Summer 2006/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: June 19-30
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.

COURSE OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will

  1. better understand the internal processes of adolescent development and the principal needs in light of each stage of development;

  2. 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;

  3. identify principles that make for an effective, theologically-driven youth program;

  4. recognize and discover how to integrate into their lives the foundational elements of an effective youth ministry in a changing Latino sub-culture;

  5. 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; and

  6. integrate what is learned in class and be able to begin putting what is learned into practice.

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.

COURSE FORMAT: The course will meet daily in four-hour sessions for two weeks.

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.

Zapata, Junior. La Generación Emergente. Miami: Editorial Vida, 2005

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.

Leys, Lucas. 500 Ideas para el ministerio juvenil. Editorial Vida, 2005.

Oestreicher, Mark. ¡Ayúdenme! ¡Soy líder de adolescentes de 12 a 15 años! Editorial Vida, 2005.

Polich, Laurie y Charley Scandlyn. Estrategias para células y grupos pequeños. Editorial Vida, 2006.

ASSIGNMENTS:
  1. Write a book report for each of the required texts (2-4 pages each; 5% each = total of 30%).

  2. Present a quarter-long program for youth ministry in a local church using what was learned in class (3-5 pages; 20%).

  3. 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) (6-8 pages; 20%).

  4. There will be a short exam at the end of each module (6 exams; 5% each = total of 30%).

PREREQUISITES: Spanish.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets the MDiv core requirement in Christian Formation and Discipleship (MIN4).

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.