PMIN 396 Ministry Practicum
Fall 201
3:30-4:20 pm Mondays (other hours are at local church) (3 hours)
Bill Baumgardner
Faculty Box 55
(513) 244-8107 [office]
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Primarily designed for those who take the 3 credit hour internship experience, this course combines classroom instruction in congregational ministry practices with assignments that apply the material in local church settings.
BOOK
Resilient Ministry Burns, Chapman, Guthrie. InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 2013.
RATIONALE
This class is at the conclusion or can be done prior to your internship. Discussion that ministry is not a three month “do and done” item; it involves a “season of ministry.” This course is to open students into situations and problems associated with ministry.
OBJECTIVES
1. Read RESILIENT MINISTRY and discuss the various topics of the book and apply them to ministry.
2. Listen to and then visit various ministry models within the Cincinnati area and then report on your observations.
3. Discussion various problem associated with ministry in general.
GRADING
Book Observations Various 30%
Church Visits Due November 18 30%
Church Report December 2 15%
Attendance December 9 15%
Final Finals Week 10%
ATTENDANCE
You are expected to be in class. If you miss more than two weeks of class (two sessions) you will receive the grade of FA (failure due to absences) in the class. Please remember that there are NO excused absences. You are expected to be on time to class. Three tardies will result in one absence.
Assignments are due on the date listed below. Anything turned in late will receive a 5-point reduction until the assignment reaches a zero (20 days late). No grace will be given after the 20-day period. You can turn in all assignments early.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. You will read the various chapters of the book RESILIENT MINISTRY and type 300 words on what you learned about each section. These are to be typed and turned into moodle before it begins.
Life in Pastoral Ministry 1 9/9/13
The Five Themes of Resilient Ministry 2 9/16/13
Evaluating & Pursuing Spiritual Formation 3/4 9/23/13
Burning On, Not Burning Out/Pacing Out Lifestyles 5/6 9/30/13
Understanding & Developing Emotional Intelligence 7/8 10/7/13
Exploring & Improving Cultural Intelligence 9/10 10/14/13
Marriage & Family 11/12 10/21/13
Leadership Poetry 13 10/28/13
Leadership Plumbing 14 11/4/13
Insights & Next Steps 15 11/11/13
Appendices A-E 11/18/13
2. You will have five guests come to class and talk about their ministry. You will then visit the church the following Sunday and observed the ministry. You will take the attached sheet (one for each ministry) and write down your observations. You will then take all five and write a report about what you observed. You will then give your findings to the class on December 9th. You will be graded for both oral and written reports.
3. Students will select a ministry to work within their desired field for the months of September, October, November, and December (our college schedule). You can work as a volunteer or paid staff. This will count towards your Christian service at the same time. You will periodically report to the class what is going on in this ministry.
4. There will be a final covering the book, lectures, and observations.
Classroom (Subject to change)
August 26 - Syllabus, Introduction to Class, What is expected of me?
September 9 - Life in Pastoral Ministry
September 16 - Senior/Preaching Ministry: Travis Whalen
September 23 - The Five Themes of Resilient Ministry
September 30 – Evaluating Spiritual Formation – No Class, but homework.
October 7- Youth Ministry: Anita Green
October 14- Administrative Ministry: Steve Poston
October 21- Pursuing Spiritual Formation
October 28 – Children’s Ministry: Karen Riley
November 4 – Burning On, Not Burning Out
November 11 – Worship Ministry: Daniel Read
November 18 – Marriage & Family Stressors
December 2 – Poetry & Plumbing
December 9 – Report on ministry visits.
FINALS
Professr has the right to change or modify this syllabus.
Observation Sheet (you will need five separate ones)
Name _________________________________________________________________________
Date ______________________ Ministry Observed ____________________________________
What positive things do you see?
What suggestions would you make?
What was one thing you did not understand why they did this?
Summary:
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