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Servant Leadership Spring 2010, Block 1

“He who is Greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Matthew 23:11-12, New King James Version).

Instructor: Pastor Jan Paron, Ph.D.Phone: 708-935-6010Email: drjparon@allnationsleadershipinstitute.orgClass Meeting Dates: April 8 to May 13, 2010

All Nations Leadership Institute VisionOur focus is to prepare and equip ministerial leaders for the various roles and

capacities of Christian service in an increasingly urbanized, diverse church and globalized community.

All Nations Leadership Institute MissionIn order to properly prepare and equip leaders, All Nations Leadership Institute provides

learning experiences that are built on scriptural truths, using a conceptual framework of theory-to-practice and culturally-responsive teaching strategies.

Course Catalog DescriptionThis course prepares students to lead like Jesus in a diverse, church culture. Students examine and explore traits, beliefs, and behaviors critical to ministerial leadership. Learning experiences feature real-life application from ministry. As part of this course, students are expected to self evaluate, problem solve, decision make, use active listening skills, and collaborate.

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COURSE MAP INFORMATION

Course Enduring UnderstandingsIn order to lead like Jesus, Christians are mandated to serve. Serving to lead does not

represent a paradox; rather it signals an attitude of the heart and demonstrates a style of Christ-centered leadership.

Course Essential QuestionHow do the dynamics of servant leadership interact with pastoral leadership and inform

ministry?

Course Learner OutcomesThe All Nations Leadership Institute measures student performance of standards through a set of learner outcomes that is specific to each course. Course assessments and instructional experience are correlated to and provide evidence of learning.

Table 1Course Learner OutcomesCandidates will be a servant leader who demonstrates:

Candidate Knowledge of Spiritual AwarenessStandard 1.0 Servant leader who demonstrates putting on the mind of Christ in his or her daily walk and leadership, responding to a diverse body of people in an urban environment.Candidate will score a target for all criteria related to each learner outcome.

Element Course Learner Outcomes1.1 Characteristics

of a servant leader

1.1c Interprets scriptural evidence of the basic traits of servant leadership heart, head, hands, and spiritual habits scoring through reflections and scriptural analyses

1.2 Principles of servant leadership

1.2c Analyzes simulated ministry case studies with the biblical perspective of a servant leader

1.3 Philosophy of a servant leader

1.3ci Synthesizes principles of biblical servant leadership and explains their meaning in the context of scripture in an expository essay and critical research

1.3cii Creates a personal statement of one’s philosophy of biblical servant leadership as applied to ministry in a three-minute video scoring in the target range on all criteria

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1.4 Framework of servant leadership used to develop others

1.4ci Self reflects on ability to collaborate with others in a team format

1.4cii Self reflects on intercession

Candidate Skills in the Practice of Moral SensibilityStandard 2.0 Servant leader who demonstrates putting on the mind of Christ while communicating in his or her daily walk and role in leadership, responding to a diverse body of people in an urban environment.Candidate will score a target for all criteria related to each learner outcome.2.2 Listening 2.2c Practices and self-analyzes one’s ability to actively

listen via collaborative discussions, partner prayer, and Socratic Circle, etc.

2.3 Oral Communication

2.3c Presents a seven-minute illustrated sermon on servant leadership2.3ci Videos a personal statement of his or her philosophy of biblical servant leadership as applied to being a pastor

2.4 Written Communication

2.4c Analyzes written communication for characteristics of servant leadership

Standard 3.0 Servant leader who demonstrates putting on the mind of Christ while promoting and proclaiming the vision of God’s plan to “all tribes and nations” in his or her daily walk and role in leadership.Candidate will score a target for all criteria related to each learner outcome.3.3 Implement a vision 3.4c-8c Collaborates with others to formulate and teaches a

lesson on servant leadership to diverse audiences from a multi-ethnic church.3.4 Stewarding a

vision3.5 Involves others

in the vision3.6 Planning3.7 Problem solving

& decision making

3.8 Change

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Candidate Spiritual Formation and DispositionStandard 4.0 Servant leader who demonstrates putting on the mind of Christ while promoting and proclaiming the vision of God’s plan to “all tribes and nations” in his or her daily dispositions.Candidate will score a target for all criteria related to each learner outcome.4.1 Life Source Habits 4.1c Tracks daily time spent with God in prayer, meditation,

reading and studying the word Candidate Theological Understanding

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Standard 5.0 Servant leader who demonstrates the ability to apply hermeneutical skills to analyze Scripture.Candidate will score a target for all criteria related to each learner outcome.5.1 Hermeneutics 5.1b Analyzes scripture using cross referencing, word study,

scripture-to-life, verse and topical synthesis

Ethics, Honesty, Participation and ANLI CodeIt is expected that you will attend every class and complete your work with honesty and

integrity.

Attention to DiversityThe topics selected for this class reflect a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives

relevant to servant leadership addressed from various cultural perspectives in an urban environment.

Disability StatementStudents who require accommodation in order to access classroom learning due to a

special need or disability should contact Deb Strlek at (708) 385-6020, ext. 113. We are truly excited and blessed to be able to provide our students the support they need

to successfully complete homework assignments and enhance their computer skills. Each teacher has a supply of Request Forms you can fill-out and submit to Debbie Strlek each night you attend class. Pastor Marrion Barker can be reached at (630) 392-0606 with any questions you may have. For complete details and guidelines for utilizing this wonderful benefit, please refer to your Student Services Handbook. Extra copies are available in the ANLI office on the second floor.

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COURSE TEXTS

Required TextsHoly Bible, King James Version

Nouwen, H. (1989). In the name of Jesus. New York, NY: The Crossroad Publishing Company.

Strong, J. (2007) Strong’s exhaustive concordance. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc.

Vine, W, Unger, M, & White, Jr., W. (1996). Vine’s expository dictionary. Nashville, TE: Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Recommended ReadingBlanchard, K. & Hodges, P. (2005). Lead like Jesus. Nashville, TN: W Publishers Group.

Bonem, M. & Patterson, R. (2005). Leading from the second chair. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Bowling, J. (2000). Grace-ful leadership. Kansas City, KA: Beacon Hill Press.

Maxwell, J. (1993a). Developing the leader within you. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc.

Rardin, R. (2001). The servant’s guide to leadership: Beyond first principles. Canada: Selah Publishing.

Stanley, A. (1999). Visioneering: God’s blueprint for developing and maintaining vision. Colorado Springs, CO: Multnomah Publishers.

Stanley, A., Joiner, R., & Jones, L. (2004). 7 effective practices of ministry. Sisters, OR: Multnomah Publishers.

Whitehead, J. & Whitehead E. (1995). Method in Ministry. Lanham, MD: Sheed and Ward.

Wiersbe, W & Wiersbe, D. (2005). 10 power principles for Christian service. Grandrapids, MI: Baker Books.

Wilkes, C. (1998). Jesus on leadership. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

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Expectations and Requirements for ParticipationEnrollment in this course indicates that you want to learn. Arrive punctually and stay

for the whole class. Show consistent weekly attendance. As you will actively participate in hands-on experiences in class, your attendance is part of your grade. Thus, you will lose points if you miss any one part of it.

Be ready to participate in learning. You should read all materials and come to class prepared to share comments and questions. Critically analyze and follow directions for all assignments. Students are expected to use the Internet as a resource for locating and collecting information

Complete all homework assignments prior to class as instructed. Cell phones must be turned off or on silent. Unless you have an emergency, don’t interrupt the class with cell phone usage. If necessary, call home at break.

Ministerial Dispositions One defines the word disposition as conduct, demeanor, attitude, and habits. As an ANLI

student, we expect you to exhibit the below ministerial dispositions: attitude and characteristics of a servant leader in Christ; appreciation and respect for human diversity and a cross-cultural awareness; strong adherence to the regular practice of the spiritual discipline of prayer; commitment to a community of collaboration: unity, cooperation, respect, active

involvement and follow through; active involvement during in-class activities, including discussions; habits of mind for scriptural scholarship: inquiry, analysis, research and reflection; commitment to life-long learning for theological and spiritual growth and conscientiousness about following assignment directions and timelines.

PlagiarismBeing ethical is an important characteristic of Christian leadership. Work is expected to

be your own. Also, you cannot purchase, borrow, or copy from a former student’s work or it will be considered plagiarized. If you use other people’s ideas, publications, books, website material or works, etc. without proper citation, it will deemed as plagiarized; thus, make sure that quotes are properly cited according to procedures set in APA. If you plagiarize an assignment, the whole assignment may be graded an “F.” Students who plagiarize may fail the course.

Please read the information on avoiding plagiarism, found at the ANLI website, http://allnationsleadershipinstitute.org/current_students. Attendance Guidelines

Class attendance is vital to the success of your learning experiences at ANLI. As we design accelerated classes, six weeks in length, you must attend all of them. Even one missed class can set you behind in your studies. Accordingly, if you do not attend two sessions, you miss more than 30% of the total course.

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Important Attendance Note: There is no tolerance for more than one absence during a six-week course. You will be dropped from the class upon the second absence and required to retake

the class. Once you miss a second session, you cannot attend further sessions during the

specific block. Three late arrivals or early departures of more than ten minutes, in any

combination, equal one absence.

If you are running late to class or cannot attend class session, please call (708) 385-6020, X113 or E-mail Deb Strlek at debbiestrlek@msn.com.

ASSIGNMENT POLICIESGrading Policy

Content and quality of the work, as well as its timely completion, will be considered when assigning grades.

Submitting homework by the specified due date is critical. Late work will result in the loss of one letter grade. The student has one week to submit late assignments. Homework turned in after a week may not be accepted. Missed in-class assignments cannot be made up.

Assignment Formatting Policy: All assignments, unless otherwise specified, must be computer-generated and in APA

format. (See our website for APA guidelines and sample papers.) Professors will not accept handwritten assignments on those designated. You will

have to do the paper over and the professor will mark the assignment as late. Keep in mind that papers should be printed with black ink and show Times New Roman typeset, 12-point font, and double spacing. Papers must have a cover sheet according to APA guidelines. Use the template on the ANLI website as a template, http://allnationsleadershipinstitute.org/current_students.

ASSIGNMENTS1. In-Class Activities (Weekly)

You will receive a total of six participation points for each session. All students must fully prepare to participate in all class activities.

Missed in-class, on-line activities cannot be made up. If you are late and/or leave early, the instructor will deduct participation points for

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that part of the session.

2. Journal (Weekly)The personal reflection and scriptural analysis will be combined into the weekly

journal packet. Both must be typed. Download the finished document to your E-Portfolio to me by 7 p.m. of the day of which the assignment is due. If you download your assignment after the due date, I will consider it late. Please note that all ANLI teachers use a standard grading rubric for the personal reflection and scriptural analysis. You can find these in the appendix of this syllabus and on the ANLI website.

A. Personal Reflection (275 Words) Must be typed. Personal reflections allow you to express what impacted you most from the lesson.

This writing opportunity is a time for you to reflect on how the lesson topics can be applied to your daily life or how you can strengthen your walk with Jesus. Every week you will self-reflect on questions that relate to the lesson. Please see the appendix for the reflection grading rubric.

B. Weekly Scriptural Analysis (275 Words) Must be typed. You will read, study, and analyze scripture from the lesson we discussed in

class. Please see the appendix for the scriptural analysis grading rubric. Use the online bible tool links listed on the ANLI website for resource links at http://www.allnationsleadershipinstitute.org/current_students

Note: During week three, you will participate in Bible Twitter Study on Facebook in the guided discussion area.

3. Daily Intercessory Prayer (Monday to Friday—75-100 Words)You will post daily prayer online on the class website. You may do this at any time of the

day. I will vary the situation of which you pray.

4. Personal Video Statement (Three Minutes in Length—April 29, Week Four)Video a personal statement of your philosophy of biblical servant leadership as

applied to being a pastor. It will be three-minutes in length. Submit a copy of it on a CD with your Philosophy of Pastoral Leadership essay. Select one of the topics below as the subject of the video:

Beliefs about practices of shepherding and leading by serving Actions of a pastor who is a shepherd and servant leader Spiritual habits/disciplines that sustain one as a pastor

5. Essay: Philosophy of Servant Leadership (500 Words—April 29, Week Four)

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Explain what you think servant leadership means in a 500-word expository essay. Use scripture to support your thesis statement. Do not use any outside sources.

All essays have basic components. Here are some tips for writing this essay: direct your response to your teacher; don’t use I; stay focused on the analysis and don’t get sidetracked on a different one; follow a clear plan of organization, such as an introduction, body paragraphs

and conclusion; show, don’t tell by using strong verbs and specific examples and details to

explain format it according to the APA directions; make sure you have the correct length and check your grammar, punctuation and spelling.

6. Seven-Minute Illustrated Sermon (Seven Minutes—As Assigned)You will present an illustrated seven-minute sermon on a topic

from class of which you select. Include I will present a sign up sheet in class.

7. Critical Research (750 words—Due May 13, Week Six) The topic will be related to topic of your illustrated sermon or the topic group

lesson. Include a cover page and references. You should incorporate all cited scripture in your references. Please see the appendix for the research paper grading rubric.

A research paper is more comprehensive than an essay. See below for tips in writing a research paper:

use APA formatting; include a cover page and reference sheet; although APA requires an abstract, you are not required to include one for this

paper; make sure you have a clear, deep understanding of the topic; start with an introduction and a thesis statement; select main points that support your thesis and elaborate on them, don’t write a

grocery list of points; know your topic at an in depth level; write about your topic in your own words and use quotes to support what you

say, rather than the quotes be the focus of your paper; be clear on how to cite and introduce quotes within the body of your paper so

that you don’t plagiarize and cite your sources in APA style and include a reference page.

8. Teach Lesson on Servant Leadership (20 minutes in length-Due May 13th, Session 6 )

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I will assign each of you topic to the rest of the class. Your group will include a multimedia/fine arts component in the presentation (i.e power point, video clip, skit, etc). I will grade each of you as individuals and a group. Due Date: May 6th

The main purpose of this project is to provide you with the opportunity to interact in communal ministry and shared leadership. You all need to be leaders: support each other, be responsible for your project tasks, and communicate what you're doing to other team members. No one person should carry the work load. Think as team...Don't work in isolation of the other team members.

Here are some tips for working in a successful group project: be clear on your instructor’s directions and ask him or her for assistance if you

are not sure about what to do, not another student; work together as a team; share the load in equal portions; plan ahead on what has to be completed and don’t wait until the last minute to

finish the project; don’t change anything in the project and presentation without first consulting

the other team members; make sure you properly cite other people’s work (even in your handouts) and edify each other.

Written Assignment Formatting You must type designated homework assignments. E-mail assigned homework to me by

7 p.m. at drjparon@allnationsleadershipinstitute.org and bring a hard copy of the assignment to class.

Use APA style for typed assignments, with Times New Roman typeset, 12-point font, and double spacing. Papers should be borderless with one-inch margins. There are several Internet websites that you may use as a reference to APA. Further, you can find procedural information and models of APA manuscripts on the ANLI website.

As your professor, I will deduct points from the overall grade for assignments not correctly completed in APA format.

APA Checklist Typed Black ink, not faded Body text is left aligned Times New Roman and 12 point font One-inch margin all the way around Double spaced throughout (Check to make sure that it is double spaced in between cover

page identifiers, title and paragraph, paragraph to paragraph, and reference to reference First line of each paragraph is indented Long quotations of forty or more words are in block form

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Pages are numbered in consecutive order, beginning with page one as the cover sheet Major headers are centered Numbers one through ten are spelled out, while 11 and up are in numeral form Website links are in black, with no underline There are no contractions The cover page, text of paper, and references are in one file and saved in doc or docx (Do

not use rtf, pdf, wps or other file formats.) Running head on the first page only Other specifications according to APA 6e

EVALUATION BREAKDOWN Grading Policy

Content and quality of the work, as well as its timely completion, will be considered when assigning grades.

Submitting homework by the specified due date is critical. Late work will result in the loss of one letter grade. The student has one week to submit late assignments. Homework turned in after a week may not be accepted. Missed in-class assignments cannot be made up.

Grade DeterminationEach assignment is graded with a maximum number of points. The cumulative total

points represent the maximum amount of points of each assignment summed together, upon which your grade is determined. Accordingly, the points are broken down by letter grade and percentage. The below chart illustrates the letter grade and its percentage range.

Table 2Grade Percentage and Corresponding Assignment PointsGrade/%

A+100-98

A97-93

A-92-90

B+89-87

B86-83

B-82-80

C+79-77

C76-73

C-72-70

D+69-67

D66-63

D-62-60

F=59 and below

Assign.Points

171-167

166-159

158-154

153-148

147-140

139-135

134-130

130-123

123-119

118-114

113-106

105-101

100 and below

Course In-Class Assignments and Homework PointsThe below table lists all course assignments, as well as each assignment’s due date and

total possible points. Completing any assignment does not guarantee that you will receive the maximum amount of points; rather, your professor will use a rubric of assignment expectations as a guide to grading. You will be given the grading rubric prior to the assignment. Review the homework assignment grading rubric and directions so that you are clear on how to properly

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complete the homework. Don’t hesitate to ask your instructor for clarification on an assignment’s requirements.

Table 3Assignments, Due Dates, and Maximum Possible Points

AssignmentsStandard/s Due Possible

Pts.

In-Class Assignments (6 @ 6 points for each session)* 1-5 Weekly 36

Weekly Journal: Reflection/Scriptural Analysis (5 @ 12 points each)

1-5 Weekly 60

Online Prayer (Expected) 1,4 WeeklyEssay: Philosophy of Servant Leadership CD personal video statement

1,2,3,5 Sess. 4 10

Critical research on a topic related to your illustrated sermon

1-5 Sess. 5 15

Group project on a lesson on a specified topic related to biblical servant leadership (Individual and group grade)

1-5 Sess. 6 35

Illustrated sermon 1,2,3,5As

assigned15

Total Points 171

Reminder on Assignments and Homework! Missed in-class assignments cannot be made up. Submitting homework by specified due date is critical. Homework is due at the start

of class. It is considered late if it’s submitted after the specified time. Late homework will result in a drop of one letter grade. Additionally, homework

turned in after a week may not be accepted. Follow the directions for the homework assignment and complete all of it. If you do

not follow directions, you will receive a “0” on your assignment and be required to redo the assignment, with a drop of one letter grade. Don’t hesitate to get clarification before you turn it in. Do an excellent job; you work for God.

Table 4Course Outline

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Date/Topic Homework/Due DateApril 8, 2010 Session 1: Shepherding and Serving to Lead

Homework due on April 15Nouwen, pp. 11-47 and 49-70Ten Traits of a Servant LeaderJournal #1 Daily Prayer (Monday through Friday)

April 15, 2010 Session 2: From Popularity to Ministry

Homework due on April 22 Nouwen, pp.71-101Journal #2Daily Prayer (Monday through Friday)

April 22, 2010Session 3: From Leading to Being Led

Homework due on April 29 HandoutsJournal #3 Daily Prayer (Monday through Friday)Illustrated seven-minute sermon as assignedEssay: Philosophy of Servant Leadership CD personal statement of your philosophy of biblical servant leadership as a pastor

April 29, 2010Session 4: Practicing Effective Ministry

Homework due on May 6HandoutsJournal #4 Daily Prayer (Monday through Friday)Illustrated seven-minute sermon as assignedCritical research on a topic related to your illustrated sermon

May 6, 2010 Session 5: Leading in a Culture of Change

Homework for May 13Journal #5 Daily Prayer (Monday through Friday)Group Teaching Presentations

May 13, 2010 Session 6: Making Vision StickGroup Teaching Presentations

Note: Readings are subject to change.