Online Classes Offer Opportunities for Enrichment
One-month online intensives provide resource for Life-long Learning
As part of an initiative to provide life-long learning opportunities, Claremont School of Theology is launching a series on one-month online intensives on topics designed for church leaders and laity in search of professional and personal enrichment. To download the registration form, click here.
Four classes will be offered (See below for course descriptions)
October 18 — November 12, 2010
- It’s a New Day: Leading in a Changing World
- God Beyond Borders: Building Interreligious Community
February 28 — March 25, 2011
- Short-term Spiritual guidance
- No More Lone(ly) Ranger: Learning to Lead with Teams
The courses, designed and taught by Claremont faculty, will be offered fully online and open to all students. No admission process is required. Learning resources and questions for online conversation will be posted weekly, with weekly participation expected for a time commitment of approximately 5 hours per week. The classes have limited enrollments of 15 students per class, so reserve your seat today.
For those seeking continuing education unites, each course carries 2 CEUs and/or a certificate of completion. The tuition charge per course is $200. For more information and to register, contact lifelonglearning@cst.edu.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
GOD BEYOND BORDERS: BUILDING INTERRELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
October 18 — November 12, 2010
Rev. Dr. Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook
Professor of Practical Theology and Religious Education
The United States is one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world, and yet many individuals and congregations struggle with establishing authentic relationships with people of other religions. Drawing on the wisdom and experience of interreligious leaders, this course offers an opportunity for clergy and lay people to reflect on the potential for interreligious community in their own location, as well as gather some practical skills and resources for this task. A foundational conviction is that interreligious dialogue not only deepens the understanding and respect we have for other religious traditions, it can profoundly impact our understanding and experience of our own faith.
IT’S A NEW DAY: LEADING IN A CHANGING WORLD
October 18 — November 12, 2010
Rev. Sue D’Alessio
Executive Director, Center for Leadership Development (UMC California-Pacific Annual Conference)
and Adjunct Faculty (CST)
Models of effective leadership have changed significantly in the past decade. The church is in a time of deep, challenging change. This course explores the challenges of how, in this time of change and uncertainty, we can be more effective leaders. Then it provides practical methods for ways to identify, train, nurture, and empower responsive and responsible leaders who serve as effective, faithful, spiritual disciples, both in the local congregations and in the community.
SHORT-TERM SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE
February 28 — March 25, 2011
Rev. Dr. Duane Bidwell
Associate Professor of Practical Theology, Spiritual Care, and Counseling
Spiritual guides have much to learn from short-term psychotherapy. This course provides a way that pastors, chaplains, and other spiritual caregivers can provide spiritual guidance that honors the person, recognizes the context of care offered “on the run,” and remains true to the historical ways that spiritual direction has been provided in the Christian traditions.
NO MORE LONE(LY) RANGER: LEARNING TO LEAD WITH TEAMS
February 28 — March 25, 2011
Rev. Sue D’Alessio
Executive Director, Center for Leadership Development (UMC California-Pacific Annual Conference)
and Adjunct Faculty (CST)
Teamwork involves different skills in leadership than working as a lone leader. This course explores the processes of developing our strengths and learning to collaborate with others in teams. It provides practical ideas for ways to balance and build the team in order to create greater synergy for more dynamic, effective ministry in the congregation as we serve together to make a difference in people’s lives, in our communities, and in the world.
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