Ministry Skills: Rock Climbing.

Catalog description

This course is specially designed to equip students with tools for ministry and the holistic, spiritual formation of others through rock climbing. Students will be fully immersed in developing rock climbing as a means to explore how physical activity within a Christian community and in an outdoor setting can contribute to holistic formation of self and others. The class will primarily be conducted through facilitated rock climbing at Devil's Lake state park where students will learn the basics of rock climbing, facilitation, and how it can be used as a ministry tool. Students will experience a formational process in their own life through course readings, community-based rock climbing experiences, and critical reflection and discussion. They will also consider how to facilitate similar formational experiences for others.