November 3, 2011
Shannon Jung, Franklin and Louise Cole Professor of Town and Country Ministries Jeanne Hoeft, Associate Professor of Pastoral Care Ministry in Context class, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. "Practicing Rural Care," a presentation from Practicing Care in Rural Communities and Congregations (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, forthcoming)
November 15, 16, 2011 Shannon Jung, Franklin and Louise Cole Professor of Town and Country Ministries Circle M, Canadian Rural Ministry Association, Calgary, Alberta "New Shoots from Old Roots" (emerging models in rural ministry)
November 17, 2011 Mike Graves, Wm. K. McElvaney Professor of Preaching and Director of Continuing Education Chapel, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 11:00 a.m. Preaching
November 21, 2011 Robert Martin, Lovett H. Weems, Jr. Associate Professor of Church Leadership and Practical Theology Ecclesiological Investigations Group and Wesleyan Studies Group, AAR, San Francisco, California, 9:00 am-11:30 am "Toward a Wesleyan Sacramental Ecclesiology"
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In Contextual Ed courses students reflect together on what they are experiencing in seminary and in ministry. Preparing for Local Ministries (Plum), a two-semester class for first year MDiv students, brings together six students and an experienced practitioner of ministry. Together they reflect on matters of spirituality and vocation, the practice of ministry, and what they are learning. Some students have said that Plum is crucial for surviving and thriving in their first year of seminary.
Master of Arts in Christian Ministry (MACM) students also learn about their own sense of vocation and ministry and about the settings in which they serve in ministry. Faculty help the students engage their ministry settings and oversee them as they develop a project in ministry that is a learning-serving experience.