Community Development: The Art of Facilitation and Workshop Design - Cancelled on Sep 9, 2016WYP1609HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR(S): Romkema, JeanetteCOLLEGE: Wycliffe College SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 14:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit At the core of every community developer is a commitment to transformational teaching which unleashes within people the competencies to change their local community. Individual and group learning is possible when community members are treated with respect, feel safe to explore new ideas and can readily apply new learning to their present context. Based on both the theory and practice of adult learning and the biblical principle of discipleship, participants will develop their personal capacity to facilitate both trainings ; meetings and design workshops to move the community a step closer to peace and well being. More Information [ops] |
Community-Based Assessment and DesignWYP1617HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR(S): Rowe, W. ClaytonCOLLEGE: Wycliffe College SCHEDULE: Irregular TIME: 8:30 to 16:30 CREDITS: One Credit Residents of urban at-risk communities often have ministry done to them by well-meaning people. Organizations (non-proftis, churches, government, etc.) swoop in with money, people and resources and tell the community what they need. Playgrounds are erected overnight, murals painted over, or gardens appear without anyone asking the people who live there what they want. The message that no one listens is reinforced in their minds. God's concept of "shalom" is not one of doing to people but one of inviting people to participate in their own community development. Students in this course will develop the skills necessary to engage a local community. This approach is guided through the development tools of community assessment (listening to the community) and project design, monitoring and evaluation (responding with the coomunity to a limitation). At the end of this course students will have the skills necessary to involve the community in its own restoration. More Information[ops] |
Maintenance and Mission: Congregations and Leadership in a Post-Christendom ChurchTRP1620HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR(S): Deller, WalterCOLLEGE: Trinity College SCHEDULE: Mon TIME: 19:00 to 21:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course examines congregations and congregational leadership through the lens of the continuous and discontinuous change currently experienced by the local church. The course will cover the standard disciplines of congregational studies as well as emerging models of the congregation resulting from efforts to re-imagine church in these challenging times. More Information[ops] |
Ignatian Foundations for Mission and MinistryRGP1621HY L0101 SESSION: Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR(S): Mongeau, Gilles M.COLLEGE: Regis College SCHEDULE: Fri TIME: 13:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit In this course, students acquire skills of reflexive praxis rooted in Ignatian spirituality and pedagogy as a foundation for engaging in professional ministry in the Church. The student is invited to appropriate personal practices and professional guidelines for ministry within a theological framework, thereby beginning the process of articulating a personal vision of ministry that is grounded in Scripture, Tradition and personal experiences of vocation. More Information[ops] |
Critical ThinkingSAT1710HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR(S): Reeve, Pamela J.COLLEGE: St. Augustine's Seminary SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 14:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit A course focused on developing skills in natural reasoning: identification and evaluation of arguments and explanations; deductive and inductive reasoning; criteria of evidence and cogency; fallacies; inference to the best explanation. More Information[ops] |
Introduction to Philosophy of ReligionTRT1711HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR(S): Wiebe, DonaldCOLLEGE: Trinity College SCHEDULE: Wed TIME: 11:00 to 13:00 CREDITS: One Credit Primer for theological students with little or no background in philosophical thought. Attention to revolutionary developments in philosophical thought and how they have influenced development of Christian faith. More Information[ops] |
Care and CommunityEMP1741HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR(S): Couture, PamelaCOLLEGE: Emmanuel College SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 9:00 to 12:00 CREDITS: One Credit Care and Community explores the role of care expected of religious practitioners and faith communities in an intercultural context. The pastoral care capacity of a beginning religious practitioner (pastor, chaplain, minister of music, education or lay leader) requires self knowledge, spiritual formation, theory and skill. Narrative theories of care will provide the basis for the assumptions and skill development of the course. Role plays, class discussions and short practical theology papers will provide opportunity to assess a student's self ability to think theologically about pastoral care situations. More Information[ops] |
Surat al-Baqara: An Introduction to the Qur'anEMT1851HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR(S): Reda El-Tahry, NevinCOLLEGE: Emmanuel College SCHEDULE: Tue TIME: 14:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit Located in the beginning of the Qur'an immediately following a short introductory prayer, Surat al-Baqara is the doorway to understanding this scripture and its distinctive style and organization of ideas. The largest chapter in the corpus, it covers the major themes and discourses and is uniquely suited to begin the study of the Qur'an and related scholarship. This course is an introduction to the Qur'an and will familiarize students with the hallmarks of both traditional and western scholarships. It will cover topics such as the collection of the Qur'an, abrogation, mysterious letters and the Quranic sciences. Students will become acquainted with some of the main classical and modern commentaries and will learn how to identify Surat al-Baqara's distinctive structure and unifying themes. More Information[ops] |
Music & Christian SpiritualityKNP1863HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR(S): Ruhnke, Mark W.COLLEGE: Knox College SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 14:00 to 16:00 CREDITS: One Credit This course deals with the many intersections of music and worship within a Christian context, and more specifically, within a Presbyterian worship service. More Information[ops] |
Fundamental Christian Ethics ISAT1901HF L0101 SESSION: Fall 2016 INSTRUCTOR(S): Murphy, PatriciaCOLLEGE: St. Augustine's Seminary SCHEDULE: Thu TIME: 9:00 to 11:00 CREDITS: One Credit An introduction to the foundations and objective dimensions of Catholic moral theology. Among the topics to be studied are scripture, natural moral law, casuistry, relationship between faith and morality, magisterium, moral principles and norms, etc. More Information[ops] |
