- Class attendance-
- Student is to be present, to be on time, and to actively participate in class discussion.
- See EBC attendance policy.
- Reading of Noland Textbook-
- Reading of Redman Textbook (Due Fri. May 28.)
- The student will read the Redman textbook in its entirety.
- The Student will write a book report containing the following three parts:
- Summary-
- Describe the main thesis of the book and how the author develops/argues this thesis.
- Give a short summary of each chapter and describe how it contributes to the overall message of the book.
- Personal reaction-
- Describe your impression of the main thesis of the book and its development.
- Do you agree? Why or Why not? What stuck out to you positively? What stood out negatively?
- Personal/Ministry Application-
- Specifically describe how you are applying or plan to apply what you have gained from the textbook reading to your personal life and/or ministry.
- What are the steps you are taking or plan to take to reach this goal?
- Article reaction report (Due Mon. May.3.)
- Students will find and read article dealing with an aspect of worship and arts.
- This article may come from the recommended list given or from any publication in the library, on the web, or through ebscohost.
- Article bibliographic information must be submitted for approval by 8AM Mon. Apr. 12th.
- Students will read the article and write a report covering three aspects:
- a summary of the contents of the article,
- your personal reaction to the article (do you agree/disagree? why/why not? what is your emotional reaction?)
- How can you apply the truths of the article to your life and ministry?
- Reports must be typewritten.
- Reports will be marked on content more than length, but we recommend one fat paragraph for each of the three aspects (1-1½ pages)
- Worship Arts Prayer/Insight Journal- (Due Mon. Apr.19, Mon. May 17, and Mon. May 31.)
- Students will keep a regular journal of the insights they have gained from wrestling with the course material and prayer.
- These will be in response to key application questions that will be handed out each week.
- You may journal about any question or insight throughout the term, and not just the current week’s questions.
- The purpose of this assignment is for the student to engage with God and to hear His specific wisdom, callings, insights and applications of the course material to the students’ life and ministry.
- It is expected that the student spend regular time engaging with the course and recording observations, prayers, and insights as they happen.
- Students will turn in a copy of their journals throughout the term.
- hyperlink to journal questions
- Case Studies/Analyses/Applications- (Due Weekly)
- Each week the students will be given a hypothetical or real situation and a question.
- The questions will generally be of the type: “What would you do in this situation?”.
- The student will interact with the question (sometimes in class discussion and sometimes outside of class) and prepare a written response.
- The written response should briefly analyze the situation, describe how the course material bears on the situation, and describe how you would respond.
- These will be graded on content, not length, but a good response should be about ¾ to 1½ pages typed.
- hyperlink to course calendar for due dates
- Links to Case Studies
- Midterm Exam (May 7.)
- Final Exam (Wed. June 9, 8AM)
- Final Project- (Due 8 AM, Wed. June 9.)
- Student is to create a final project that describes their personal philosophy of worship and demonstrates the same by designing a worship event.
- Philosophy of worship
- Student is to write describing their personal philosophy of worship.
- This is to include
- the Biblical foundation for worship
- their sense of their own personal calling
- the application to worship ministry.
- Worship Event
- Student will demonstrate that philosophy and calling by designing a worship experience.
- The Student will choose a context from the following choices and design an integrated worship experience geared toward that context.
- An outreach event in a public park.
- A Friday evening youth group (Jr. and Sr. High) with a mix of believers and non-believers.
- A Sunday Morning children’s church for grades K-6.
- An adult small group meeting.
- An adult church service (mostly believers, but with a small group of seekers present).
- Time should be between 12 and 15 minutes.
- Student will write a description of the event that will mirror the application of the planning process taught in class.
- Student may use the work from the previous case studies as part of this design
- Describe the event in enough detail that a reader can recreate the entire event.
- Describe what will happen and describe who will do it.
- Finally, write a brief description of how you will evaluate whether your event was successful in fulfilling the purpose/vision for which it was designed.
- Student should show the connection between their personal philosophy, the vision/purpose of the event, and the actual event itself.
- hyperlink to process for designing a worship event