New York School of Ministry
Contact
Marjorie Purnine
New York Conference UCC
mpurnine@uccny.org
315-446-3073 x16
For questions about paying the balance on a course fee or paying the distance learning support fee, contact:
Patti Rodrigues New York Conference UCC bookkeeper@uccny.org 315-446-3073 x15
Where
Students can connect from their home computers.Instructor
The Rev. Wayne Gustafson, D.Min. is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and a certified Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors. He has been a parish pastor, prison chaplain, college psychology instructor, and pastoral counselor, integrating psychological and spiritual perspectives in all of his pastoral work. Dr. Gustafson is a graduate of Cornell University, and has a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry (Psychology and Clinical Studies) from Andover Newton Theological School. He and his family live in Ithaca. Dr. Gustafson has recently published a novel about Moses called, Community of Promise and he is presently working on a second novel called The Wisdom Weaver. Information can be found at www.entospress.com.
Spring 2016: Webconferenced Class
Advanced Topics in Pastoral Care and Counseling
Instructor: Rev. Wayne Gustafson, D.Min.
This course addresses many of the clinical issues providers of pastoral care face. It offers an integrated pastoral and behavioral sciences approach to some of the more challenging situations faced by helping professionals. The course will be grounded in useful theories of human growth, development, and healing and will use both psychological and theological language and images to describe and develop the context, problems and interventions appropriate to the work. The course will consist of lectures, discussion, practice exercises, and consultation on actual pastoral and counseling situations brought by the instructor and participants. Auditors will not be required to write papers but will be expected to participate in discussions and small group exercises.
Issues covered in this course: Marital and Pre-Marital Counseling Parenting and Parent Education Pastoral Care with Victims of Abuse Pastoral Care in dealing with Domestic Violence Pastoral Care with Divorce and Re-Marriage Pastoral Care with Addictions/Recovery Pastoral Care and Aging When Religion Becomes Toxic Other Topics Brought by the Participants
Saturdays: February 6, March 12 and April 9 9:30am-4:45pm (with 1/2 hr. lunch break)
Students will connect to the large group via webex. Other webconferencing technologies will be used to allow for small group exercises).
NY Conference Students:
Course Fee: $250; Audit $175; Repeat Course Audit $100
Students Outside the Conference:
$275 Credit; $200 Audit (plus Distance Learning Support Fee)
Distance Learning requires technological support. The NY Conference provides that support for its students; we ask other UCC Conferences and participating denominations to provide that support for their students ($69 per course or $133 per semester). When students outside the NY Conference register, we recommend that they ask their UCC Conferences or denominations to contribute the distance learning support fee (payment can be made at www.uccny.org: click on donate button and specify "DLSF" with student's name on the NYSOM line). If no wider church support is available, the Distance Learning Support Fee is the student's responsiblity.
Registration Deadline: January 22 , 2016
(Class is limited to 12 students)
Click here for syllabus.
A non-refundable deposit of $25 must be received to process your registration. The balance of the course fee is due to the NY Conference by the second meeting of the class. If paying by check, please make it out to The New York Conference UCC (and mail to: 5575 Thompson Road, DeWitt NY 13214). If paying balance by credit card after you've registered, please click on the donate button on our website at uccny.org (and specify which course on the NYSOM line).