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. As a vital component of the student's final masters
project, the internship will 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.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: The course seeks the following goals for each student:
Cognitive: theoretical knowledge relating to the theology and practice of
ministry and the ways that the arts serve the church; Affective:
deepened appreciation for the use of arts in ministry and the artistic gifts of
lay persons in ministry; Skills: capacity to use the arts in worship and
in various kinds of ministries, and to develop the use of artistic talent among
lay people in ministry.
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 must first contact 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: (1) 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. (2) Completion of Quarterly
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. (3) Meeting
during the first quarter (FE513A) and the third quarter (FE513C) 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 at www.fuller.edu/sot/fielded. 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 and his/her Academic Advisor will receive a Course Approval
Notification . The student must then contact the Academic Advisor to receive a
Course Reference Number (CRN) in order to register for FE513A online. Each
quarter of FE513A, B, and C has a different CRN. The student must register for
each of the subsequent quarters online. that must be submitted to the Academic
Advisor prior to registration.
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: The three-quarter sequence, FE513A, 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-time completion of
assignments as listed above.
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (8/09)