Ministry Placement: Leading Worship and Pastoral Acts (DP9022L)

Content

Supervised Theological Field Education (STFE) is an intentional learning process undertaken though a supervised placement in a ministry setting . It includes engaging with relevant theory, practical ministry experience, theological reflection, and supervision. This STFE unit focuses on developing the skills of preparing and leading public worship, including church rites, within the environment of a ministry placement for a minimum of 96 hours. The student is supported by a minimum of 6 hours of pastoral supervision and 18 hours of class time and/or other forms of formal theological reflection. The student will reflect theologically and pastorally on the ministry of pubic worship and consider how the church's safeguarding and professional ministry standards are enacted in this context. They will meet regularly with their workplace supervisor and the College's STFE Coordinator or delegate. Assessment will include both practical and reflective components.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

This unit cannot be undertaken by a student as a sole first unit of study. DP9022L and DP9035L is a precluded combination of units. Prior to commencement of placement, a learning module on the University code of conduct; safeguarding processes, including children and vulnerable persons, and any additional professional standards obligations required by the LCA or the placement organisation must have been completed. Enrolment in an STFE unit must be preceded by an interview with the college STFE Coordinator..

Pedagogy

This STFE learning is informed by relevant professional development, Workplace Director observation, pastoral supervision and/or mentoring, and student reflective integrative responses.

Indicative Bibliography

• Bradshaw, Paul F. Early Christian worship: a basic introduction to ideas and practice. 2nd ed. London: SPCK, 2010.
• Cooper, Jordan. Liturgical Worship: A Lutheran Introduction. Watseka, IL: Just & Sinner Publishing House, 2018.
• Day, Juliette, and Benjamin Gordon-Taylor, eds. The study of liturgy and worship: an Alcuin guide. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2013.
• Heywood, David. Kingdom Learning: Experiential and Reflective Approaches to Christian Formation. London, UK: SCM Press, 2017.
• Just, A.A. Heaven on earth: the gifts of Christ in the divine service. St Louis, MO: Concordia Publishing House, 2008.
• Kincaid, William B. How theological field education shapes pastoral identity. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012.
• Lutheran Church of Australia Commission on Worship. Church rites. Edited by David A. Schubert. Adelaide, SA: Openbook Publishers, 1994.
• Monro, Anita, and Stephen Burns. Christian Worship in Australia: Inculturating the Liturgical Tradition. Strathfield, N.S.W.: St Pauls Publications, 2009.
• Ramshaw, Gail. Christian Worship: 100,000 Sundays of Symbols and Rituals. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009.
• Senn, Frank. Introduction to Christian Liturgy. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012.
• Lathrop, Gordon. Central things: worship in word and sacrament. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2005.
• Vasconcelos Wilkey, Glaucia, ed. Worship and Culture: Foreign Country or Homeland? Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2014.

Assessment