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students can register for this course during Calvin registration by selecting:
IDIS 380: Internship in Youth Ministry.
Course
Instructor:
Rev. Lynn Barger Elliott
Course description:
This course will
place students in a local church, or depending on their vocational focus,
a parachurch organization, where they are assigned specific responsibilities
in youth ministry. Students work a minimum of eight hours per week under
the supervision of an on-site supervisor and participate in regular seminar
meetings conducted by the college youth ministry advisor.
Some
critical info:
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Completion of this course gives Calvin College students 4 hours of credit and can be taken once.
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This course will be taught in the Fall and Spring semesters.
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The seminar meeting times will be determined in consultation with the
students enrolled.
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For more information, contact:
Rev. Lynn Barger Elliott, Youth Ministry Advisor, at Spoelhof Center
317,
616-526-7628,
or email lbe3 at calvin.edu .
Expanded
course description:
1.
At the end of this internship each student will be able to identify and explain:
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Practical
benefits of employing theory in the practice of youth ministry.
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The purpose of youth ministry (its place in the church) and the function of the
Bible and the Holy Spirit in youth ministry.
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How
Reformed theology shapes an effective youth ministry both within and
beyond the local church.
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How
to incorporate the nurturing and missional dimensions of church education
into youth ministry.
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Key
criteria for selecting youth ministry curriculum materials and actual curricular
resources for church school, small group and retreat settings.
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The
place of parents in youth ministry, and how a youth leader most effectively
relates to parents.
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The role of pre-marital education in an effective high school youth ministry and
key components of it.
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Expectations in the church, including whose expectations must
be met, and
strategies when expectations cannot be met.
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Biblical
texts that help overcome conflict in the church, through conflict prevention
or conflict resolution.
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Research
on the diffusion of innovations in youth ministry.
2. Internship course requirements:
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Each student will work in a church or parachurch setting
for at least eight hours
per week.
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Each student will select one program with which he or she
was involved and
evaluate it from the criteria specified in class, which will include among
others the following: the Bible, Reformed theology, how well the program accomplished its objectives, parents’ role in it, and its place
in youth
ministry. The evaluation will take the form of a project of not less than
eight or more than twelve pages in length.
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Each
intern will meet personally with the instructor and answer selected questions
from the remaining objectives of the course in an oral exam.
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Consideration
will also be given to the evaluative report presented by the on-site
supervisor.
Texbook:
Fields, Doug. Your
First Two Years in Youth Ministry: A Personal and Practical Guide to Starting
Right.
Prerequisites:
The internship will be open to
those in the junior or senior class level who have completed at least
one course in youth ministry, Psychology 322 (Youth Faith Development
and Spiritual Formation) or IDIS 374 (Models of Ministry to Youth), and
Education 102 (Introduction to Education) or permission of the youth ministry
advisor:
Rev. Lynn Barger Elliot
Spoelhof Center 328
616-526-7628
lbe3 at Calvin.edu
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