Community Intern Reflection

This peer group seminar assists the intern doing fieldwork in a community field site. It offers theo-ethical reflection, linking the experience in the internship to the student’s broad educational and vocational goals (praxis). The class is designed for students to assess their personal progress, gather support from peers and the instructor, integrate their internship experience into their degree program, and deepen practices to sustain religious leadership in community ministry. Students gather multi-religious sources of wisdom, which serve as touchstones for group reflection. Weekly hybrid sessions engage these sources and yields new “truths” to introduce into personal spiritual practices. The course includes a required weekly live web-based video seminar and frequent online discussion postings; readings and discussion are in service of the professional experience in the internship as well as creating lasting tools and knowledge for a career in community ministry.