intro to ministry

Creation

Heaven and earth together

the fall

• sin

• separation

• death

old covenant

• abraham

• people of God

• law

• tabernacle & temple

• prophets, priests, and kings

new covenant

• -Jesus the Prophet, Priest, and King

  -Proclamation of the Kingdom of God

  -Call to salvation and call to serve

  -command to love God and neighbor

  -Crucifixion and resurrection

  -comissions to go, witness, and make disciples

Church

- Pentecost: coming of the Holy Spirit

-Birth of the church

- the people of God

- The body of Christ

- Temple of the Holy Spirit

- missio Dei

Kingdom of God

• resurrection

• Heaven and new earth together

Missional calling

the main contribution your life makes for God’s kingdom”

direct calling

a specific task that God directs an individual to do

general calling

the things to which god calls all people

missional calling attributes

• Generally aligns with your gifts

• Involves something you are passionate about and that gives you joy

• Takes significant time, prayer, and communal involvement to discern

• Lived out in many ways throughout ones life, not just through work

• Generally speaking, people only have one such calling in their lifetime

general calling attributes

1. Prayer/spiritual practices

2. You don’t need to seek out or discern you general calling

3. Taught and supported by community of faith

direct calling attributes

1. May not align with our gifts

2. May not align with your passions or give you joy

3. Little doubt about what is being asked of you, yet there is still need ofr confirmation that the call is from God

4. Vary significantly in duration and scope

5. Some may experience many direct calls, while others may experience none

General- the things to which God calls all people

practical steps of pastoral care

• call ahead

• go (when in doubt)

• enter (knock)

• listen

• leave

Kubblers 5 stages of grief

• denial

• anger

• barganing

• depression

• acceptance

parkers 4 phases of grief

• numbness

• pinning

• disorganization

• acceptance

3 types of hurting approaches

• minimizers

• teachers

• slovers

Main statistic for adolescent mental health

1/5 adolescents ages 3-17 will experience mental illness in a given year

what percent of mental disorders begin by age 14

50%

what percent of mental disorders begin by age 24

75%

average time from first symptoms to first treatment

11 years

what percent of children will never receive treatment

50%

gardners intelligences

• verbal/linguistic

• logical/mathematical

• visual/special

• logial/kinisthetic

• musical/rythmic

• inter-personal

• intra-active

worship

a moment in time and space that the body of Christ jointly and publicly acknowledges the ultimate worth of God

liturgy

public service/ public ministry

worship emphasis

the Christian year

1) advent

2) Christmas

3) epiphany

4) Lent

5) Holy Week

6) Easter

7) Pentecost

8) After pentecost (ordinary time)

spiritual disciplines

• making music

• getting outside

• valuing relationships

• paying attention

• praying scripture

• having fun

hermeneutical arch

Remember

 retrieve relevant knowledge- recognize, recall

Understand

determine meaning- interpret, exemplify, classify, summarize, infer, compare, explain

Apply

carry out or use a procedure- execute, implement

Analyze

 break material into it’s constituent parts to determine structure or purpose- differentiate, organize, attribute

Evaluate

make judgements based on criteria- check, critique

Create

 put elements together to create an original project- generate, plan, produce