Fall 2003/Pasadena
Three-weekend Intensive
YF510
Leys
YF510: ALCANZANDO A LAS GENERACIONES EMERGENTES
(REACHING THE EMERGING
GENERATIONS). Lucas Leys.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course is designed to help students understand how to reach
and minister to young people in a changing world, particularly within a Latino
context. It will include practical ideas, concepts and principles for
evangelizing and making disciples of current and future generations. The course
will use a modular format focusing on the following topics: 1) adolescence and
youth; 2) the purposes of youth ministry; 3) youth programming; 4) evangelism
and relational discipleship; 5) effective leadership; and 6) the current
cultural context.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- Pastors and leaders within the Latino community need practical
tools to reach out to the young people in their congregations and their
communities. Specifically, students will:
- Better understand the internal processes of adolescent development and the
principal needs in light of each stage of development.
- Recognize the need for the church to care about adolescents and to
constructively find ways to assimilate them into the life of the church
community.
- Identify principles that make for an effective, theologically-driven youth
program.
- Recognize and discover how to integrate into their lives the foundational
elements of an effective youth ministry in a changing Latino sub-culture.
- Have the ability to discern the needs of a social situation and be able to
adapt their ministries so that they can be more attractive to and effective
with new generations.
- Integrate what is learned in class and be able to begin putting what is
learned into practice.
COURSE FORMAT:
- The course will meet in three Friday-Saturday sessions, six hours
each day.
REQUIRED READING:
- Leys, Lucas. El ministerio juvenil efectivo. Miami:
Editorial Vida, 2003.
- Fields, Doug, Ministerio de jóvenes con propósito.
Miami: Editorial Vida, 2000.
- Montero-Sieburth, Martha, and Francisco Villarruel, eds. Making
Invisible Latino Adolescents Visible: A Critical Approach to Latino
Diversity. New York : Falmer Press, 2000.
- A counseling book of the student's choice with the professor's
approval.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Clark, Chap. Romanos ¡Fe al vivo rojo!
Editorial Vida, 2001.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Write a book report for each of the required texts (2-4 pages each).
- Present a quarter-long program for youth ministry in a local church using
what was learned in class (3-5 pages).
- Write a socio-cultural analysis of the young people in the student's local
church (or of some other specific youth group previously approved by the
professor) (8-10 pages).
- There will be a short exam at the end of each module (6 exams).
PREREQUISITES:
- Spanish.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Meets the M.Div. core requirement in Christian Formation and
Discipleship (MIN4).
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.