CENTRE FOR CONTEXTUAL MINISTRY
FACULTY OF THEOLOGY (UP)
In this Centre it is our passion to train leaders who will help others to make a
difference where they are: to be, to do and to carry good news within their
contexts.
In purpose of your own ministry development you are kindly invited to our upcoming
courses. For full details you can go to the website: www.ccm.up.ac.za (academic
offering)
All these courses are fully accredited certificate courses. Succesful candidates receive a
certifcate from UP. Persons with the necessary qualifications (like a B degree in
Theology) can offer the Advanced long Courses as academic credits towards postgraduate studies (an Honours and/or Master’s degree at UP) if they would prefer to
continue with academic studies.
Full professional credits are awarded for pastors who need this in their own
professional environment.
AUGUST
THE ART OF CONGREGATIONAL LEADERSHIP
P001598
Purpose of the course:
In this advanced course pastors and other congregational leaders are being
trained to develop and master the art of congregational leadership. The course
focuses on and reflects, theologically, upon the person of the leader as well as
upon the necessary skills needed within the Southern-African context. The
purpose is to empower leaders that can and will build/ develop congregations
that will bring hope and make a difference in their local communities.
Course Leaders: Week 1: Dr Stephan Joubert; Week 2: Dr Zander vd
Westhuizen; Week 3: Prof Nelus Niemandt; Week 4: Rev Piet Oberholzer; Week
5: Rev Lieneke Neethling
Venue: Pretoria
Dates of Contact Weeks:
Week 1: 13 - 16 Aug 2012
Week 2: 19 - 22 Nov 2012
Week 3: 28 - 31 Jan 2013
Price: R2900
Week 4: 22 - 25 April 2013
Week 5: 19 - 22 Aug 2013
STEWARDSHIP & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
P000961
(Bilingual Offering)
Purpose of the course:
To equip church leaders with financial management skills; to help church leaders
applying Biblical principles of stewardship; and to help church leaders drawing
up budgets in a revolutionary new way.
Course Leader: Ms Doris Viljoen
Place and Date:
Pretoria: 14 - 16 August 2012
Price: R1000
IMAGINATION COUNSELLING LEVEL 1
P001445
(Bilingual Offering)
Purpose of the course:
To enable people who are involved in counselling to apply the narrative
approach and especially the ability to imagine and to be present in conversations
in a creative/imaginative way.
Course Leader: Proff Julian Müller and Lourens Human
Place and Date:
Pretoria: 20 - 22 August 2012
Price: R1600
RADIO MINISTRY
P001599
(Bilingual Offering)
Purpose of the Course:
This course focuses on enabling ministers and theological students to make use
of radio transmission in a communicative and innovative way through knowledge
and appropriate preparation. During this course, participants will be exposed to
alternative ways to spread the gospel over the radio.
Course Leader: Dr Flip Loots
Place and Date:
Johannesburg: 20 – 22 August 2012
Price: R850
SEPTEMBER
YOUTH MINISTRY
(An Inclusive Relational Approach)
P000046
(Bilingual Offering)
Purpose of the course:
Ministering to children and young people in the South and Southern African
societies is a real opportunity. The course trains and motivates pastors and other
youth leaders to provide an effective ministry to children, teenagers and young
adults within the South and Southern African context – and as an integral part of
the local faith community.
Course Leader: Prof Malan Nel. Several other Lecturers.
Venue: Pretoria
Dates of Contact Weeks:
Week 1: 03 - 06 Sept 2012:
Week 2: 26 - 29 Nov 2012:
Week 3: 04 - 07 Feb 2013:
Week 4: 20 - 23 May 2013:
Week 5: 12 - 15 Aug 2013:
Week 6: To be announced:
Inclusive thinking in Youth Ministry:
Malan Nel
Family Ministry:
Malan Nel
Ministry to and with children:
Dr Jan Grobbelaar and others
Faith Development/catechism:
Rev Johan Avenant
Ministry to, with and through Adolescents:
Malan Nel & Dr Zander vd Westhuizen
Mentoring and Leadership:
Dr Zander vd Westhuizen
Price: R2750
MANAGING NARRATIVELY
P001605
(Bilingual Offering)
Purpose of the workshop:
To enable people who are involved with management of any kind (in industry
but also in congregations) to manage in a narrative way. The workshop is
interactive. It involves practical exercises, role play, as well as the sharing of
personal experiences. It is based on the theories of effective management
and narrative theory.
Course Leaders: Prof Julian Müller, Dr Niekie Lamprecht and others
Place and Date:
Pretoria: 10 – 12 September 2012
Price: R3000
FAITHFUL WITNESSES
P000162
(Bilingual Offering)
Purpose of the workshop:
In this workshop pastors and other leaders are trained to offer of the course
Faithful Witnesses. The course Faithful Witnesses is about cultivating a
lifestyle that will communicate the Gospel in a non-threatening way with others.
People learn how to communicate the gospel with new enthusiasm and in a spirit
of genuine caring and service, and as a life-style.
Course Leader: Prof Malan Nel
Place and Date:
Pretoria: 17 – 19 September 2012
Price: R500*
*Full-time students: R200
TRAUMA COUNSELLING
P000041
(Bilingual Offering)
Purpose of the course:
To enable pastors and other counsellors to deal with the process of recovery and
healing after a traumatic experience. We live in a traumatized society. The
church and/or the pastoral counsellor is often the only available resource for
support and guidance.
Course Leader: Dr Ilse Gravett
Place and Date:
Pretoria: 25 - 27 September 2012
Price: R650
Also on the calendar:
CONSULTATIONS AND SEMINARS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE
CENTRE FOR CONTEXTUAL MINISTRY
SEMINAR ETHICS AND ETHOS OF ‘SPIRITUAL HEALING’ IN THEORY
FORMATION
The contribution of pastoral care to ‘wholeness’ within an
interdisciplinary team approach
Purpose of the Seminar:
Seminar presented by SAAP, HospiVision, the Centre for Contextual Ministry
(University of Pretoria) and SHEPHARD (University of the Free State) on:
 The current emphasis on a holistic approach in medical care and the
other professions engaged in the healing sciences, put on the agenda of
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care giving the question: What is unique to pastoral care as a theological
science?
Common in all forms of healing is the basic question of anthropology:
Who is the human being we have in mind when we talk about ‘healing’?
What is meant by ‘spirituality’ in healing?
Furthermore, healing implies ‘therapy’. Do we transgress and expose our
profession as caregivers to prosecution with reference to the current
Health Professions Act when we refer to our work as ‘pastoral therapy’?
(CPD points applicable)
Speaker: Prof Daniël Louw (Department of Practical Theology, Stellenbosch
University)
Place and Date:
Kerk Sonder Mure/Church Without Walls (Centurion): 4 August 2012
Price: R150.00 (refreshments and lunch included)
Contact person / bookings: June (HospiVision):
012 329 9492/4420 (week days 08:00-13:00) / friend@hospivision.org.za
CONSULTATION ON URBAN MINISTRY
Purpose of the Consultation:
The Institute for Urban Ministry’s Consultation (in partnership with the Centre for
Contextual Ministry amongst others) will explore barefoot leadership as posture
to facilitate bottom-up and deep urban transformation –
• inviting church leaders and urban ministry practitioners to reflect on being
(presence), belonging (community) and becoming (vocation) in cities of
pain and hope.
• inviting church leaders and urban ministry practitioners to network,
fellowship, share experiences and become part of a movement of people
sharing similar visions for their city’s transformation.
Place and Date:
Grootkerk Campus, Bosman Street (Pretoria): 26 – 28 August 2012
Price: R 500 (attendance only and 15 CPD points for ministers)
R 750 (attendance and an assignment for 30 CPD points for ministers)
Lifelong learning sets us free for effective ministry!
Hope to see you at one of our courses, and may you experience God=s grace in
your ministry.
Web: www.ccm.up.ac.za
Email: suki.vanjaarsveld@up.ac.za / Stephan.debeer@up.ac.za
Dr Stephan De Beer
Director: Centre for Contextual Ministry