Assignments for this course take the form of written summaries, research, and analysis. They are designed to help us work through the course objectives, while keeping a focus on our spiritual growth through conceptual learning.

For each assignment, please develop a document and submit it to me in either Microsoft Word or HTML format (your word processing software should permit you to do a "save as" and choose either of those formats).

Important: Ask the Holy Spirit to speak the truth of God to you each time you do an assignment.  Remember what you learned through the Communion with God Course. 

Assignment #1 

Assignment #2 

Write a 5-6 page paper on the new things you have learned from studying the text.

Begin to memorize the following passages, to be completed by the end of the course: Matthew 20:25-28, Acts 14:23, 1 Timothy 3:1-13, and 1 Peter 5:1-5 

Assignment #3 

Choose your first book from the Collateral Reading List at the beginning of the syllabus and carefully read it and study it.  Take notes and/or write down your observations as you read and study it. 

Write a 5-6 page paper on (1) what the book says, (2) what God spoken to you through it and (3) what new things you have learned from it.  

Assignment #4 

Choose your second book from the Collateral Reading List at the beginning of the syllabus and carefully read it and study it.  Take notes and/or write down your observations as you read and study it. 

Write a 5-6 page paper on (1) what the book says, (2) what God spoken to you through it and (3) what new things you have learned from it. 

Assignment #5 

Choose your third book from the Collateral Reading List at the beginning of the syllabus and carefully read it and study it.  Take notes and/or write down your observations as you read and study it. 

Write a 5-6 page paper on (1) what the book says, (2) what God spoken to you through it and (3) what new things you have learned from it.  

Assignment #6 

Choose your fourth book from the Collateral Reading List at the beginning of the syllabus and carefully read it and study it.  Take notes and/or write down your observations as you read and study it. 

Write a 5-6 page paper on (1) what the book says, (2) what God spoken to you through it and (3) what new things you have learned from it.  

Assignment #7 

Write an 8-10 page paper on your understanding of Church government and leadership after having taken this course. Include how you will apply this understanding to your life. 

Write out the following passages and submit them for the completion of this course:

Matthew 20:25-28, Acts 14:23, 1 Timothy 3:1-13, and 1 Peter 5:1-5 

Assignments that MUST BE SUBMITTED to Your Instructor for Grading

YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE A GRADE FOR THE COURSE OR BE CREDITED AS COMPLETING THE COURSE UNTIL ALL OF THESE ASSIGNMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND GRADED BY YOUR INSTRUCTOR: 

Rediscovering the Pearl of Servanthood Response Paper

Collateral Reading Paper #1

Collateral Reading Paper #2

Collateral Reading Paper #3

Collateral Reading Paper #4

Church Government Paper

Scripture Passages