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P201 Ministerial Placement

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Ministerial Placement

What is this Placement all about?
Useful resources for Ministerial Placement
Paperwork for the placement The Student Spot
Module Description Ministerial Placement Debrief weekend

Resources Addition Form
Contributions to this page

Welcome to the P201 Ministerial Placement web page. This page is designed to provide useful resources relating to this placement with WEMTC. If you have found useful resources or have questions you would like ask, please do contribute. This Placement is linked to the R7 Ministerial Placement Debrief weekend. There are separate pages for the Reader Placement and the Vocational Discernment Placement

What is this Placement all about?

This Placement involves an eight-week commitment to a local church significantly different from the student's own and which provides an opportunity to practise ministerial skills, reflect on future ministry and discern strengths and weaknesses in ministerial practice.

The Ministerial Placement is usually undertaken in September and October with the Debrief occuring in November. It is not necessary for the Placement to be completed by the Debrief weekend although it is desirable that you have completed substantial work so that you are able to fully take part in the discussions. We therefore recommend that you start as early as you can in September. OLMs and students starting in September may have to undertake part or all of the placement after the weekend.

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Full module description for P201
Paperwork for the placement

Useful resources for p201

Books

The following are indicative books for this placement:

Cocksworth,C & Brown, R. Being a Priest Today Canterbury Press, 2002
Francis, J. & Francis, L. Tentmaking - Perspectives on Self-Supporting Ministry Gracewing 1998
L. William Countryman Living on the Border of the Holy Morehouse 1999
Mason, K. Priesthood and Society Canterbury Press 2002

For more detailed bibliographies see our Ministerial Placement Debrief Booklists.
Why not tell us of some books you have found useful? If the webmaster agrees we'll list them here.

P201 Ministerial Placement Web Resources

You may find the following web sites helpful for the Ministerial Placement. 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!

Resources Generally
I haven't found many web sites generally useful to everyone related to this placement. Every placement is unique and you will need to draw on all that you have studied with WEMTC so see the Modules that relate to issues that arise.
Some of the following may also be useful:

See the general religion links as a starting point for your own searching

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Paperwork for P201

I hope soon to have the paperwork available for downloading.

The Student Spot

This spot is for contributions from those who are doing or have done P201. It needs your contributions - books that have been helpful, questions you would like answered, adverts for things related to the module etc. Content is monitored by the webmaster with reference to the tutors and class reps if necessary. Click here to submit something for the page.

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Resources Addition Form

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Contribution to this Page

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The Full Module Description for P201 Ministerial Placement

Code and title

P201 Ministerial Placement

Tutor

Keith Crouch and a locally appointed supervisor

Brief description

Level and Credits

Level II 15 credits

Status

Core for Diploma

Type

Standard

Prerequisites

TM101 Doing Theology

Restrictions

Open to Ordinands only

Content summary

This placement will cover:

Discussion with members of staff organising the placement.
Briefing and discussion with Placement Supervisor
At least six hours per week contact time in the placement over eight weeks
At least three opportunities to lead worship and the delivery of three sermons.
Weekly meeting with Supervisor.
Keeping a placement diary and using support documents or equivalent
A Residential Weekend in which students share and reflect on their experience and lay the groundwork for the Placement Report

Learning outcomes

By the end of the placement students should:

a) Knowledge and Understanding

Have experienced a local church community different from their own.
Have a greater awareness of the different ways of understanding the nature of ministerial presence, function and responsibilities.
Have deepened and broadened their understanding of liturgical leadership and preaching

b) Skills

Have practised ministerial skills and reflected on their strengths and weaknesses.
Reflected on their present theological understanding and sense of values when faced with the practical business of local ministry
In formational terms grown in self-understanding
Gained in interpersonal skills from building relationships with Staff, congregation members and potentially members of the wider community
Have grown in their ability to lead worship and preach in new contexts
With confidence be able to exercise ministerial leadership in an unfamiliar setting.
Be able to theologically reflect on their own ministerial experience.

Teaching and learning

120 hours
5 hours initial class contact with staff member and placement supervisor
48 hours practical work in the church
67 hours personal study (reading, reflection, preparation of sermons and worship etc.)

Assessment

A Theological Reflection using the Pastoral Cycle of 4000 words or equivalent on some aspect of the Placement and its implications for the student's future ministry. (90%)
Placement Supervisor Report (10%)

Indicative resources

Cocksworth,C & Brown, R. Being a Priest Today Canterbury Press, 2002
Francis, J. & Francis, L. Tentmaking - Perspectives on Self-Supporting Ministry Gracewing 1998
L. William Countryman Living on the Border of the Holy Morehouse 1999
Mason, K. Priesthood and Society Canterbury Press 2002

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