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Scholars on the Road
Faculty members of the Theological College are committed to giving a minimum of four days each year to teaching and leading in the wider church. Listed below are the topics they are offering although other topics in their field may be able to be negotiated. In the first instance enquiries and bookings are made through the Continuing Education Co-ordinator Sharon Hollis.
Sharon will be able to advise you of the availability of each of the Scholars and help you plan your program. Sharon can be contacted by phone: (03) 9340 8823 or email sharon.hollis@ctm.uca.edu.au or by mail at CTM 1 Morrison Close PARKVILLE 3052.
Scholar on the Road Topics
Robert Gribben
(Professor of Worship and Mission)- The new Uniting in Worship 2 Services for Baptism, Marriage or Funerals: Why they have changed and what implications there are for their celebration: a practical guide.
- The two Great Prayers of Thanksgiving of Uniting in Worship 2: How they are constructed, what they mean and how to pray them.
- The Methodist liturgical legacy : John and Charles Wesley created an evangelical movement with a remarkable range of worship practices, new and renewed. The ‘means of grace’ included the preaching, bible study, the Lord’s Supper, the Love Feast, watchnights, fasting and forms of prayer, the meetings of the classes and the bands, as well as Charles’ hymns for all these and more occasions. Why was the Methodism of the generation before union in 1977 so different? Are there clues here for worship renewal in our own time?
Sharon Hollis
(Continuing Education Co-ordinator)
- Educating Adults: A workshop that explores theories about adult education and how to apply that to education in congregations.
- Retreats for ministers
- Clergy self care:Looks at how to care for body and soul in ministry and what practices and skills will help clergy over the long haul.
Katharine Massam
(Professor of Church History)
- Praying the Everyday: An overview of styles of prayer, the use of breath and silence, an experience of Lectio Divinia and some input and discussion of the Australian experience.
- A time–line of church history dinner: food is used to explore some of the key movements and moments in church history. This could also include issues around fair trade as well.
Chris Mostert
(Professor of Systematic Theology)
- The theology of Ministry and Ordination.
- Who is my Neighbour
Chris is also willing to respond to particular theological questions such as: The bible, The doctrine of the Trinity, or Modern theology
Randall Prior
(Professor of Ministry Studies and Missiology)
- Pastoral Care in times of crisis: what and how?
- Gospel Culture and the Future Church.
- Mission Today: what and how?
Howard Wallace
(Professor of Old Testament)
- Australian art and the Bible.
- Prayer, preaching and the Psalms.
- The purpose of creation: Genesis 1-11
