Out and About

Today ends officially the "academic" portion of CEM. This trimester, we had less time for classes (the trimester being shorter, and the traveling being more frequent) and only 3 courses:

Church History
Spiritual Leadership
The Old Testament in the New Testament: Acts and Revelation

Along with our church history course came 2 field trips. Our first field trip covered the earliest history of the church. We started with a visit to a Roman bridge and Glanum, a Roman village buried in sediments and recently discovered.
Our second field trip was to the Pope's Palace in Avignon and to a Cistercian Monastery built in the Roman style.

It was great to take advantage of our being in Europe to see real landmarks of church history.

A Roman bridge that puts modern bridges to shame. If only they had made it wide enough for trucks to pass!

Glanum: all is not lost!

The pope's palace in Avignon. A rather depressing part of church history, where the Papacy was claimed simultaneously by Popes in Avignon, Pisa and Rome.

The Cistercian Monestary, built over a period of 150 years. Built in the Roman style but newer parts begin to show Gothic influences as architectural technology develops.

And CEM itself is not over until the end of July! Coming up we have:
A tiny break
A work week at the Bonnefoi Center with a team from the Pitman Church of Christ
CEM Intense Sampler Week
2 weeks as a counselor at Camp Harmony

Stay posted until I see you all again in August!