N481 - Lay Ministry Field Education

  • 990 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 1
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 1
    AQF level
  • Pastoral & Church-Focussed Ministry Unit Discipline

Content

1. A total of not less than 100 hours’ experience-based learning, including:

a. Keeping a personal daily journal for at least 1 month, together with a written reflection upon the ministry experiences of daily life during that time;
b. Observation and participation in some aspects of lay ministries undertaken in a local congregation, involving at least 50 hours’ active work by the candidate;

OR

2. Observation and participation in ministries undertaken in the wider community, which involve Christians (e.g. state school councils, homeless care, sports/leisure ministries, food co-operatives), involving not less than 50 hours’ active work by the candidate.

Note: Students may wish to choose 50 hours from the first section and 50 from the second.

In each case:

a. Appropriate supervised reflection, including written verbatims, is to be undertaken by the candidate, and voluntary support groups utilised to provide peer feedback and support;

b. Candidates are to identify and evaluate the support structures used;

c. Candidates are to identify ways in which personal relationships and community structures were related to the life of the local congregation concerned.

(Note the minimum 50 hours active work would be supplemented by a minimum 50 hours of observation/reflection upon active work to achieve the 100 hour experienced based limit for the course).

Assessment:

For candidates who are doing the unit within a college or group setting (i.e., all participants are enrolled in the unit):

a. Candidates are to submit a 1500-word report (to their college) on their work for this unit along the lines indicated in the syllabus document. (50%)

b. Candidates are to submit a report (may include 2 verbatim transcripts) to their college of active ministry engagement. (25%)

c. Candidates are to submit their personal daily journal (to their college) containing at least 1 month of field work entries that reflect upon the ministry experiences and daily life during that time. (25%).

Students must provide satisfactory work in each category.

For candidates who are doing the unit on their own:

The same requirements as above however these are to be forwarded to the ACT by the student’s supervisor.

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