Education Center - Christian Education and Nurture Class

Below you can read the syllabus for the next CLP/Leadership Class

Presbytery of San Francisco Education Center Class

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND NURTURE

May 31 – June 1, 2113

Instructors: Charie Reid, charie.reid@gmail.com, 925 937-3032

Susan Hunn, susanah148@earthlink.net, 925 938-3362

This course is open to CLP candidates as well as others interested in educational ministry in the church.

Course Description

This course explores working with children, youth and adults in Christian education and spiritual formation in both formal and informal settings. It explores the role of Christian nurture in building up disciples, in a Presbyterian and Reformed context. It offers planning processes for teaching/learning, a review of selected resources, as well as experiences in prayerful approaches with Scripture that participants can then use in their congregational setting. It offers opportunity to plan a lesson using curriculum from one’s church.

Required Reading

Prior to class:

To Set One’s Heart, Sara Little (available on Amazon)

Rabbi Jesus: Learning from the Master Teacher, Stephen Jones (available on Amazon, 35 cents for a new book)

After class:

Basic Skills for Church Teachers, 2005 edition, Donald Griggs (available in class)

Suggested Reading; Resources for Your Library

Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development, James Fowler (available on Amazon) introduces the development theories of Erickson, Piaget and Kohlberg.

Pre-course Assignment DUE on Friday evening

1. Read Rabbi Jesus: Learning from the Master Teacher and write a one-page paper reflecting on your choice of one of the roles of Jesus the Rabbi: why/how do you most identify with it? How can it be most helpful to you in your setting?

2. Read To Set One’s Heart and study the chart on pp. 40-41 comparing five models or approaches to teaching. Be prepared to share which model you think your current (or hypothetical) teaching situation calls for and why.

3. If you can: Please bring curriculum you have used as a teacher (or student) and would recommend to share with the class. Curriculum for any age group is appropriate.

Final Assignment DUE June 15.

Using the methods introduced in class, prepare a lesson. Be sure to read carefully chapter 3 of Basic Skills for Church Teachers and use or adapt the planning worksheets. Add to the lesson planning worksheet the age group to be taught (children, youth or adults) the approximate number of students expected, and the setting (for example, camp or classroom). If you can actually teach the class during the next two weeks, reflect upon how it went and what was most helpful to you from any of the readings and/or our class.

Course Requirements:

• Attendance at both class sessions.
• Completion of all required readings and assignments.

Teaching at the Education Center

I could not resist this post. The Rev. Dr. Gregory Love's class on Reformed Theology put to music. Yes, Greg does "Rock" as a teacher of theology!

Registration for Cooperate Workshop

You are invited to sign up for the "Cooperate and No One Gets Hurt" workshop online. Just follow this  LINK to register.

New Testament Class Syllabus February 22-23, 2013

Presbytery of San Francisco Education Center Class

BIBLE: NEW TESTAMENT

February 22-23, 2013

545 Ashbury, El Cerrito CA (across from El Cerrito High School)

Instructor: Carol Miles

(925) 817-9396 revdrcarolmiles@gmail.com

Course Description:

This course introduces participants to the content and theology of the New Testament. Attention is given to the New Testament’s historical, social and literary contexts, and fundamentals of biblical interpretation are presented and practiced.

Required Readings:

The Bible – NRSV Study Bible (Harper Collins or Oxford)

Luke Timothy Johnson, The New Testament: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2010.

Warren Carter, The Roman Empire and the New Testament: An Essential Guide, Abingdon Press, 2006.

N.T. Wright, What Saint Paul Really Said: Was Paul of Tarsus the Real Founder of Christianity? Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1997.

Pre-course Assignment:

As you read the required texts (above), record what are—for you—10 key insights that illumine, deepen, or challenge your knowledge and understanding of the New Testament. In addition, list 5 questions that remain for you—for further study or to be answered in class. This assignment will be collected on Friday evening.

Course Requirements:

1. Attendance at both class sessions.
2. Completion of all readings and pre-course assignment.
3. A final assignment DUE: March 11, 2013. Using the method introduced in class, prepare a 3-5 page exegesis report of ONE of the following passages: Luke 8:26-39, Luke 10:1-11, or Luke 10:38-42.

In order to receive a passing grade for the class, ALL work must be completed and turned in no later than March 22, 2013.

A workshop sponsored by the Presbytery of

San Francisco's Education Center Working Group

COOPERATE AND NO ONE GETS HURT

working together to build growing churches that meet people's needs

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April 5^th & 6^th 2013

at the Presbytery of San Francisco's new Education Center

- 545 Ashbury, El Cerrito CA -

(across from El Cerrito High School)

This 10 hour workshop will bring people together who are interested in building

cooperative communities. We are seeking to share the resources of our

many faith communities to change the lives of those in need.

(ie the poor, the outcast, the sojourner, the oppressed, the captive, the widow, the child.)

Open to all & a special welcome to those working and living in communities of need!

Friday night: 7:00 – 10:00 pm

We will examine the Biblical models for cooperative ministries

Saturday: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm

We will begin the process of finding places where God is working with us

to bring our strengths and skills together to serve the needs of our people

In the weeks after the workshop there will be follow-up gatherings to continue to work out the details of our new cooperative ministry dreams

The workshop will be led by Andrew McLeod and members of the Education Center Working Group

Our workshop leader: Andrew McLeod is a cooperative development consultant who holds the Masters in Management, Co-operatives and Credit Unions graduate degree from the Sobey Business School at St. Mary’s University in Halifax. His interests include democratic processes, the intersection of cooperative economics and religion and community-based food production and distribution. Andrew is the author of Holy Cooperation!: Building Graceful Economies, a book that explores cooperative elements of Christianity. Andrew attends St. John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley.

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COOPERATE AND NO ONE GETS HURT

working together to build growing churches that meet people's needs

Name:                                                                       Date:                    

Phone:                                                                      Email:                   

Payment: (sliding scale $0 - $60 lunch included) special food needs:

Your Faith community:(if applicable) Registrations due by March 29^th for lunch,Walk-Ins OK

More information and Registration: Karl Shadley (510)435-4264, revshad@gmail.com

Please make checks payable to “The Presbytery of San Francisco” Coop Workshop

Send to:Calvary Presbyterian Church-1940 Virginia St., Berkeley CA 94709 –Attention Karl

News from the New Education Center

COOPERATE AND NO ONE GETS HURT

working together to solve our shared problems

So what is the New San Francisco Education Center up to these days? 

* Each weekend the Center host our Spanish Language Seminary.

* The Center has hosted the first 3 (of 12) monthly English language CLP training classes

* The Center hosted a group from San Francisco Theological Seminary seeking

 ways to partner with our Center to help raise up leaders in our Hispanic churches.

* The Center hosted a gathering of men from the Presbytery's 5 Hispanic ministries

 for a day long retreat for leadership development

* This month the Center will host the annual Presbytery Leadership Council retreat

Thursday January 17th from 3:01 p.m until 8:54

AND

 THE CENTER IS IN CONVERSATION WITH ANDREW MCLEOD

* To host a 10 hour class on "Holy Cooperation"

Andrew is a cooperative development specialist 

who will help church leaders learn what the Bible teaches about social organizing

and seek ways for our churches to become birthing centers for 

cooperative enterprises that empower those who are struggling in our communities

You can learn more about Andrew's work at...

holycoop.wordpress.com/about-andrew

The Old Testament Reads You...

This January the Presbytery of San Francisco will be offering an Old Testament class at it's new Education Center. The class is an introduction class taught by our marvelous teacher, Dr. Carol Miles. Carol is an outstanding ding teacher who has taught at Austin and Luther Theological Seminaries. Carol has a way of helping students understand scripture in new and exciting ways. As a homiletic's (preaching) professor Carol helps make Scripture practical for life and for teaching. So if you are a teacher in the church, a pastor who would like to remember again how the text captures us, or just a Christians who wants to dig deeper into the text, come join us in class in the new year.

The class is will be held on Friday night (7:00-10:00pm) and Saturday (8:30am-3:30pm) January 25-26, 2013. The class only cost $60 for credit* and $30 for auditors. You can download a Syllabus here.

*If you take the class for credit you will get more out of the class by doing all the assigned class readings and paper but the class will also count towards the requirements for the Commissioned Lay Pastor programs required classes.