First
Semester Syllabus
September 10,
2017 – January 28, 2018
This syllabus may change during the course of the term. Notification
of changes will be posted on St. Mark’s web page (http://www.stmarksevanston.org/calendar-of-events/)
and included in “This Week at St. Mark’s,” a weekly newsletter distributed
electronically on Wednesday mornings.
Course
title: God-Centered
Living Across the Life Span: A Learning Laboratory
Instructors: ALL the
people – lay and ordained - of St. Mark’s
Office Hours
Pastor Debra: 3:30-4:30 p.m., Wednesdays
at Cupitol, 812 Grove Street, Evanston
2:00
– 5:00 p.m., Thursdays at St. Mark’s
or
by appointment (call) 847-732-9564 or (email) rector@stmarksevanston.org
Scott Zaucha: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon,
Wednesdays at St. Mark’s or by appointment
(call) 847-864-4806 or (email) intern@stmarksevanston.org
(call) 847-864-4806 or (email) intern@stmarksevanston.org
Katie Snitker: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Mondays at St. Mark’s
or by appointment
(call) 847-864-4806 or (email) community@stmarksevanston.org
(call) 847-864-4806 or (email) community@stmarksevanston.org
David Plank: by appointment, (call) 402-650-9266 or
(email) music@stmarksevanston.org
Course
Description
Lifelong Christian faith formation is important for
lifelong growth in the knowledge, service and love of God as followers of
Christ. Regardless of where you are on your spiritual journey, no matter
what season of life you are in, you are invited to enter into a prayerful life
of continuous learning by full participation in this course. Prerequisites: none.
Course
Objectives and Goals
Students
successfully completing this course will develop skill in
- Realizing and accepting that this course never ends;
- Contributing to a learning community characterized by dialogue, mutual respect, appreciation of diverse views, and walking alongside others in their journey of faith
- Insightful awareness of self as a representative of Christ and Christ’s
Church; bearing witness to Christ wherever they may be; and, according to the
gifts given them, carrying on Christ’s work of reconciliation in the world.
- Identification of the presence of grace inherent in self and others through full participation in all aspects of the course – particularly in coming together week by week for corporate worship; and working, praying, and giving for the spread of the kingdom of God.
Course Requirements
All
students are required to bring their whole selves to each aspect of the course.
Criteria for Passing
Grade
There
are no grades for this course. However, each student is encouraged to hold themselves
responsible for the fulfillment of course assignments and is encouraged to be
accountable to at least one other member of the learning community through regular
check-ins.
Required
Reading
Weekly
Scripture assignments can be found here http://lectionary.library.vanderbilt.edu/
and will also be included in “This Week at St. Mark’s” which is delivered
electronically on Wednesday morning of each week. Please read the assigned passages at least
once prior to Sunday worship.
An
order for Daily Prayer can be found in The
Book of Common Prayer, 1979 which can be borrowed from St. Mark’s or which
can be found online at https://www.bcponline.org/.
See especially pages 137-140.
Course
Schedule
In
order to accommodate busy schedules, this course will meet at a variety of
times and places. The following is a
starting point; however, additional information will be available at The Ministry Fair and on the St. Mark’s
website: http://www.stmarksevanston.org/calendar-of-events/
and in “This Week at St. Mark’s.”
Small Groups: By arrangement with
small group members. Additional information is
available at the Ministry Fair or on our website,
http://www.stmarksevanston.org/about/clergy-staff-leaders/. Small groups are available for children, teens, and adults. There are also multi-generational small groups available.
available at the Ministry Fair or on our website,
http://www.stmarksevanston.org/about/clergy-staff-leaders/. Small groups are available for children, teens, and adults. There are also multi-generational small groups available.
Lab Work: Daily
– in your home, your workplace, your school, your neighborhood.
For ideas, please refer to pages 292-294 of The Book of Common Prayer,
1979.
For ideas, please refer to pages 292-294 of The Book of Common Prayer,
1979.
Group Lab: A group lab -
“Becoming the Story We Tell” - meets weekly at
St. Mark’s (Tuesday evenings from 7 – 8:30 p.m. through the end of
September; Thursday evenings from 7 – 8:30 p.m. from October through
December)
St. Mark’s (Tuesday evenings from 7 – 8:30 p.m. through the end of
September; Thursday evenings from 7 – 8:30 p.m. from October through
December)
Practicum: This is the
corporate worship aspect of the course and meets every
Sunday morning at the following times:
Sunday morning at the following times:
Special
Practicum: Worship that
takes place at other times
Course
Assignments
While
there are no grades for the course, past participants have indicated that their
learning is greatly enhanced by the following:
- Regular attendance at practicums
- Participation in at least one small group focused within the church (e.g., acolyte, altar guild, choir, flower guild, etc.)
- Participation in at least one small group focused outside the church (e.g., sandwich making, serving Wednesday lunch, Producemobile volunteering, etc.)
- Participation in the group lab
- Sharing your group work and lab experiments with one another: a bulletin board has been prepared for you to post descriptions, photos and/or data from your most recent experiments. Please feel free to share both your successes and your failures for we learn from them both.
Copying an other's work - particularly if it is that of Jesus Christ - is highly recommended; however, always remember to credit the source.
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