Fall 2004/Pasadena
GM586
Dyrness
GM586: PRACTICUM IN CONGREGATION-BASED LEADERSHIP. William Dyrness.
DESCRIPTION:
- The aim of this course is to provide practical experiences for
students who are taking the MA in Christian Leadership, Ministry of the Laity
Concentration. Students will focus especially on identifying the perceptions,
dilemmas, needs and institutional cultures of lay people involved in mutual
ministry in the church (GM586) or in the world (GM587). Participants will
engage in a project designed to prepare them to assist lay people to deal with
these aspects of their divine calling.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- The practicum should help students identify the particular
challenges, tasks and skills involved in the ministry of or to the laity in a
congregation-based context, as well as equip them to become effective resource
persons to lay people fulfilling their ministry in the church and the
world.
PRACTICUM FORMAT:
- Students will spend ten hours a week for ten weeks in a local
church (a total of 100 hours). One hour each week is to be spent with the
approved supervisor for evaluation, planning, theological reflection and
prayer.
PREREGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS:
- Before the student may register for this course, several
steps must be completed, a process that may take up to a month since the
student is responsible to make arrangements for a practicum site. The student
should contact the Office of Field Education at 626-584-5387 or
fe-odr@dept.fuller.edu to request the MACL Practicum materials.
Then, the student must submit the Internship and Supervisor applications. After
the student has submitted these applications, he or she must schedule an
enrollment interview with the Office of Field Education. If the Practicum is
approved, the student will then receive a Course Approval Notification that
must be submitted to the Academic Advisor prior to registration.
REQUIRED READING:
- The student will be provided with a reading list of appropriate
titles concerning lay leadership training and development. A one-page report in
the form of a synopsis with theological reflective comments will be completed
on each of three books.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Completion of a Learning Agreement by the supervisor and the student, to be
turned in to the Office of Field Education by the end of the second week of the
quarter.
- Completion of Evaluation Reports by the supervisor and the student, to be
turned in by the end of the tenth week of the quarter.
- Written summary of the student's experience in the practicum.
- Three book reviews.
PREREQUISITES:
- None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Meets core practicum in M.A. in Christian Leadership requirements.
This practicum is offered only for letter grade and four units credit.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- None.