Description
2+ hours each semester (available for variable credit) This course offers two consecutive semesters of experiential learning in leadership, ministry skills, and personal growth through field education and classroom reflection offered in a fall-spring sequence only. Students design their own learning goals for the course through negotiating a covenant of learning with their field mentor and peer reflection group leader. The student serves a minimum of 10 hours per week for 35 consecutive weeks in an approved ministry setting (church, ministry, or agency), with an approved & trained field mentor, spiritual 270 formation mentor, and ministry reflection group. Students meet weekly in class as a peer reflection group. Students may contract for variable credit through serving more hours per week in their approved setting. Variable credit options: 10+ hours of ministry per week: 2 credit hours per semester; 20+ hours of ministry per week: 3 credit hours per semester; 30+ hours of ministry per