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Description:
This course introduces students to practices of congregational care and the pastor’s responsibility in caregiving in a variety of situations. Readings, class experiences, prerecording’s, movies, videos and course assignments are designed to deepen the students’ appreciation for the collaborative ministries of the pastor and the congregation, with a particular focus on working with Native American persons.
Goals:
Students will be able to:
Implement and oversee appropriate types of care in various settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, and homes.
Organize caring ministries within the congregation.
Reflect on and practice skills of sensitive caregiving, using role play and analysis of case studies/verbatims, and how to keep appropriate records.
Discern and implement appropriate boundaries, knowing when and to whom to refer people, and when and when not to share information.
Comprehend and use the gifts that each student brings to congregational care.
Develop skills of listening, pastoral presence, and empowerment of others that are shaped by the cultural and local context and by the Gospel.
Implement appropriate boundaries and develop further awareness of self-care.
Overview:
The course has five separate segments, the first focuses on understanding the value of story; the second Native American concepts in counseling and planning for the Advent season; African American Pastoral Care and Listening Skills; Assessment and Crisis and its importance in congregational care; and Recognizing patterns in congregational life regarding grief, change, conflict and trauma.
Books under review for Required Reading:
Keep Going: The Act of Perseverance Joseph Marshall III, Sterling Ethos: New York, 2006.
Women Out of Order: Risking Change and Creating Care in a Multicultural World Editors Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner & Teresa Snorton Fortress Press 2010
Read Chapter 6 (included in the email)
African American Pastoral Care and Counseling: The politics of oppression and empowerment Ed Wimberly.
Crisis Counseling in the CongregationLarry Webb, Abingdon Press, 2011.
Other books under review for recommended are:
Duran, Eduardo. Healing the Soul Wound: Counseling with American Indians and other Native Peoples. Teachers College, 2006.
Jackson, Cari. The Gift to Listen the Courage to Hear. Augsburg, 2003.
Justes, Emma. Please Don’t Tell: What to do with the Secrets People Share. Abingdon, 2014.
Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, and Switzler. Crucial Conversations. McGraw Hill, 2012.
Richardson, Ronald. Creating a Healthier Church. Augsburg, 1996.
Rogers, Dalene Fuller. Pastoral Care for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Healing the Shattered Soul. Routledge, 2002.
Scheib, Karen. Pastoral Care: Telling the Stories of Our lives. Abingdon, 2016.
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict, 2nd edition. Arbinger Institute, 2015
Description:
This course introduces students to practices of congregational care and the pastor’s responsibility in caregiving in a variety of situations. Readings, class experiences, prerecording’s, movies, videos and course assignments are designed to deepen the students’ appreciation for the collaborative ministries of the pastor and the congregation, with a particular focus on working with Native American persons.
Goals:
Students will be able to:
Implement and oversee appropriate types of care in various settings such as hospitals, nursing homes, and homes.
Organize caring ministries within the congregation.
Reflect on and practice skills of sensitive caregiving, using role play and analysis of case studies/verbatims, and how to keep appropriate records.
Discern and implement appropriate boundaries, knowing when and to whom to refer people, and when and when not to share information.
Comprehend and use the gifts that each student brings to congregational care.
Develop skills of listening, pastoral presence, and empowerment of others that are shaped by the cultural and local context and by the Gospel.
Implement appropriate boundaries and develop further awareness of self-care.
Overview:
The course has five separate segments, the first focuses on understanding the value of story; the second Native American concepts in counseling and planning for the Advent season; African American Pastoral Care and Listening Skills; Assessment and Crisis and its importance in congregational care; and Recognizing patterns in congregational life regarding grief, change, conflict and trauma.
Books under review for Required Reading:
Keep Going: The Act of Perseverance Joseph Marshall III, Sterling Ethos: New York, 2006.
Women Out of Order: Risking Change and Creating Care in a Multicultural World Editors Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner & Teresa Snorton Fortress Press 2010
Read Chapter 6 (included in the email)
African American Pastoral Care and Counseling: The politics of oppression and empowerment Ed Wimberly.
Crisis Counseling in the CongregationLarry Webb, Abingdon Press, 2011.
Other books under review for recommended are:
Duran, Eduardo. Healing the Soul Wound: Counseling with American Indians and other Native Peoples. Teachers College, 2006.
Jackson, Cari. The Gift to Listen the Courage to Hear. Augsburg, 2003.
Justes, Emma. Please Don’t Tell: What to do with the Secrets People Share. Abingdon, 2014.
Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, and Switzler. Crucial Conversations. McGraw Hill, 2012.
Richardson, Ronald. Creating a Healthier Church. Augsburg, 1996.
Rogers, Dalene Fuller. Pastoral Care for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Healing the Shattered Soul. Routledge, 2002.
Scheib, Karen. Pastoral Care: Telling the Stories of Our lives. Abingdon, 2016.
The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict, 2nd edition. Arbinger Institute, 2015