3 hours Focuses on program content, methods, and resources for ministry with youth. Emphases will include discipleship training, outreach, service, life planning, preparation for baptism and church membership, and worship. Seeks to equip students for resourceful planning and leading in youth ministry. Relg 221 Worship and Celebration 3 hours Studies and compares different ways of Christian worship and their biblical foundations. Concentrates on the significance of worship and the resources for the process of planning worship.
Students observe, plan and lead worship.
Designed to prepare the student to research the text or topic, organize the material, and deliver an effective sermon. Examines the steps of sermon preparation and delivery and the purpose of preaching in the congregation. Students will develop and deliver three sermons. Focus is on developing skills for effective pastoral care in the congregation. Explores the various needs of persons at different stages of life.