Practicing Christian Leadership, Mentor's Guide, MG11

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discussed and done ought to point back to these objectives. Find ways to highlight these at every turn, to reinforce them and reiterate them as you go. In a real sense, focusing on the objectives gives you a constellation to navigate the flow and content of the class by. Refer to them often with the students, and relate the various points of interest and conversation to them as you lead them. In regards to the textbooks, it is important for you to understand the way in which these relate to the overall handling of the course. Your key texts for the course are the following:

Cothen, Joe H. (Revision editors J. H. Cothen and Jerry N. Barlow), Equipped for Good Work .

Carter, Kenneth H. Jr., The Gifted Pastor: Finding and Using Your Spiritual Gifts .

Engle, Paul E., ed. Baker’s Wedding Handbook .

------, ed. Baker’s Worship Handbook .

------, ed. Baker’s Funeral Handbook .

Ward, Charles G., Ed. The Billy Graham Christian Worker’s Handbook: A Topical Guide with Biblical Answers to the Urgent Concerns of Our Day.

Here are a few observations about these texts:

1. The books are given in order to both enrich and supplement the overall experience of learning in the class. Different from normal academic treatments, the textbooks are important but play a complimentary role in connection to the course material. 2. Wherever possible, highlight different insights and ideas from the text as they correlate and interact with the subject of the day, or the general ideas you are dealing with in regards to their questions, or the course in general. 3. Remind the students of the importance of them acquiring a solid core of texts that they can use for their ministries in the future. This is especially true in this module regarding the Billy Graham Christian Worker’s Handbook, as well as