LEARN Seminar Listings
Spring 2008 Seminars
| Seminar ID | Title | Dates | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| LS121 | Brushing Up on the New Testament | April 28 – May 23 Register by Apr. 18 |
$125; Project Option $75 |
| LS119 | Teaching Peace and Justice with Children | April 7 – May 2 Register by Mar. 28 |
$125; Project Option $75 |
| LS120 | Islam: A Basic Introduction | April 7 - May 2 Register by Mar. 28 |
$125; Project Option $75 |
| LS500 | Never Call Them Jerks: Healthy Leadership Responses to Difficult Behavior | April 21 – May 16 Register by April 11 |
$275; Project Option $75 |
| LS504 | Becoming the Disciple-Forming Community | April 28 – May 23 Register by April 18 |
$275; Project Option $75 |
LEARN Spring 2008 Seminar Descriptions
LS121 Brushing Up on the New Testament
Level: Basic
Core Seminar: LS1, $125
Project Option: LS1, $75
Instructor: Dr. Tina Wray
Dates: April 28 – May 23
Registration Deadline: April 18
Description: Intended for teachers, preachers, and anyone else interested in an introductory (or brush up) course on the NT, this course will explore the history, themes, and literary devices used in the NT with a focus on the Gospels. We will explore the meaning of select texts, including intended audience, the historical background, and contemporary applications.
Reading: New Oxford Annotated Bible.
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LS119 Teaching Peace and Justice with Children
Level: Basic
Core Seminar: LS119, $125
Project Option: LS119P, $75
Instructor: Wilda Morris
Dates: April 7 – May 2
Registration Deadline: March 28
Description: Participants will read and discuss resources aimed at helping children understand justice and advocacy, and to help parents raise children to be unbiased. Discussion will focus around such questions as: What can children at various stages understand about peace and justice? How can they be helped to value all persons? What is the role of parents? The role of the church?
Reading: Sara Bullard, Teaching Tolerance: Raising Open-minded, Empathetic Children by Sara Bullard(New York: Main Street Books/Doubleday, 1996); Peace Education Age-Level Guidelines by Tricia de Beer, et al.(Chicago: Shalom Education, 1977); 40 Ways to Raise a Nonracist Child by Barbara Mathias andy Ann French, (New York: HarperPerennial/ HarperCollins. 1996).
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LS120 Islam: A Basic Introduction
Level: Basic
Core Seminar: LS120, $125
Project Seminar: LS120P, $75
Instructor: Karen Hernandez-Andrews
Dates: April 7 - May 2
Description: Learn the basics of Islamic history as well as understand how Muslims view their faith in a world context. Basic topics include learning about Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam; basic principles in Islam; Islam in the early period and it’s development; the difference between Sunni and Shi’i Islam; a guide to reading themes in the Qur’an and understanding the importance of the Qur’an to the Islamic faith; what does Jihad actually mean; and how has history played a role in what we see occurring today in the Muslim world?
Reading: Islam A Short History by Karen Armstrong and An Interpretation of the Qur’an, Translated by Majid Fahkry.
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LS500: Never Call Them Jerks: Healthy Leadership Responses to Difficult Behavior
Level: Empowerment Seminar
Core Seminar: LS500 $275
Project Option: LS500P, $75
Instructor: Dr. Arthur Paul Boers
Dates: April 21 - May 16
Registration deadline: April 11
Description: Church leaders inevitably face intense conflicts rooted in complicated relational, behavioral, familial and social dynamics. In this course we reflect on our vulnerabilities and discover the shape of responsible and faithful leadership. We investigate: how family systems understanding promotes non-anxiousness, developing self-awareness and self-understanding, current countercultural challenges in such conflicts, and spiritual resources for dealing with these challenges. We grow empowered as leaders and agents rather than victims.
Reading: Never Call Them Jerks: Healthy Responses to Difficult Behavior by Arthur Paul Boers. Leadership from Inside Out: Spirituality and Organizational Change by Wes Granberg-Michaelson, Family Ties that Bind: A Self-Help Guide to Change through Family of Origin Therapy by Ronald. W. Richardson, “Revelation” by Flannery O’Connor.
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LS504: Becoming the Disciple-Forming Community
Level: Empowerment
Core Seminar: LS504, $275
Project Option: LS504P, $75
Instructor: Jeff Jones
Dates: April 28 - May 23
Registration deadline: April 18
Description: The old answers about what it means to be and do church don’t work any more. The new answers need yet to be discovered. Surprisingly one way to do this is through the recovery of the congregation’s traditional identity as a disciple-forming community. This seminar will explore what it means to be a disciple today, the role congregations can play in forming disciples and why playing that role is a key to personal and congregational vitality.
Reading: Traveling Together by Jeffrey D. Jones and From Nomads to Pilgrims by Diana Butler Bass.
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