What I Would Do Differently
Session 1 9:45-10:30) Break (10:30-10:45)
Agenda for Learning Community January 11, 2020
Welcome (9:00-9:10)
Details of the project (9:10-9:15)
• Survey
• Training
• Curriculum – Deadline by April 5
• Follow up interviews
Administer the survey (9:15-9:35) Directions
• Survey needs to be completed prior to going through the curriculum
• Place pre-surveys in envelope and return to my mailbox at Calvary
• Once finished with curriculum re-administer the survey
• Place post-surveys in envelope and return to my mailbox at Calvary Break (9:35-9:45)
Session 1 (9:45-10:30)
APPENDIX 8
EMAIL INVITATION TO SMALL GROUP FACILITATORS
The following is the invitation that was sent to small group facilitators to be part of the training.
Experience the Gospel
Learning Community and Small Group Curriculum
Consider the last time you went to a movie or read a captivating novel. What did you experience as you were invited into the plotline? As human beings we are deeply shaped and formed by story. This is why it is important for us to enter into the biblical story—the story that arcs from creation to new creation.
The Gospels are entryways into the big story God is crafting because they reveal Jesus as the central character. To read the Gospels well is to see how they connect Jesus to the Old Testament and to this larger storyline.
You as a small group facilitator are invited to be part of Experience the Gospel Learning Community to discover how the Gospels link Jesus to the big story and how your small group can be transformed by this story in every facet of life. This learning community includes a Saturday training experience (see details below) for small group facilitators, and a 5-week small group curriculum on how the Gospel of Matthew uses the Old Testament to pilot in your group. Because this is a Doctor of Ministry project you and your group will be kindly asked to take a brief survey before and after the
curriculum.
As the date approaches, you will receive more details and information about this experience!
Weekend Learning Community Training
January 11, 2020 / 9:00-12:00 / Roseville Atrium Small Group Curriculum
You and your small group will have between January 11, 2020 and March 15, 2020 to implement the curriculum.
APPENDIX 9
EMAIL INVITATION TO EXPERT PANEL
The following is the email invitation that was used to invite the expert panel.
Hi Dr. Brown,
I hope you are well. I am not sure if you remember me, but you were my M.Div. advisor while at Bethel Seminary. I am currently enrolled as a DMin student at Southern
Seminary where Dan Gurtner is my faculty supervisor.
As the Discipleship Pastor at Calvary Church in Roseville I would like to focus my project on helping small groups become more informed readers of the Gospels—
specifically how the Gospels’ use of the Old Testament can provide a theological foundation for discipleship.
The purpose of the project is stated as follows:
The purpose of this project is to train Calvary Church small group members to understand how the four Gospels use the Old Testament to establish a biblical theological foundation for whole-life discipleship.
I will argue this proposition in the following ways:
1. The Gospel writers interpret the person and ministry of Jesus through an Old Testament hermeneutical lens
2. The intertextual nature of the Gospels forms the biblical metanarrative foundation for discipleship and a Christological approach to spiritual formation.
For this project I will be developing a three-week small group leader training and a five- week small group curriculum on how the Gospel of Matthew uses the Old Testament and its relevance for discipleship. I am wondering if you would be interested and open to serving on an advisory committee (which will also consist of a Calvary elder board member and pastoral staff member) to provide feedback on these curriculums (ensuring they are theologically sound, exegetically precise, and pastorally relevant). The project implementation will take place in August 2019 so it is a ways out at this point.
Thank you for your time. Please let me know if you have any questions. I have attached my complete proposal if you are interested.
Tucker Anderson
Hey Jon,
I am currently enrolled as a DMin student at Southern Seminary and for my final dissertation project, I have to design and implement a project that will be a benefit to Calvary somehow. I would like to focus my project on helping small groups become more informed readers of the Gospels— specifically how the Gospels’ use of the Old Testament can provide a theological foundation for discipleship.
The purpose of the project is stated as follows:
The purpose of this project is to train Calvary Church small group members to understand how the four Gospels use the Old Testament to establish a biblical theological foundation for whole- life discipleship.
I will argue this proposition in the following ways:
1. The Gospel writers interpret the person and ministry of Jesus through an Old Testament hermeneutical lens
2. The intertextual nature of the Gospels forms the biblical metanarrative foundation for discipleship and a Christological approach to spiritual formation.
For this project I will be developing a three-week small group leader training and a five- week small group curriculum on how the Gospel of Matthew uses the Old Testament and its relevance for discipleship. I am wondering if you would be interested and open to serving on an advisory committee (which will also consist of a Bethel Seminary professor and pastoral staff member) to provide feedback on these curriculums (ensuring they are theologically sound, exegetically precise, and pastorally relevant). The project
implementation will take place in August 2019 so it is a ways out at this point. I would love to have you on my team Jon. One of the things I want to ensure is that this
curriculum will be immensely practical for those who use it.
Thank you for your time. Please let me know if you have any questions. I have attached my complete proposal if you are interested.
Tucker Anderson
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