The Salvation Army Booth College

Worship and Preaching: Essentials will help you to develop as an effective worship leader and preacher by giving you the knowledge and skills you need to engage in these public ministries. 

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This unit is running as an online intensive.

3 to 14 February 2025

Virtual Classroom sessions will be on Zoom during the intensive.

As this is an intensive unit, it is expected that students will be released from usual work activities to study fulltime for this fortnight.

No prerequisites required.

Readings, online forums, videos, reflective practice. 

On each day of the intensive students will engage with learning materials and activities and then join a virtual classroom session on Zoom. The virtual classroom sessions will take place daily, 1:30pm – 3pm AEDST during the intensive.

Watch the Welcome Video found in the “Welcome to the Unit” tab on ARK (available on ARK from 27th January 2025).

*This unit is offered at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level. Students may engage with people across both levels when this unit is delivered.

1 x 1,500 word Essay - 25%

1 x 1,500 word Essay - 25%

1 x 750 word Homily/Sermon - 15%

1 x 2,250 word Homily/Sermon - 35%

Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:

1.  Identify key components of a worship service and the relationship of these components to the overall structure.

2.  Compare and contrast different frameworks and use them to develop a thoughtfully planned worship service.

3.  Apply appropriate methods for sermon design.

5.  Prepare and deliver an effective sermon.

There is no required text for this unit.