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  Course Professor Course Materials
CMIN 105 Introduction to Global Vision

Every Fall during Global Vision Week

 

Brian Albright Fall 08 syllabus
CMIN 110

 
Intro to Intercultural Ministry

Spring

 

Brian Albright


 
 
 

CMIN 108


CHRISTIAN LIFE, FAITH AND MINISTRY
Every semester


SERVICE LEARNING FORMS
Student Contract and Liability Form - for CLFM use only
Ministry And Service (MAS) credit report form


CLFM Training Day Documents:               Syllabus     Calendar
Articles:  
God at Work -  A Content Analysis   -  Projects That Matter - Wesleyan Quadrilateral
 

  Section Professor Course materials
  01 Jim Thompson Fall 08 syllabus
Fall 08 course calendar

Christian College, Christian Calling:
  
  The Not-So-Great Divide
    
Bridging Past and Future



 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2008

READINGS AND ARTICLES
FOR ALL SECTIONS OF
CHRISTIAN LIFE, FAITH AND MINISTRY CLASSES

The Next Christianity

  02 Matt Elofson Fall 08 syllabus
 
  03 and 05

 

Vikki Randall Fall 08 syllabus
 

Study Questions
Foster
Christian Calling
McLaren


Supplemental Forms


Mid Term Study Guide

Powerpoints:
Sub Worldviews

Wesleyan  Quadrilateral
Atonement
Following
The Church
 

 

04

Michael Bruner

Fall 08 syllabus

 

Readings for 9/23/08:
Norris: Dogma,  Theology, Truth
Buechner:
Reason, Science, Doctrine, Heretics

Readings for 10/2/08:
Christ in Buechner
Christ in Norris

 Happy reading.



 

  06 and 09 Mark Sanford &
Brian Willmer

Fall 08 (06) TR syllabus
Fall 08 (09) MW syllabus


7hrs ministry check form
 

Handouts:
Mormonism

Nationalism

Intro to World Views
World Views Session I
World Views Session 2
Hedonism
Moral Relativism
New Age
Scientific Naturalism
Who Is Jesus?
Spiritual Disciplines
Building Significant Relationships
SMART Goal 2
Authentic Christian Community
Forgiveness
Spiritual Gifts
Centers
Creation, Fall, Incarnation, Redemption

SCAR Assessment
Jesus SCAR
Partnering in Ministry
Building Significant Relationships
Practical Theology Method
 

 

  07 Brian Holland Fall 08 syllabus

 

  08 and 11 Lynn Thrush Fall 08 (08) syllabus
Fall 08 (11) syllabus

Sacred Time
Jesus, God's Solutions
OT Biblical-Theological Basis for Ministry
Worldviews
Church History Overview - Jesus to the Reformation
Luther, Zwingli, Anabaptists
The Puritans and Wesley
Justice and Just War Theory

The Kind of Life that Really Works - The Beatitudes
Setting the World to Rights
Image of God: Sexual Integrity

 

 

10 Weekends Class

Doug Heal
 
Fall 08 syllabus
 

Honors

Michael Bruner Fall 08 syllabus
 

Readings for 9/23/08:
Norris: Dogma,  Theology, Truth
Buechner: Reason, Science, Doctrine, Heretics

Readings for 10/2/08:
Christ in Buechner
Christ in Norris



Schmemann  ch 1 synopsis

 Happy reading.

 

  Course Professor Course Materials
 

CMIN 206

Intro to Practical Theology 

Every semester

Paul Shrier
 

Sp 08 Syllabus
Course Schedule

Handouts

LT Johnson Questions

Street Saints Questions

DECIDE Step 1
DECIDE Step 2
DECIDE Step 3
DECIDE Step 4
DECIDE STEPS
2007
Dialogue - 12 Angry Men
PT Models
Name Yourself Exercise

Intro to Practical Theology
Is Your Worship too Loud?
Contextual Models
Narrative Models
Performance Models
Regulative Models

The Practical Theology of Domestic      Final
 

Student Example Papers:
Credit Card References

Poverty in L.A.
Hikikormi
Handguns
Holland Prior Case Studies

 

CMIN 206

Intro to Practical Theology  Scott Daniels Fall 08 syllabus

 

CMIN 316

The Art of  Leadership

Every semester




 

 

Paul Shrier Sp 08 syllabus
Sp 08 Course Schedule



SPIN Model
Leadership Questions
Contemplatives in Action reading questions

Leadership Introduction
Love God, Love Neighbor
The Tradeoff -Equity and Efficiency

Leading in Context
Goals Evaluation
Hiring

Ideal Following Traits
 

CMIN 318

Theology & Practice of  Ministry

Fall

 
Dick Pritchard Fall 08 syllabus

Handouts:

Pastoral Ministry - A Partnership Between Academy   and Congregation

McLaren Quiz Prep Schedule
MP Presentation Schedule

 

CMIN 326

Effective Teaching in C.E.

Variable


 

 

Karen Crozier

Sp 07 syllabus

Handouts:
Typology of General Aims of Christian Adult Education
Letter from a Birmingham Jail

CMIN 356

Developing Disciples

Variable

 

Mark Sanford

Fall 08 syllabus

Handouts:
Your God is Too Small

CMIN 401

Christian Ministries Internship I

Every Fall

 

Dick Pritchard



 


 


 


Fall 08 syllabus

DECIDE

Handouts:
Case Study: Abuse
Case Study: AIDS

Case Study: Ordained Infidelities
Case Study: Conversations Behind Closed Doors
Case Study Answering Cries for Help
Case Study Fumbling with Figures
Case Study Crisis Pregnancies
Case Study When the Closet is Opened


Forms:
Duties of Internship Team

Learning Covenant
Total Ministry Hours Report
Internship Covenant Reports
Student Mid and Final Evaluations
Supervisor Mid and Final Evaluations

 
Requirements for Site and Supervisor

Site application form


Info for FALL 2008

Internship Supervisors Orientation Powerpoint
 

CMIN 402

Christian Ministries Internship II:


Every Spring
 

Dick Pritchard

Internship Site Supervisor forms


Sp 08 syllabus

 

CMIN 405

Christian Mission in 21st Century

Spring
 

 

Sp 08 syllabus

CMIN 406

History & Philosophy of C.E.

Variable
 

 

CMIN 408

Principles of Preaching

Spring

 

 

Sp 07 syllabus
Handouts:
Sermon Evaluation form

CMIN 416

Communicating the Gospel

Spring, even year

 

Lynn Thrush

Spring 08 syllabus

CMIN 428

Church and Society

Spring, odd year

 

Paul Shrier

Sp 08 syllabus
Sp 08 Course schedule

Christ & Culture Intro

CMIN 446

Children`s Educational Ministry

Variable
 

 

CMIN 456

Ministry Organization  & Administration
 

Spring
 

Dick Pritchard

Sp 08 syllabus

CMIN 466

Adult Development & Spiritual Formation

Variable
 

 

CMIN 495

Topics in Christian Ministry

Variable
 

Mike Platter

Topics in CMIN: Healthy Church, Healthy Minister, syllabus

CMIN 497

Readings (1-4)
Every semester

 

CMIN 498

Directed Research (1-4) 
Every semester

 

GLBL 301

Anthropology of Everyday Life #UDW

See Global Studies Dept

Only one GLBL course should be counted  for CMIN major credit.

GLBL 310

Intercultural Communication             

GLBL 315

Urban Explorations (3)# UDW

GMIN 529

City in Theological Perspective (4)

See Haggard Grad School

PHIL 370

Comparative Religions

Every semester

                     YOUTH MINISTRY COURSES:


 
COURSE PROFESSOR COURSE MATERIALS
YMIN
106
Intro to Youth Ministry

Every semester
Matt Elofson Fall 2008 syllabus
YMIN
200
 


Philosophy and Theology of Youth Ministry



Every semester


 

Cheryl Crawford

Administration:

Fall 08 syllabus
Course schedule

Grading criteria for manual

Assignments:
Personal Assessment Paper
#1 Caputo
#2 Arzola
#3 Root Intro Ch 4-5
#4 Fields 5, 10 Burns 12
#5 White
#6 Burns 22-27
#7 Burns and CYFM articles
#8 Burns 6, PDYM 14, One-eared MM.


Readings:
Missing the Point: Social Action, Campolo


CYFM articles:
Toward Deeper Justice for All, Powell
Learning from the Experts: Crawford
If We Send Them, They will Grow...maybe, Powell, Linhart, Livermore and Griffin


The One-Eared Mickey Mouse, Cummings-Bond


 




Personal Assessment Paper and Group info
Student Leadership

Student Leadership Expectations

Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy
Duffy Robbins, This Way to Youth Ministry 2004

SHAPE Inventory
Discerning Your Natural Gifts & Acquired Skills

Leadership diagrams
Manual Standards for Unit 3
Evangelism and Outreach

Applications:
Student Ministry
Adult Volunteer
Children's Ministry

 

YMIN
201
 

Adolescent Development and Family Ministry

Every semester
 

 

 



                                                                 





 

Cheryl Crawford

Administration:
Fall 08 syllabus and schedule
Reflection Questions

Book Review
Final Project and Presentation
Film Report (optional)

 


Handouts:
The Human Brain
Brain Maturation
Nerve Proliferation & Pruning
Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems


Readings:

Adolescent Brian Development, Schwartz

Exclusion and Embrace, Volf
Handbook of Cultural Psychology, Kitayama, Cohen
A Very Present Help, Langford
Church as First Family, Clapp

Transgender Moment
What is Man?
Secrets of the Teen Brain

The Battle over Gay Teens
The Logic of the Spirit

What Makes Teens Tick?
 

YMIN
300


 

Adolescent Culture and Evangelism

Every semester

Matt Elofson

Fall 08 syllabus


 

YMIN
305
Integration of Faith and Sports
(formerly YMIN 210 Philosophy and Theology of Sports Ministry)

Every semester

 

Steve Quatro Fall 08 syllabus