Practical Pastoral Care PC246
Australian College of Theology name: Lay Ministries Field Education
Learning Outcomes
1. To provide you with the opportunity to be exposed to a range of ministries within a local congregation and in the wider community;
2. To enable you to reflect upon personal life and ministry from a Christian perspective.
Content
1. Understanding the action/reflection model in Pastoral Care
2. The significance of the use of questions and listening
3. The nine needs of the dying, six losses and the four tasks of mourning
4. Spiritual assessment models that help develop more effective caring
5. Theological reflection and Pastoral Care
6. Understanding boundaries in Pastoral Care
7. Practical experience in your parish, prison, hospital, community, etc
8. Opportunity to reflect on your own ministry
A total of not less than 200 hours' experience-based learning, including
1. Keeping a personal daily journal for at least one month, together with a written reflection upon the ministry experiences of daily life during that time;
2. Observation and participation in some aspects of lay ministries undertaken in a local congregation, involving at least 50 hours' active work by you; and
3. Observation and participation in ministries undertaken in the wider community, which involve Christians (e.g. state school councils, homeless care, sports/leisure ministries, food co-operatives), involving not less than 50 hours' active work by you.
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