Summer 2005/Pasadena
FE513A/B/C
Schmit
FE513A/B/C: PART-TIME WORSHIP, THEOLOGY, & THE ARTS INTERNSHIP. Clayton
Schmit.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is designed to provide
an internship in a church, parachurch, or institutional setting that will
assist the student in developing competencies in the ministry of worship,
theology, and the arts. The internship is a vital component of the student's
final masters project and will therefore be coordinated by the academic program
staff of the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts based on its
relevance to the overall plan of the student's proposed project.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- This course offers an introduction to the tasks and skills of
worship and/or arts ministry whether the person serves as a part-time worship
director, music leader, visual or performing arts director, or pastor who is
concerned about developing and integrating worship and the arts in a
congregation or ministry setting.
COURSE FORMAT:
- The student begins the internship process by contacting the Office
of Field Education for preregistration materials and instructions on arranging
an internship. An internship site should be selected with the approval of the
academic program staff of the Brehm Center. The course has three primary
components: practical ministry, supervision, and theological reflection. The
student spends at least ten hours each week for nine months (three academic
quarters) in the church, parachurch, or institutional setting involved in
specific ministry assignments agreed upon by the on-site supervisor and
student, and approved by the academic program staff of the Brehm Center and the
Office of Field Education. One hour each week is to be spent with the approved
on-site supervisor. The agenda should address a) professional direction,
evaluation, and overseeing the student's ministry; b) theological reflection
and discussion of topics related to ministry as identified by the student and
supervisor; c) support and prayer.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Completion of the Learning Agreement by the on-site supervisor and the
student to be turned into the Office of Field Education by the end of the
second week of the quarter.
- Completion of final evaluations by the on-site supervisor and student to be
turned into the Office of Field Education by the end of the tenth week of EACH
quarter.
- Meeting during the first quarter with the Field Education Staff or academic
program staff of the Brehm Center as selected, for a progress report on the
internship.
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 an internship site. The first
step in the process is to read the preregistration materials available on the
internet at www.fuller.edu/sot/fielded or in the Office of Field
Education. After the student has submitted internship and supervisor
applications, he or she must schedule an enrollment interview with the Office
of Field Education. If the internship is approved, the student will then
receive a Course Approval Notification that must be submitted to the Academic
Advisor prior to registration.
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- The three-quarter sequence, FE503A, B, and C (WTA), meets the
requirement for the MA in Worship, Theology, and the Arts degree. It also meets
the FE2 Field Education requirement for the MDiv (MIN 7). This course is
offered pass/fail for two units.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- None. Evaluation is based on completion of the internship as
specified in the individual learning agreement and on completion of assignments
as listed above.