Seattle Presbytery's focus on immigrant populations
Christian Nurture:
Education, Spiritual Life And Discipleship
minimum of 10 study hours plus directed experiential learning.
Education:
- Why is education a part of our ministry?
- Human development and characteristics of different ages
- A sampling of educational models used in the church
- Criteria used in selecting materials for teaching
- Constructing a lesson - develop a lesson plan, teach the lesson and critique the results
- Other issues of importance in education
Spiritual life and discipleship:
- Introduction to a reformed understanding of spiritual life and discipleship
- Conversation about the support for the candidate's own spiritual journey
- Together with the candidate, evaluate which models of discipleship are best suited for his/her community
Resources:
- Selected articles from "Alert Magazine" and the "APCE Advocate"
- The Teaching Church by Eugene C. Roehlkepartain
- Soul Stories: African American Christian Education by Anne Streaty Wimberly
- Teaching Teachers to Teach by Donald Griggs
- Teaching for Faith (book and/or video) by Richard Osmer
- Learning and Leading - selected videos from PCUSA
- More than Glue and Glitter: A Class Room Guide for Volunteers by Debbie Trafton O'Neal
- Help! I'm a Sunday School Teacher by Mary Duckert
- A Climate for Learning: Educational Planning for your Congregation by June Holohan
- Soul Feast by Marjorie Thompson
- Reformed Spirituality by Howard Rice
- Books by Henri Nouwen
Reaching Out:
Evangelism and Mission
minimum of 10 study hours plus directed experiential learning
Areas of Training
- Dialogue about the history of evangelism and mission among the candidate's own ethnic/cultural group
- Key Biblical texts relating to evangelism, faith-sharing and cross-cultural mission
- Discussion of key issues in evangelism and mission facing the church
Candidate's interview of a missionary to a non-Christian community on topic areas including:- Dominant beliefs about God, salvation and the faith of people in that community
- Major issues people face in living out their faith
- Major issues the missionary being interviewed faces in living out their faith
- Perceptions people have of Christianity, the United States, and the role and influence of Christian missionaries
- Candidate participation with particular congregations in their evangelism and mission committee work and study
- Reading and/or viewing videos with discussion from several materials as suggested, or others on the topic:
- "Mission in the 1990s", by Clifton Kirkpatrick
- "De-Westernizing the Gospel", Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship
- "Go Therefore: 150 Years of Presbyterians in Global Mission", by James Smylie
- "Presbyterians in World Mission", G. Thompson Brown
- "Service Evangelism", Richard S. Armstrong
- Translated materials from the American Bible Society and other ecumenical partners