Course Dates:
March 17 – May 2, 2025
(no class during Holy Week, 4/14-18)
Pre-requisites for this class are IFDC910 , IFDC920 & IFDC930
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This course helps learners discern the best partnerships for their ministries to engage the gifts of their communities. Rural communities are built on connection and relationships, to place, people, heritage, and culture. Students will learn how to tap into these resources in order to build sustainable and creative connections for change.
Weekly zoom sessions are required and will be held on day/time agreed upon by the learners and instructor.
Learners are required to have the following book for this class:
- Small-Town America: Finding Community, Shaping the Future, by Robert Wuthnow
- Transforming Communities: How People Like You are Healing Their Neighborhoods, by Sandhya Rani Jha
This course is eligible for 3.0 CEU.
Quick Info:
Number of weeks: 6
Price: $125
CEUs: 3.0
Required books: Yes
Blackboard: Yes
Zoom: Yes, required
Part of a certification or series of courses?: Yes (IFD Certification in Rural Ministry)
Pre-requisites for this class are IFDC910 , IFDC920 & IFDC930
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Meet the Instructor
Sandi Perl has extensive experience with rural ministry, in addition to decades of academic training. She has lived in rural upstate New York all her life, and “big” churches in her community routinely have fewer than 250 persons in attendance. As a Licensed Local Minister in the United Methodist Church, she served 15 years in rural ministry before her retirement in 2022. In addition to bachelor’s degrees in social work and in management, Sandy has earned a master’s degree in education, a master’s degree in divinity, and a Doctor of Ministry degree.
