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
- 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; and
- 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:
- Write a book report for each of the required texts (2-4 pages each; 5% each
= total of 30%).
- Present a quarter-long program for youth ministry in a local church using
what was learned in class (3-5 pages; 20%).
- 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%).
- 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.