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Graduate Certificate Program in Family Life Education

  • The 13 credit program, with 2 credit prerequisite
  • FAQs
  • Tuition Investment Plan, an application form to submit to your conference, union, or employing agency
  • M.A. in Religious Education, with Family Life emphasis

 
 
 

                    Textbooks for Family Life courses taught on the Andrews University campus, Summer 2002


 

Order your books from the Andrews University Bookstore

   1-800-385-2001
 

RLED635--Theological and Ethical Foundations of Family Life

Required texts

   House, Wayne. (Ed.) 1990.  Divorce and Remarriage: Four Christian Views. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.


  Guernsey, Dennis.  1999.  The Family Covenant: Love and Forgiveness in the Christian Home. 

  Reading Packet.  This packet contains Xeroxed copies of some of the articles and book chapters that are required reading for the course.  Copyright permission has been obtained from the appropriate publishing entities.  If you prefer,  you can obtain the materials from their original sources.  Check the web site for the list of titles. 
 

Optional: The Reading Packet contains selections from the following texts

    Fee, Gordon, and D. Stuart, Eds. 1993. How To Read the Bible for All Its Worth. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.


 

    Balswick, Jack, & Judith Balswick. 1999. The Family: A Christian Perspective on the Contemporary Home, 2nd.

   Guy, Fritz. 1999. Thinking Theologically. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald.
   
  [No photo of the Guy book] 


RLED676 Topics: Psychological Development: Life Span
Required texts
Berger, Kathleen. 2001. The Developing Person Through the Life Span. Worth Publishers. ISBN 1572594292

Pipher, Mary (1994). Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Ballantine Books: N.Y.

 

Sommers, C.H. (2000). The War Against Boys: How Misguided Feminism is Harming Our Young Men. Simon & Schuster: N.Y.

Optional text

Angelou, Maya. 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Bantum Books.
ISBN 0553279378


 

RLED830 Fostering Spiritual Growth
Required texts
Johnson, Susanne. 1989. Christian Spiritual Formation in the Church and Classroom. Abingdon Press. ISBN 068707590



Wilhoit, J, & Dettoni, J. 1995. Nurture That Is Christian. Victor Books.  

 
[No photo for Wilhoit book] 

 

Willard, Dallas. 1991. The Spirit of the Disciplines. HarperSan Francisco.

Wilkins, Michael. 1992. Following the Master. HarperSan Francisco.

Optional texts
Loder, James. 1989. The Transforming Moment, 2nd ed. Helmers and Howard.

Lovelace, Richard. 1979. Dynamics of the Spiritual Life. InterVarsity.

Mezirow, Jack and Associates. 2000. Learning as Transformation. Josey-Bass.


RLED678 Spiritual Nurture of Children

Required Texts

Habenicht, Donna J. (1994) How to Help Your Child Really Love Jesus. Hagerstown, MD: Review & Herald Pub. Assn. ISBN 0-8280-0792-6 (please read all)

Habenicht, Donna J. (2000) 10 Christian Values Every Kid Should Know: A How-to Guide for Families. Hagerstown, MD: Review & Herald Pub. Assn. ISBN 0-8280-1506-6 (please read all)

Hamner, Tommie J.& Turner, Pauline H. (2001) Parenting in Contemporary Society, 4th Edition. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

 

Wilhoit, James C. & Dettoni, John M. (1995) Nurture That Is Christian: Developmental Perspectives on Christian Education. Wheaton, IL: A BridgePoint Book (Victor Books). ISBN 1-56476-268-8 (please read chapters 2,3,4,5,7,8)

No photo available

For Optional texts, see the Pre-Campus Syllabus.

Check the

Pre-Campus Syllabus

for information on the courses

     

  
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note that changes were made on 5-6-02
for the required texts for the Life Span course.
There are now 3 required texts and one optional text.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 
 
 

  The Tuition Investment Plan is a form that students can use to request funding from conferences or unions. The conferences and unions were not involved in developing this form. It is simply a suggested way to support your request for funding.


                                                          Tuition Investment Plan
                                    Application for Tuition Support for Family Ministries Training
                                 (Submit this application to your SDA Conference or Union or employing institution)

Name __________________________________________ Date ____________________________
Address _________________________________________ Phone __________________________
________________________________________________

Name of your church_________________________________________________________

Location of church __________________________________ Pastor ___________________________

Describe what you have done for your church or community in the area of family ministries in the past 3 years.______________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
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Do you plan to get a certificate in Family Life Education? _____ Yes ____No         If  "yes," indicate progress:
   ____ Beginning in 2001     ____ Continuing study in 2001       ____ Finishing study in 2001

What other training have you had in family ministries? _______________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________

What is the tuition cost for this summer's study? ____________ Books ________

What are your other costs? Room ________ Food _________ Travel ________ Total ___________

What will your study this summer equip you to do in the area of family ministries in the coming years?
For the church:______________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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For the community (community outreach): _________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
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Attached recommendations:  ____ My Pastor's    ____ My Family Ministries Director's 

------------------------------------------------ For Committee Use -----------------------------------------------

Request is  ____  Approved        ____ Denied 

Amount of Tuition Investment Plan support ______________

Authorizing signature ________________________________ Date _______________