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CFM
GRADUATION AWARDS
CFM ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM
CONFERENCES/CONVENTIONS
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
JOB PLACEMENT
GRADUATION
AWARDS
Here
are our May 2008 award recipients. Congratulations!
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2ND ANNUAL CFM SYMPOSIUM
"Spiritual
Formation as Practical Theology"
February
5, 2009
Guest
Scholar: Richard Osmer
Princeton Theological Seminary
Thomas W. Synnott Professor of Christian Education
Department of Practical Theology
Richard
Osmer is Princeton Theological Seminary’s Thomas W.
Synnott Professor of Christian Education. He holds a M.Div.
from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Emory University. His
interests include practical theology, the teaching ministry
of congregations, and interdisciplinary thinking. His courses
cover educational psychology and practical theology, children’s
literature in Christian moral education, confirmation and
catechism, and the social functions of religion, ethics, and
education in theories of modernity and postmodernity. An ordained
Presbyterian minister, he chairs the Committee to Write New
Catechisms for the Presbyterian Church (USA). His major publications
include A
Teachable Spirit: Recovering the Teaching Office of the Church
(Westminster John Knox Press, 1990); Confirmation: Presbyterian
Practices in Ecumenical Perspective (Geneva Press, 1996);
The Teaching Ministry of Congregations (Westminster
John Knox Press, 2005), and Practical Theology: An Introduction
(Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008)
(More details forthcoming)
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CONFERENCES/CONVENTIONS
| ORGANIZATION |
LOCATION |
DATE |
TOPIC |
| NAPCE
(North American Professors of Christian Education |
Atlanta,
Georgia
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October
16-18, 2008 |
"The
Family in the 21st Century"
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| AAR
(American Academy of Religion) |
Chicago,
IL
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Nov.
1-3, 2008 |
TBA |
REA
(Religious Education Association) and APRRE(Association
of Professors and Researchers
in Religious Education)
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Chicago,
Illinois
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November
7-9, 2008 |
"Fiction
as Truth: Seeking religious depth in Short Stories, Novels,
and Film" |
| ETS
(Evangelical Theological Society) |
Providence,
RI |
Nov.
19-21, 2008 |
"Text
and Canon" |
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New
Orleans, LA |
Nov
18-20, 2009 |
"Personal
and Social Ethics" |
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Spiritual
Formation Forum |
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AYME
(Association of Youth Ministry Educators) |
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Oct
18-20, 2008 |
"Called
and Commissioned: Youth Ministry Education as Leadership
Development"
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CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES
We are
committed to teaching and mentoring students to prepare them
for effective ministry in any setting. While the discipline
is not linked to any specific vocation, students majoring
within the Christian Formation and Ministry Department generally
focus on such areas as age-specific ministries (children's
ministry, youth ministry, college and young adult ministry,
and adult ministries), discipleship ministries, camping ministries,
family ministries, cross-cultural ministries, school leadership,
student development, and curriculum development. Students
in recent years have gone out to work with churches, parachurch
organizations, mission agencies, camps, schools, and colleges,
as listed below.
- Advanced
Higher Education (including Wheaton College Accelerated
M.A.)
- Campus
Ministry
- Chaplaincy
- Christian
Camping
- Cross-Cultural
Ministry
- Evangelistic
Ministry
- Inner
City Ministry
- Instructional/Curriculum
Developer
- Local
Church Ministry
- Children's
Ministry
- Christian
Education Director
- Family
Ministry
- Youth
Ministry
- Discipleship/Small
Groups Ministry
- Missions
- Parachurch
Ministry
- Sports
Ministry
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JOB
PLACEMENT
Wheaton
College's Career Services
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