Week 1

Week 1 Assignments

Assignment 1.0: Introductions Forum
  • Take a few minutes to introduce yourself by posting in the Introduction forum.
  • Due to participation requirements, this forum is available only Monday and Tuesday of this week. Post your introduction by Tuesday, 11:55 pm, CST.
 Assignment 1.1: Spiritual Journey (Post to the Week 1 Discussion)
  • Identify and reflect on significant religious or spiritual experiences in your life. These experiences are generally life shaping/spiritual  experiences which demonstrate the meaning of life or a connection with the Sacred.  The process of writing these memories down, is meant to increase your awareness of ways your life has been shaped by your own religious/spiritual experiences.
  • Reflect back on your life, write about specific events, people, and places that you remember and identify as ‘life shaping’ and/or nurtured your ‘inner life’.
  • Record and illustrate them using one of the following methods:
        Use a narrative style as in telling a story, OR
        Use a power point and include photo and captions and comments, OR
        Create a time line that indentify's significant people and places at specific times in your life.
  • Elaborate on the people/events and note how they shaped who you are today.  Have fun, talk with family members, discuss with friends or classmates, and allow your creative nature to emerge! Look at this as an opportunity to recall and express a deeper part of yourself, the part that seeks to make meaning from life experiences and/or demonstrates a connection to the sacred. Note the interweaving of religious and spiritual experiences as they shape and inform each other.
  • Post your Spiritual Journey on Wednesday or soon afterward, so others may read and respond as they wish, This will be graded by the thoroughness of reflection, not the extent or quality of your religious upbringing or experiences.
Assignment 1.2: Week 1 Discussion: Chapter 1  
  • Post/Participate in the Week 1 Discussion. Be sure to post your initial response in your assigned team by 11:55 pm, CST Wednesday, and your 2 peer responses by 11:55 pm, CST, Saturday.

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During this course, you are required to write a reflection on two (2) religious services you visit (other than your own). These reflections on your visitation experiences can be submitted at any time during the course, but must be submitted by the end of Week 5.   
 
In this course, you are also required to submit a Final Project. Instructions for the Final Project are located in the Assignment Handouts. Although this project is not due until Week 5, you may want to begin  considering the options for your Final Project.