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    Justice In Everyday Life: A Look at the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church
    Justice In Everyday Life: A Look at the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church
    Justice In Everyday Life: A Look at the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church
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    Justice In Everyday Life: A Look at the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church

    By Neal Christie

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    Justice in Everyday Life, a Lay Servant Ministries advanced course, takes an in-depth look at the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church — the church's attempt to speak on contemporary issues with which it is confronted today. The book covers topics such as the following: Natural World, Social Community, Economic Community, Political Community, Biblical Foundations of the Social Principles, and Teaching the Social Principles. It is not only for Lay Servants but is for anyone interested in studying the Social Principles in greater detail.

    The Participant's Book, Social Principles of the UMC 2013-2016 is available through Cokesbury.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDiscipleship Resources
    Release dateJan 1, 2012
    ISBN9780881776539
    Justice In Everyday Life: A Look at the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church
    Author

    Neal Christie

    Neal Christie is Assistant General Secretary of the General Board of Church and Society (GBCS) for Education and Leadership Formation.

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      Book preview

      Justice In Everyday Life - Neal Christie

      Justice

      in

      Everyday Life

      A Look at the Social Principles

      of

      The United Methodist Church

      Neal Christie

      ISBNs

      Print: 978-0-88177-652-2

      Epub: 978-0-88177-653-9

      Mobi: 978-0-88177-654-6

      Scripture quotations not otherwise identified are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible © 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations noted The Message are from THE MESSAGE. Copyright © by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

      Scripture quotations noted NIV are from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

      The designation UMH refers to The United Methodist Hymnal. Copyright © 1989 by The United Methodist Publishing House.

      The designation TFWS refers to The Faith We Sing. Copyright © 2000 by Abingdon.

      JUSTICE IN EVERYDAY LIFE: A Look at the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church.

      Copyright © 2014 Discipleship Resources. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form whatsoever, print or electronic, without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information regarding rights and permissions, contact Discipleship Resources, PO Box 340003, Nashville, TN 37203-0003.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013950575

      Printed in the United States of America

      DR652

      CONTENTS

      Preface: Teaching and Learning

      A Word of Welcome to Students from the Instructor

      Introduction to the Social Principles

      Session One

      Part 1: Introduction to the Course

      Part 2: The Natural World

      Session Two

      Part 1: The Nurturing Community

      Part 2: The Social Community

      Session Three

      Part 1: Teaching the Social Principles

      Part 2: The Economic Community

      Session Four

      Part 1: The Political Community

      Part 2: The World Community

      Session Five

      Part 1: Our First Social Creed

      Part 2: Biblical Foundations for the Social Principles

      Appendix

      Additional Information for the Leader

      A Word to the Course Participants

      Alternate Worship Patterns

      Notes

      PREFACE

      TEACHING AND LEARNiNG

      How we teach is as important as what we teach; how we learn is as important as what we learn. Adults respond to particular teaching and learning styles, and one person’s style of learning may be similar to others in a group, or it may be different. This Lay Servant Ministries advanced course provides you with an opportunity to tailor learning and teaching to your own style. It also challenges you to craft your teaching and facilitation styles to meet the emerging needs of your students.

      Changes within the life of a group invite you to modify your presentation style to meet unforeseen needs. Participants bring to sessions a wealth of lived experience, learned knowledge, and Christ-centered curiosity. Your goal is to support them as they speak from their hearts and minds: challenge their beliefs without shattering them, share from your personal life experience, and know when it is inappropriate to overshadow the beliefs or experiences of another person.

      Your role is to create space for genuine dialogue to occur. Genuine dialogue seeks to hear from a participant’s own perspectives and also includes the richly textured Christian tradition to which we belong. You are called to lead participants to confirm, question, clarify, and expand on how they practice the United Methodist tradition in light of the Social Principles of The United Methodist Church.

      Flexibility and adaptability are essential practices for any teacher. As teachers and facilitators, our goal is to create a culture of learning with students, and to be creative and open to the Spirit’s leanings.

      Remember: Teaching or facilitation styles may be auditory, visual, or tactile.

      Here are several examples:

      Auditory

      •Open class discussion

      •Show-and-tell

      •Debate

      •Paraphrase

      •Music

      •Songs or rhymes

      •Poetry

      •Storytelling

      •Reading/writing/journaling

      •Word games

      •Lecture

      Visual

      •Illustrations and pictures

      •Charts and graphs

      •Time lines

      •Diagrams

      •Cartoons

      •Bulletin boards

      •Photographs

      •Magazines and newspapers

      •Videos

      •Posters

      •Montages and collages

      •Collections of crafts

      Tactile

      •Games

      •Simulations

      •Painting

      •Puppets

      •Sculpting

      •Drama

      •Dance

      •Signing

      •Construction

      •Experiments

      •Role-playing

      •Origami

      •Jigsaw puzzles

      A WORD OF WELCOME TO STUDENTS FROM THE INSTRUCTOR

      The following welcome may be given during the first session or sent to students in a letter when they enroll in the class. The goal is to prepare persons to actively participate with open minds, assured that their own experiences and opinions will be valued:

      Welcome to this advanced course in Lay Servant Ministries. Lay servants commit to preparing themselves for each session. Through study and prayer, they will ensure that they are ready to use their skills to support and encourage others in learning.

      Some of the steps associated with serving as a lay servant do not always come easily or bear immediate fruit. Be patient. Part of your responsibility as servant leaders is to model persistence.

      The most important part of your preparation for this course is to pay attention to your own soul and spiritual life. You can do this by practicing the classic spiritual disciplines of the Christian faith, shaped by our Wesleyan tradition.

      These practices include:

      •prayers of confession, lament, intercession, gratitude, and praise

      •small-group welcome and accountability

      •Bible study and rigorous reflection on scripture read in context

      •creating community among persons who are poor and marginalized

      •offering hospitality to persons who suffer and are in need

      •corporate worship

      •tithing and extravagant generosity

      •frequent celebration of the Eucharist in communion with others

      •fasting and simplified living

      •Christian conferencing

      •practicing sabbath time apart and listening for God in silence

      •advocating for sustained public acts of mercy and justice

      •mentoring and befriending others as they grow in their faith

      Lay

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