23 courses with the subject FS, 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.
FS 501Formation in God's Story I (3 SH)
Formation in God's Story is the first in a series of formation classes, each of which offers a different focus as students attend to their personal, spiritual, and ministry formation while in seminary. This basic course, which stretches across the seminary year, provides time and space for students to pay prayerful attention to their formational journey through listening to their life narrative from birth until the present. Along with this story-listening, they will also locate their personal story in the larger story Nursing Graduate Program - 139
In this second semester of Formation in God's Story students will continue their work of attending to their personal, spiritual, and ministry formation as they pay prayerful attention to their formational journey through listening to their life narrative, and locating their personal story in the larger picture of God's story as recorded in scripture - more specifically the New Testament narrative. Through reading, prayerful reflection, and biblical story-listening, they will internalize the flow of God's salvation story and attend to how God's story speaks to their own life story. Students will also continue to practice spiritual disciplines, attend to their spiritual formation in the context of God's Story, attend to their rhythm and rule of life, discern and reflect on God's presence and action in their life, and continue to meet in guided small group sessions for listening and soul care. This semester they will also pair up and meet regularly with a spiritual friend. Guidance will be offered as student discern the vocational goals that give shape to their learning process and selection of a ministry track for their seminary studies.
BIBL 511 Hebrew Bible: Text in Context or BIBL 512 New Testament: Text in Context (3) CTH 501 Christian Traditions I or CTH 511 Christian Traditions II (3)
Grounded in the understanding that God in Jesus Christ is inviting us to be reconciled— to God, to ourselves, to each other, and to God’s creation—this course is designed to offer learning in three areas: first, a biblical foundation and a historical overview of spiritual guidance; second, developing an understanding of spiritual discernment—the intentional process of paying attention to God’s presence and activity in our own lives and the lives of others; and third, learning the practice of spiritual direction through experience of group and one-on-one soul care.
FS 532Spiritual Formation for Congregational Discernment (2 SH)
The kingdom of God —as seen within the biblical text and especially within the life and practice of Jesus—will offer us a graced place to stand as we discern what we bring to the spiritual discipline and art of discernment within congregational life and practice. Lectures, discussions, and prayerful reflection will assist us in discerning our root systems, our understandings of God, how we recognize God’s voice, how we discern gifts and callings, the climate for decision-making, how we reflect on our discerning, and how we live in faithful response to the gospel in all of life— within and beyond the congregation in this post-modern age.
FS 622/4 Spiritual Direction Seminar and Practicum (2 SH)
This course offers guidance and experiential learning for the ministry of spiritual direction. Specific attention is paid to the spiritual journey, and to the task of spiritual discernment in companioning persons as they reflect on their own experience in light of who they are called to become and what they are called to in lifelong obedience to the gospel. The Practicum offers supervised training in the ministry and art of spiritual guidance through practicing spiritual direction and peer group reflection.
Developing the Skills of Ministry Course descriptions and scheduling are subject to change by administrative decision. See course offerings booklet for current offerings. Some courses will be offered on a two- or three-year rotation.\ Congregational Life and Work (SMCL)
A directed study giving opportunity for students to develop their gifts and skills in the ministry of giving spiritual direction— in one-on-one or group /congregational settings. Readings and reflection, practice of giving spiritual direction, writing and reflection of verbatim, and meeting for supervision are required components of the course. Prerequisites: Introduction to Spiritual Guidance, Spiritual Formation for Congregational Discernment, Spiritual Direction Seminar and Practicum I and II. Summer Institute for Spiritual Formation The following courses are run every summer during SISF
*CM621 Evangelism: Living to Tell strongly recommended; required for United Methodist deacon students Students will complete the following or the UM studies Seminary Catalog 2019-20 25
