Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center
Course Offerings
for Academic Year 2009-2010
The following is a list of Bethany Theological Seminary courses to be hosted by SVMC. Enrollment for courses will occur through Bethany Theological Seminary.
Song, Mission, and Culture (M-214-S)
Application Deadline: 01/05/10 (new students)
Registration Deadline: 01/22/10
Instructor: Gil Waldkoenig
Dates: February 5-6; 12-13; 19-20; 26-27, 2010
Location: Elizabethtown College, The Young Center
Credit: 3 hours of seminary credit
This course looks at the experience of music and the processes that happen when introducing changes in music. Contemporary and alternative music in the church will be in focus as well as the long roots of world and folk music from around the globe and North America. Students will be challenged to develop theological and sociological rationales for choosing music for various ministries; they will have opportunity to explore particular genres of music and approaches to leadership in alternative styles of music; and we will highlight the largely overlooked role of music outside of worship.
Registration Deadline: 01/22/10
Instructor: Gil Waldkoenig
Dates: February 5-6; 12-13; 19-20; 26-27, 2010
Location: Elizabethtown College, The Young Center
Credit: 3 hours of seminary credit
This course looks at the experience of music and the processes that happen when introducing changes in music. Contemporary and alternative music in the church will be in focus as well as the long roots of world and folk music from around the globe and North America. Students will be challenged to develop theological and sociological rationales for choosing music for various ministries; they will have opportunity to explore particular genres of music and approaches to leadership in alternative styles of music; and we will highlight the largely overlooked role of music outside of worship.
History of the Church of the Brethren (H-201-S)
Application Deadline: 02/12/10 (new students)
Registration Deadline: 02/28/10
Instructor: Dr. Jeff Bach
Dates: March 12-13, March 19-20, April 16-17, April 30-May 1, 2010
Location: Elizabethtown College, The Young Center
Credit: 3 hours of seminary credit
This course investigates the history of the Brethren from their beginning as a movement amidst German Pietism to their transplantation and spread in America, major divisions, mission work, and interactions with wider Christianity and surrounding cultures, attending to their development from a rather homogenous to a somewhat more ethically diverse group. Along with theologocial concerns, the course will investigate social and historical contexts for the Brethren story.
Dates: March 12-13, March 19-20, April 16-17, April 30-May 1, 2010
Location: Elizabethtown College, The Young Center
Credit: 3 hours of seminary credit
This course investigates the history of the Brethren from their beginning as a movement amidst German Pietism to their transplantation and spread in America, major divisions, mission work, and interactions with wider Christianity and surrounding cultures, attending to their development from a rather homogenous to a somewhat more ethically diverse group. Along with theologocial concerns, the course will investigate social and historical contexts for the Brethren story.
PROJECTED COURSE OFFERINGS
Introduction to the Old Testament - Fall 2010
Ministry with Older Adults - Winter 2011
Worship - Spring 2011Old Testament elective - Fall 2011
Administration, Leadership and Authority - Spring 2012
Introduction to New Testament - Spring 2012
