1. Title
Preaching Clinic for Laity: Focused on Lay Leadership Development
2. Problem
Lubbock Korean UMC has had seven pastors for nineteen years. Subtracting the vacant period when the former pastor went and a new pastor came, the average pastoring period of each pastor is less than three years. From the beginning the majority of the congregation has been TexasTech students. The mobility of pastor and laity has made it difficult for the laity to have any leadership development program. Consequently the lay ministry of Lubbock Korean UMC is so weak and underdeveloped. That is the point of the problem.
3. Purpose
The purpose of this project is to describe and evaluate the preaching clinic for Lubbock Koreans focused on lay leadership development. Gifts, talents, and interests may be different from person to person. The discipleship-making program of Lubbock Korean UMC has been developed in threefold: the first and basic program is the 'New Life Class' designed for the confirmation of faith and an incentive toward effective lay ministry; the second the 'Bible Teaching Class' for bible teachers; and finally t the third the 'Preaching Clinic' for lay speakers. Among the four programs this project will be focused on the Preaching Clinic program for Lubbock Koreans and deal with how lay leadership has been developed among them.
4. Scope
⑴. General Research:
a. Collect the materials concerning discipleship, lay leadership, and preaching.
b. Investigate the materials concerning Korean immigrants in general and concerning
Lubbock Koreans in particular.
c. Read all materials.
⑵. Planning:
a. Establish the period of the program.
b. Make student texts and preaching materials for the program.
c. Preparing questionnaire.
⑶. Action
a. Distribute the first questionnaire concerning lay leadership. The questionnaire will be used
for the data to find out whether there is any process after the Preaching Clinic program.
b. Distribute the curriculum of preaching clinic and inform the program through bulletins,
brochures, and newsletters.
c. Recruit the Preaching Clinic members from March 5, 2000 to March 26, 2000 (4 weeks).
d. Distribute and gather the first questionnaire before the beginning of the class April 2, 2000.
e. Run the Preaching Clinic from April 4, 2000 to June 27, 2000 (12 weeks except Memorial Day Break).
f. Distribute and gather the second questionnaire after the Preaching program July 2, 2000
⑷. Evaluation
a. Analyze the replies of the questionnaires before and after the Preaching Clinic.
b. Evaluate how much lay leadership has been developed through the program for the given
period.
5. Writing Phase
May 29 - Jun 10, 2000
Collect the additional materials for the project.
Jun 11 - Jul 10, 2000
Complete Reading of all materials.
Jul 11 - Jul 24, 2000
Introduction.
Jul 25 - Aug 7, 2000
Chapter I. My Theology of Ministry: definition, biblical and theological background.
Aug 8 - Aug 21, 2000
Chapter II. The General and Particular Context of Korean immigrants: cultural texture,
religious characteristics, and special issues.
Aug 22 - Sep 18, 2000
Chapter III. The Significance of Lay Leadership Development and of Preaching Clinic
as the Prerequisite for Developing Lay Leadership in Lubbock Korean: biblical
background, Wesleyan Heritage, and contemporary reports and prospects.
Sep 19 - Oct 2, 2000
Chapter IV. The Infrastructure for Lay Speaking Program: "New Life Class" as the
confirmation of faith and the incentive for lay ministry; Class" to
make the participants equipped with basic skills such as typing, using
word-processor, and collecting stories on the internet websites; "English Bible
Class" prepared for them to be well adapted to the English-based computer
and web environments and to speak in both Korean and English.
Oct 3 - Oct 23, 2000
Chapter V. The Practicum of Preaching Clinic: methodology, processure, and content.
Oct 24 - Nov 18, 2000
Chapter VI. The Evaluation of the Practicum: questionnaires and outputs, sharing
experiences and discussion.
************Thanksgiving Break*********************
Nov 27 - Dec 20, 2000
Conclusion: the weaknesses and strengths of the programs, aftermath.
Appendix.
Bibliography.
Dec 2000
Completion and submission to DMin office of all documents necessary for processing
final project.
6. Bibliography (See Attachment)
7. Contribution to Ministry
This project will make a significant contribution to lay leadership.
1. Challenges the congregation to grow up in faith, devotion, and leadership in that there has
never been such an organized project for them.
2. Makes the lay ministry of Lubbock Korean more effective through providing them with
methodological tools to develop their leadership.
3. Will give me some knowhow to help my congregation more effective in lay ministry.
Biblipgraphy
Weems, Lovett H. Jr. Leadership in Wesleyan Spirit (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999)
Miller, Herb, The Vital Congregation (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1990)
Heizenrater, Richard P. Wesley and the People Called Methodists (Nashville: Abingdon Press,
1995)
Robinson, Wayne Bradley, ed., Journeys Toward Narrative Preaching (Pilgrim Press, 1990)
Lowry, Eugene L. The Homiletical Plot: The Sermon as Narrative Art Form (John Knox Press,
1980).
Craddock, Fred B. Preaching (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1985)
The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church (Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 1996)
Barclay, William. The Letters To Galatians and Ephesians (Philadelphia: Westminster Press,
1975)