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Fostering Vocational Discernment
Fostering Vocational Discernment
Curriculum
4 Sections
21 Lessons
6 Weeks
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Introduction
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2.1
Introduction
Section 1: What Is Vocational Discernment, and What Does It Have to Do with Youth?
6
3.1
Prepare – 1 Samuel 3:1-21
3.2
Walking Alongside Youth, Almeda Wright – Video and Discussion Outline
6 Minutes
3.3
Vocational Discernment in Adolescence, David White – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
3.4
Immersed in the Ordinary, Miroslav Volf – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
3.6
Questions for Reflection
3.7
Additional Resources
Section 2: Helping Youth Engage in Discernment
7
4.1
Prepare – 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
4.2
Stages of Discernment with Youth, David White – Video and Discussion Outline
7 Minutes
4.3
Filling the Void, Tim Walsh – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
4.4
Good Ideas/God Ideas, Bill Mathis – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
4.5
Vocation, Bill Mathis – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
4.6
Questions for Reflection
4.7
Additional Resources
Section 3: The Ongoing Nature of Vocational Discernment
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5.1
Prepare – Matthew 13:1-9
5.2
Developing a Sense of Vocation, Caroline Ainsworth – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
5.3
Vocational Discernment, Andy Root – Video and Discussion Outline
4 Minutes
5.4
Vocation, Shane Claiborne – Video and Discussion Outline
3 Minutes
5.5
The Spiritual Journey of Young Adults, Steven Argue – Video and Discussion Outline
5 Minutes
5.6
Questions for Reflection
5.7
Additional Resources
Stages of Discernment with Youth, David White – Video and Discussion Outline
Rev. Dr. David White talks about the stages of discernment with youth.
Questions for Discussion:
Of the four movements—listening, understanding, remembering/dreaming, and acting—where are we strongest in our youth programming?
How might we use historic Christian practices, like the examen, or Bible study, to help youth engage in vocational discernment?
What implications might this work have for discernment as far as issues like racism are concerned?
How might we mobilize our youth, or encourage them to self-mobilize?
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