17 courses with the subject CMSF, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CMSF 5010Introduction to Spiritual Formation - An introduction to
traditions and practices of Christian spiritual formation, with particular focus on guiding first year students in establishing life patterns and spiritual disciplines that will support growth throughout their seminary career and ministry. Emphasizing the importance of experiencing spiritual formation through fellowship, prayer, and accountability to others, the course seeks to help students incorporate those formative practices into their lives. The course uses a variety of colloquy, small group interactions, and personal reflections to build this solid foundation of life-long spiritual growth. Three semester hours.
CMSF 5018Spiritual Formation (online) - An introduction to traditions
and practices of Christian spiritual formation, with particular focus on guiding first year students in establishing life patterns and spiritual disciplines that will support growth throughout their seminary career and ministry. Emphasizing the importance of experiencing spiritual formation through fellowship, prayer, and accountability to others, the course seeks to help students incorporate those formative practices into their lives. The course uses a variety of colloquy, small group interactions, and personal reflections to build this solid foundation of life-long spiritual growth. Three semester hours.
CMSF 6020Spiritual Formation and the Ministry of Teaching - This
course emphasizes the local Christian community as the primary relational context for holistic spiritual formation. Drawing on Scripture and theology, as well as contemporary research into human social and psychological development, it explores theories and practices of formation through the ministry of teaching and offers strategies for developing and implementing curriculum for formation within local churches and other educational settings. Three semester hours.
CMSF 6040Spiritual Formation in Community - An examination and
evaluation of the use of small groups in ministry and retreat settings as a context for Christian spiritual formation. The course emphasizes the importance of understanding group dynamics and the organization of organic communities of faith and encourages students to develop and refine skills in leading groups and developing materials for groups. Three semester hours.
CMSF 6120Spiritual Direction - An exploration of Christian spiritual
direction as a personal relationship with a fellow Christian that nurtures intimacy with God and faithful attentiveness to God’s personal communication. The course engages classic and contemporary teachings and practices of Christian spirituality while also helping students to develop their skills as patient and deep listeners who are carefully attentive to their own contemplative prayer lives. Three semester hours.
CMSF 6140Spiritual Formation in Youth and Campus Ministry - An
application of traditional and contemporary knowledge about Christian spiritual formation to the unique contexts of ministry to children, youth, and college students. The course focuses on understanding faith formation at various stages of human psycho-social development, as well as on developing curriculum and program models that foster effective spiritual formation at each stage. Three semester hours.
CMSF 6510Memory and the Spiritual Life - An exploration of the
central role memory plays in the Bible and in the formation of individual and communal identity, as well as the possibilities for how intentional practices of remembering can contribute to faith and human flourishing. Three semester hours.
CMSF 7050Theological Integration - The Theological Integration
Seminar provides graduating students an opportunity to reflect on their ECS experience as it relates to their sense of calling, ministry, the mission of the church, and future vocational plans. One semester hour.
CMSF 7157Theological Integration (hybrid) - The Theological
Integration Seminar provides graduating students an opportunity to reflect on their ECS experience as it relates to their sense of calling, ministry, the mission of the church, and future vocational plans. One semester hour.
CMSF 8000Spiritual Formation for Christian Ministry - This seminar
seeks to clarify and articulate a personal theology of ministry, define the concept of ministry formation, and reflect upon issues pertaining to a developmental view of formation. Three semester hours.
