Haiti, Mexico, UK and US … Read More
SEM: Stacy’s Story
For years I’ve been asking myself: “How do we mature in our faith in Jesus and the Bible?” and “How do we reconcile the church of the 21st century, particularly in America, with Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount?” SEM has provided the nourishment I seemed to lack for decades. Read More
Heart-formation in SEM
Woodland’s School of Everyday Mission (SEM) is a three year online discipleship school that focuses on equipping and shaping the hearts of Jesus-followers to serve others. While many of us think about school as a place of information, SEM emphasizes formation—moving what we learn from our heads to our hearts. Read More
SEM: In Person at Last!
SEM students left their Zoom screens, and traveled to Woodland from around the world (London, La Paz, Hong Kong), around the States (Texas, Colorado, Illinois) and around the Twin Cities! Read More
The SEM Experience
Last fall Woodland started its School of Everyday Mission (SEM), a three year online course that covers all the same material from our nine month intensive SOMA program. The online format makes it accessible to both congregation and podgregation; our initial class of eleven students come from Minnesota, Alabama, Colorado, Bolivia and Haiti. Read More
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School of Everyday Mission Historically, those who felt a special calling to ministry or missions often pursued specialized training in “seminary.” But who said that ministry and missions were special callings for only a few people? That’s not in the Bible! We believe that we are all ministers and missionaries for the Kingdom of Jesus. We also realize the … Read More
