ECF503 (3 CR)
Lecturer(s): Mr John Chong Ser Choon
Venue: Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church
Starts: Tuesday, 27 March, 2012
Time: 7.15-10.15pm
ABOUT THE LECTURER
Ser Choon graduated from Regent College (Vancouver, Canada) where he completed his Master in Theology degree (Spiritual Theology). His ministry experiences included pastoring a church, serving in mission mobilization with OMF (Singapore) and with a Bible College as the Dean of Students, teaching courses on Christian Spirituality. Currently, he is the Director of Trinity Life Centre, a ministry that he started in July 2004. His vision is to serve the Christian community through conducting spiritual retreats, teaching seminars on spiritual formation and holistic Christian living by drawing upon the richness of the spiritual traditions of the Christian Church down through the centuries. He has been a part-time faculty member with BGST since November 2007. He is married to Theng Yoke. They have 2 daughters and a son.
COURSE SYNOPSIS
This is an introductory course to provide a broad understanding to Christian Spirituality. The undergirding conviction and thrust of this course is that to be a Christian is to grow to more Christlike.
There are four components:
1. Survey: Background context and perspectives to understand the growing interest in Christian Spirituality.
2. Foundation: The Trinitarian foundation for a proper understanding and practice of a spirituality that is Christian.
3. Framework: the framework of spiritual formation to understand and practice a spirituality that is Christian
4. Practice: The various spiritual disciplines will be introduced. Some will be practiced during class time.
The course aims to be both academic and practical. Besides lectures, students will be in small groups for both class discussions and spiritual formation practicum throughout the course. They will be writing weekly journals, and meeting with the lecturer for personal spiritual conversations. There will be in-depth discussions dealing with how can we grow deeper in our spiritual life in a busy world e.g. finding the rhythm between work and rest, cultivating the spiritual disciplines to keep one's spiritual life vibrant.
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