Teacher: Allen Lee

Participant will run the camera, lights, or slides for each chapel service and will work closely with the Communications Department and Director of Worship to ensure the technologically smooth functioning of each service. This individual will be required to attend praise team rehearsals.

Teacher: Allen Lee

Participant will serve as Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer on the Student Council Executive. Participant will fulfill the stated responsibilities of their elected position according to the constitution of the Student Council. Participant will submit a proposal to the Vice President for Campus Life (with copy to the Director of Practicums) showing how this activity will be related to relational ministry and meet the objectives of the Practicum program. This may require two semesters of ministry for one credit.

Teacher: Allen Lee

Participant will be involved in another form of social ministry, approved by the Director of Practicums.

Teacher: Allen Lee

Participant will have an opportunity to gain experience through tutoring children and teens. Prerequisite: (CSE 101) Introduction to Teaching.

Teacher: Allen Lee

Participant will work in a soup kitchen or a food shelter on a weekly basis. This may require two semesters of ministry for one credit.

Teacher: Allen Lee

Participant will be responsible for the total youth program for a local church including both junior and senior high teens. He or she will work directly with the pastor in developing and organizing a youth program.

Teacher: Allen Lee

Participant will serve as an assistant to a teacher in a classroom in either a public or private school.

Teacher: Allen Lee

Participant will become involved in a meaningful ministry approved by the Director of Practicums. Participant will submit a proposal showing how this ministry will be related to relational ministry and meet the objectives of the Practicum program.

Teacher: Allen Lee

After being accepted, participant will be required to take an orientation course given at the Centre (there is a small fee for this course). This person must be mature and able to work with women who are in crisis pregnancy situations. Responsibilities will range from office duties to counselling and Bible studies.

Teacher: Allen Lee

Participant will serve in the resident hall as a Resident Assistant and will be responsible to assist in the spiritual development and interpersonal relationships of students, as well as serving as a liaison between the University and the students. This Practicum will require regular reporting to the Resident Director with a focus on ministry-type activities.

Teacher: Stephen Elliott

This course studies the real-life work and responsibilities of the pastor (except preaching). Students are exposed to both the ‘up-front/public’ ministries of a pastor, as well as the ‘behind-the-scenes’ responsibilities. Many practical areas of pastoral ministry are explored through lecture, demonstration, practice, and visits to local churches.

Teacher: Janet Starks

This course surveys the people and thought patterns that have significantly affected and continue to influence the development of an evangelical philosophy of education. The contributions of both Christian and secular thinkers are considered. Students begin to articulate a personal philosophy of education.

Teacher: Merrill Greene

This course studies basic theological concepts and characteristics of the world's religions, including but not limited to Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam. Major North American cults also are examined closely. How these concepts deal with the nature of God and humankind, as well as how their major teachings compare to Christianity and to each other, are analyzed. Strategies for effective Christian witness among these religions are also studied.

Teacher: Merrill Greene

This course provides the biblical, theological and strategic basis for participation of Christians and the church in God’s worldwide mission, with an emphasis on the trajectory of the global expansion of the church. Students will be given a comprehensive introduction to the Old and New Testament foundations of missional theology and praxis.

Teacher: Clinton Branscombe

This course focuses on using electronic tools to work with the major language behind the Old Testament. It does not concentrate on the technical details of learning Hebrew such as memorizing vocabulary and mastering the details of grammar, but rather the ability to use tools to examine the words and concepts with the purpose of being able to better understand and interpret the Old Testament.

Teacher: Jeff Hughes

This course teaches the practical components of effective professional communication. Students will learn the foundational principles of effective oral and written communication, including presentations, proposals, contracts, and day-to-day business interactions.

Teacher: Kenneth Gavel

This course offers an intensive study of Christian perfection from a Wesleyan perspective in its biblical, doctrinal, historical, and practical aspects.

Teacher: Axel Kazadi

This course provides a systematic treatment of the nature and sources of theology. Considered are the problems of knowledge and authority, the proper approach to the Bible as God’s written revelation, and the doctrines of God, creation, anthropology and sin.

Teacher: Merrill Greene

This course is an introductory anthropology course taught from a Christian perspective. The focus of the course is in gaining skills to analyze and understand, appreciate those of other cultures, as well as to be able to adapt more effectively to new cultural and ministry settings. The practical component of the course is the successful completion of the ethnographic and/or quantitative study of a cultural or social situation in the surrounding community and beyond.

Teacher: Jeremy MacDonald