DESCRIPTION: This course (offered pass/fail for 2 units) is the part-time nine-month FE2 internship designed to give students supervised and evaluated experience in a church, parachurch, or institutional setting.

SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: This course offers practice in the tasks and skills of professional ministry in a local church, parachurch organization, or institutional setting. This course also helps prepare students for ministry by providing a context in which spiritual, theological, and ministry formation can occur.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students will (1) grow in their ability to engage in theological reflection by having regular opportunities to think critically about ministry in light of the Christian tradition; (2) deepen their understanding of the cultural context of ministry by immersing themselves in a specific context and regularly reflecting with their supervisor on the connection between context and ministry; (3) develop toward becoming spiritually mature and accountable practitioners by reflecting with their peers in a theological reflection group or in their faith community and with their supervisor in their internship on the connection between their faith and their ministry; (4) become better Christian leaders by having many opportunities to practice the responsibilities of ministry throughout their internship.

COURSE FORMAT: The course has three primary components: practical ministry, supervision, and theological reflection. The student spends at least 10 hours each week for three academic quarters (nine months) in the church, parachurch, or institutional setting involved in specific ministry assignments agreed upon by the supervisor and student, and approved by the Field Education and Ministry Formation Office. One hour each week is to be spent with the approved on-site supervisor. The agenda should address (a) professional direction, evaluation, and oversight of 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 AND ASSESSMENT:

1. Completion of a Learning Agreement by the supervisor and intern, to be turned in to the Field Education Office by the end of the second week of FE503A (the first quarter of the internship).

2. Completion of Quarterly Evaluations by the student and the supervisor, to be turned in by the end of the tenth week of EACH quarter.

3. Meeting during the first quarter (FE503A) and third quarter (FE503C) with a Field Education Advisor for a progress report on the internship.

Evaluation is based on completion of the nine-month internship as specified in the individual Learning Agreement and on-time satisfactory completion of assignments and evaluations.