LEARN Seminar Listings Fall 2008
LEARN • Fall 2008 • Winter 2009 • Spring 2009
Fall 2008 Seminars
| Seminar ID | Title | Dates | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS118 | Brushing Up on the Old Testament | Sep. 29 – Oct. 24 Register by Sep. 19 |
$125; Project Option $75 |
| LS123 | Jesus in Islam: What do Muslims believe about Jesus Christ? | Oct 13 – Nov 7 Register by Oct. 3 |
$125; Project Option $75 |
| LS205 | Teaching Teachers to Teach | Oct. 27 – Nov. 21 Register by: Oct. 17 |
$125; Project Option $75 |
Spiritual Leadership for Transforming Congregations |
Oct. 27 – Nov. 21 Register by Oct. 17 |
$275; |
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| LS507 | Ministering with a New Generation |
Oct. 29 – Nov. 24 Register by Oct. 19 |
$275; Project Option $75 |
| LS510 | When a Congregation is Betrayed |
Oct 13 – Nov 7 Register by Oct. 3 |
$275; Project Option $75 |
LEARN Fall 2008 Seminar Descriptions
LS118: Brushing Up on the Old Testament
Level: Basic
Core Seminar: LS118, $125
Project Seminar: LS118P, $75
Instructor: Dr. Tina Wray
Dates: September 29 – October 24
Registration Deadline: September 19
Description: This seminar is intended as a survey of the literature of the Hebrew Bible (OT), which is foundational to the Judeo-Christian tradition. Additionally, the seminar examines the process and development of the Hebrew Scriptures in the overall context of Israelite history, from both a scholarly and a faith-community perspective. Though generally broad in scope, this course will place special emphasis on the Pentateuch (Torah) and the Historical books.
Reading: The New Oxford Annotated Bible
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LS123: Jesus in Islam: What do Muslims believe about Jesus Christ?
Level: Basic
Core Seminar: LS123, $125
Project Option: LS123P, $75
Instructor: Karen Andrews
Dates: October 13 – November 7
Registration Deadline: October 3
Description: This seminar is an in depth exploration of who Jesus is in the religion of Islam, how Muslims view Jesus, and will leave students with a much better understanding of Jesus' place in Islam compared to Christianity. Topics covered are Jesus as a Prophet, the Trinity, and Jesus as the Son of God. We will also read from verses in the Qur'an and what they mean about Jesus, including his birth, his life and his death.
Reading: The Muslim Jesus - Sayings and Stories in Islamic Literature, Edited and Translated by Tarif Khalidi; An Interpretation of the Qur'an, Majid Fakhry
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LS205: Teaching Teachers to Teach
Level: Intermediate
Core Seminar: LS115, $125
Project Option: LS115P, $75
Instructor: Mayra Castañeda
Dates: October 27 – November 21
Registration Deadline: October 17
Description: It is not enough (or acceptable) to give a teacher a Sunday school curriculum and leader's guide and hope for the best. Sunday school teachers and small group facilitators have to be taught how to teach Bible content and faith matters for life-long discipleship formation. This seminar is designed for those who are in charge of the Christian education program of the local church.
Reading: Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation by Parker J. Palmer. The Craft of Christian Teaching: Essentials to Becoming a Very Good Teacher by Israel Galindo.
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LS503: Spiritual Leadership for Transforming Congregations
Level: Empowerment
Core Seminar: LS503, $275
Project Option: LS503P, $75
Instructor: Graham Standish
Dates: October 27 – November 21
Registration Deadline: October 17
Description: This course will help pastors and others understand how to ground their leadership in prayer, discernment, and faith in a way that allows them to transform congregations into more spiritually vibrant congregations. The course will be both practical and theoretical, exploring what spiritual leadership is, as well as pragmatic ways of leading a church through transformation.
Reading: Graham Standish, Becoming a Blessed Church, Alban Institute, 2005; Richard Boyatzis and Annie McKee, Resonant Leadership, Harvard Business School Press, 2005; George G. Hunter, III, The Celtic Way of Evangelism, Abingdon Press, 2000
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LS507: Ministering with a New Generation
Level: Empowerment
Core Seminar: LS507, $275
Project Option: LS507P, $75
Instructor: Carol Merritt
Dates: October 29 – November 24
Registration Deadline: October 19
Description: Robert Wuthnow estimates that there are six million fewer churchgoers in the United States, due to a new generation of young adults who are not making it to church. This is a crucial time for our congregations. In this seminar, we will discuss the sociological context of adults in their twenties and thirties, and imagine what the church can do to respond to, attract, and engage a new generation.
Reading: Carol Howard Merritt, Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation (The Alban Institute, 2007); Robert Wuthnow, After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings are Shaping the Future of American Religion (Princeton)
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LS510: When a Congregation is Betrayed
Level: Empowerment
Core Seminar: LS 510, $275
Project Option: LS 510P, $75
Instructor: Deborah Pope-Lance
Dates: October 13 – November 7
Registration Deadline: October 3
Description: Clergy ministering in congregations where a predecessor engaged in sexual or other misconduct frequently encounter a unique constellation of challenges and experiences. This seminar will help these afterpastors and their denominational support persons recognize these challenges, restore trust and integrity to ministerial relationships, identify persistent unhealthy patterns, intervene to promote healthy practice, strategically address difficulties posed by undisclosed or unknowable misconduct and promote individual clergy health and tenure.
Reading: Beth Gaede (editor), When A Congregation Is Betrayed: Responding To Clergy Misconduct, edited by (Alban 2006); Nancy Myer Hopkins and Mark Laaser (editors), Restoring The Soul of a Church(Liturgical Press, 1995)
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