LR102 Learning to Listen Easter School
Welcome to the LR102 Learning to Listen Easter School web page. This page is designed to provide useful resources relating to topics covered in LR102 with WEMTC. If you have found useful resources or have questions you would like ask, please do contribute.
This long residential seeks to encourage and enable students to listen to God, themselves and others within a context of prayer, healing and pastoral care. It is next scheduled to run Easter 2008. The material here is for Easter 2005.
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Useful resources for LR102
Books
The following are core books for this subject:
- Bridger, F. and Atkinson, D Counselling in Context: Developing a Theological Framework , London, DLT 1998
- Geldard, D.Basic Personal Counselling Free Association Books 1998
- Guenther, M. Holy Listening London, DLT 1992
- Hughes, G. God of Surprises London, DLT 1985
- Lartey, E. In Living Colour Cassell 1997
- Report for the House of Bishops A Time to Heal Church House Publishing 2000
- Neville Ward, J. The Use of Praying London, Epworth 1967
For a more detailed bibliography see our Learning to Listen Booklists.
Why not tell us of some books you have found useful? If the webmaster agrees we'll list them here.
You may find the following web sites helpful for this subject. Material on the net has no quality control making tutors very wary - and rightly so! Nevertheless there is a growing amount of first class work on line particularly coming from Religious Studies Departments of good Universities. Treat with care and you'll find it very useful.
The Internet is not 100% reliable and documents move, disappear and change their names. If you find a link does not work, try again in an hour, a day, or a week. But do feel free to email us to report a link doesn't work. Don't forget to tell us the name of the link!
Listening Skills
- CASAA Basic Listening Skills
- Basic advice on listening well from the Canadian Association of Student Activity Advisors.
- Listening and Empathy Responding
- How to listen and empathise by a Clinical Psychologist from the Mental Health Net Self Help Pages.
Seeking Help
- Where to Seek Help
- The British Association for Counselling and Psychology has a useful list of groups that might help with specific problems - such as Relate, MIND etc.
Spiritual Direction
- What is Spiritual Direction
- A question and answer explanation of Spiritual Direction from the American based Spiritual Directors International.
- What is Spiritual Direction?
- Some practical advice on discerning whether Spiritual Direction is right for you and how to find a Director.
- General Advice on Spiritual Direction
- Some practical advice on what is Spiritual Direction from the Canadian Anglican Cursillo Movement.
Luke Link Pages
for more links see TM103.5 New Testament
- New Testament Gateway
- Mark Goodacres's Birmingham University site includes among other things the ability to search a lot of bible sites i.e. bible versions for particular chapters and verses as well as key words.Also browse the website links and specifically the Luke - Acts page
- Textweek's Gospel articles
- A labour of love by Jenee Woodard. Textweek is designed to provide resources related to the Common Lectionary readings. Look around this site more widely as there are specific pages for each Gospel e.g. Luke page with articles for the lectionary readings.
- Worldwide Study Bible
- Gives links to bible versions and commentaries (again usually older and copyright free)for each book and chapter of the bible
- Torrey's Biblical Resources Page
- Lots of good links to English material of reasonable quality compiled by a Professor of Hivolda University, Sweden.
- F Just's New Testament Links
- Felix Just SJ's site has good general introductions to most bible books and good links. He lectures at Loyola Marymount University
Luke Articles
- D Bock's IVP Commentary on Luke
- The IVP NT Commentary Series is online courtesy of InterVarsity Press and Gospel Communications International at the New Testament Gateway. Choose Luke
Worship at Easter School
- The new Lent, Holy Week, Easter or Times and Seasons
- The Church is revising Lent Holy Week and Easter and Promise of his Glory due out out this year. The revised formats are available for experimental use from the Praxis web site. There is some good liturgical material here for anyone leading more formal services during Easter School. See especially the Eastertide sections
See the general religion links as a starting point for your own searching
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Programmes for this Easter School are revised and updated every three years. Previous Timetables are only general guidelines for the programme for the next Long Residential.
Timetables available include:
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Code and title
LR102 Long Residential: Learning to Listen
Brief description
This long residential seeks to encourage and enable students to listen to God, themselves and others within a context of prayer, healing and pastoral care.
Level and Credits
Level I 10 credits
Status
Core for Diploma
Type
Standard
Prerequisites
Nil
Recommended prior study*
Nil
Restrictions*
Open to Ordinands and Methodist Foundation Students only
Content summary
This Residential will cover:
- Basic listening skills.
- Outside visits to community-based projects and centres of care supported by the Church, with theological reflection on the role of the Church in listening to the Community
- Listening to the listeners, for example, reflections from hospital chaplains, children's advisers, spiritual advisers, those involved in ministry of deliverance or in healing ministries.
- Exercises in self-reflection
- Christian approaches to healing
- Quiet Day
- Biblical and theological resources for pastoral ministry
- Bible studies from the gospel of St Luke
- Liturgical responses to pastoral need
Learning outcomes
By the end of this Residential students should:
- Knowledge and Understanding
- Have a knowledge of the theoretical framework for listening skills
- Have a knowledge of the biblical and theological basis of pastoral ministry
- Understand the variety of themes and approaches to healing ministry
- Have an understanding of the nature and purpose of deliverance ministry.
- Have an overview of Luke's gospel, its main themes and some reflections on its relevance to pastoral ministry
- Skills
- Have grown in self-awareness.
- Be able to confidently use basic listening skills.
- Have deepened spiritual resources of prayer and reflection.
- Have the confidence to walk with others in their prayer journey
- Have learnt to transfer listening skills to a variety of pastoral contexts, such as bereavement, personal relationships, hospital visiting.
- Be able to make connections between listening skills and prophetic ministry within the wider community
Teaching and learning
80 hours
45 hours class contact in Residential Week
30 hours personal study (reading, preparation, self reflection)
5 hours interview and group reflection
Assessment
A Self-Reflection exercise of 2500 words or equivalent including a record and reflection on the final listening session in prescribed format. 70%
A record and reflection on a home church pastoral visit carried out within two months of the Long Residential 20%
An interview with a Core Staff Member 10%
All marked on a pass/fail basis
Indicative resources
- Bridger, F. and Atkinson, D Counselling in Context: Developing a Theological Framework , London, DLT 1998
- Geldard, D.Basic Personal Counselling Free Association Books 1998
- Guenther, M. Holy Listening London, DLT 1992
- Hughes, G. God of Surprises London, DLT 1985
- Lartey, E. In Living Colour Cassell 1997
- Report for the House of Bishops A Time to Heal Church House Publishing 2000
- Neville Ward, J. The Use of Praying London, Epworth 1967
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