Upcoming Immersion Opportunities Winter 2015 Summer 2015

Upcoming Immersion Opportunities
Winter 2015
***Immersion Scholarships: Scholarships are available for all
immersions. See PMM Office or Financial Aid Office (Mary
Vibert, [email protected]) for application.
Gullah Culture
Dates: December/January
Faculty: Dr. William B. McClain
Contact: [email protected]
Civil Rights Immersion
Dates: January 2015
Faculty: Dr. C. Anthony Hunt
Contact: [email protected]
Summer 2015
Iceland
Dates: May/June
Faculty: James Estes
Contact: [email protected]
Hong Kong
Dates: May/June
Faculty: Dr. Paul Cho
Contact: [email protected]
STEPS TO TAKE
To complete the requirements of your immersion experience, you must
do these things:

Indicate your interest in a particular immersion by inserting your
name in the Immersion Sign-Up Book located in PMM Office.
PLEASE NOTE: Faculty-led immersions may have special instructions
prior to signing up.

Register for MM 350 and pay the tuition. Pay the cost for your specific
immersion. Your ministry setting may assist you with the cost. At any time you
can set up an account with the Business Office to begin accumulating the required
funds.

Attend the required orientation session offered in a semester prior to your
immersion.

Complete the Immersion Application with all required signatures and submit it to the PMM Office on date posted. Keep the certificate of participation to
take with you on your immersion.

Go on your immersion and have the leader sign the certificate of participation. This form is the last page of your immersion application.

Write your reflection paper and develop your project presentation to
submit them by the due date. You will find guidelines in the immersion
guide in your Handbook, online or in the packet of information given to you during the Immersion Orientation Session.

Attend a required debriefing session offered in the semester immediately
following your immersion. Students who attend Wesley faculty-led immersions will have their debriefing session led by that faculty member.
Orientation and Debriefing Sessions
Spring 2014
Immersion Orientation Sessions
February 28
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
March 24
9:00 am – Noon
Immersion Debriefing Sessions
February 7
4:30 pm – 7:30 pm
February 24
9:00 am - Noon
*Please note that individual immersions may also have special scheduled pre-trip
sessions arranged by faculty leader.
Revised 1/27/2014
This brochure is updated several times a year. For the most current information, visit the PMM web pages at www.wesleyseminary.edu or contact
Josie Hoover in the PMM Office: (K-112); 202-885-8558.
SUMMER 2014
*Costs are estimates.
All dates are approximate at this time. Check PMM website & revised brochures
for updated information. All trips are subject to cancellation. Student enrollment is limited for each immersion; thus, early planning for an immersion trip is
suggested.
Students will be given first priority to participate in an immersion when they’ve
met course pre-requisites; when those who seek graduation need to meet this degree requirement; and on a first come first-serve basis.
Sponsored by Wesley Faculty
Ethiopia
Dates: May 25—June 7, 2014
Faculty: Dr. James Shopshire
Cost: $3,500.00 including airfare, ground transportation and most meals
(estimated cost)
Description: This 14-day immersion will be among the people and socio-cultural
systems of Central and Northern Ethiopia. It will include exposure to the three Abrahamic religions and the historic Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Students will have contact
with other Christian collectivities such as independent evangelical churches, Catholic,
and Protestant groups, para-church and missional Non-Government Organizations
(NGO’s) with religious orientations as well as Islamic and Jewish groups. Audiences
with various leaders of the church, community and society will be arranged in order for
students to explore the socio-theological implications for the faith and ministry of the
churches, abundant life, caring for and sharing the land, justice, peace, economic development, power dynamics between developing and developed nations and corporations
and change in Africa and the Ethiopian diaspora.
Limited to 15 Students
Contact: Dr. James Shopshire, [email protected]
Germany
Dates: May 2014
Faculty: Dr. Scott Kisker
Cost: $ 4,580.00 (including airfare, ground transportation and most meals)
Description: In celebration of 500 years since the posting of Luther's 95 theses,
Wesley Theological Seminary is offering an immersion to Germany in late May-early
June, 2014. The immersion will focus on the role of Christianity and the Church in
shaping European life. Students will become familiar with the social, political, and religious context of ministry in 21st century Europe, as well as visiting sites which help
students connect with the history of Christianity in Europe. We will visit the Central
Mosque in Cologne as well as Cologne's great cathedral. There will be trips to Worms
where Luther made his stand and to the cathedral where Charlemagne was
crowned. Students will better understand how Roman Catholic, State Protestant, and
Free Protestant Churches participate in God's mission in Europe in a context of increased secularization.
Contact: Josie Hoover, [email protected]; Scott Kisker,
[email protected]
Prison Ministry—Bureau of Prisons
Dates: May 13-21, 2014
Faculty: Dr. Terry Saulsberry (Federal Bureau of Prisons)
Cost: $1,050.00 (approximate)
Description: This 10-day practicum will explore the correctional and criminal justices
systems at the local, state, and federal levels. Students will engage in direct dialogue,
meetings and ministry to incarcerated men and women at the local jail, state and federal
correctional institutions in Washington, DC, North Carolina and Virginia. Students will
work alongside chaplains at federal correctional institutions in providing ministry of
pastoral care, counseling, and worship to the offenders. Students will develop a theological framework for understanding restorative justice, systemic sin, hope, reconciliation, and liberation of institutionalized persons. Students will engage in journaling,
reflection, and debriefing sessions as part of the framework of the immersion.
Limited to 12 Students
Contact: Josie Hoover, [email protected], Dr. Terry Saulsberry, [email protected]
Sponsored by Other Organizations
Breezewood Truckers Ministry
Dates: Exact dates in December or January are negotiated with chaplain
Immersion Chaplain: Rev. Bruce Maxwell
Approximate Cost: $1,000.00 (including lodging and meals)
Description: Experience ministry to those in transit as travelers or workers. Help
provide a listening ear and emergency assistance, experience “the road” and learn what
life and faith are like from this point of view.
*Limit to 2 students
Contact: [email protected] or 814-977-6964
AMERC (Appalachian Ministry Resource Center)
Appalachian Arts, Energy and Education
Dates: May 19—May 31, 2014
Faculty: Drew University Theological School (Madison, NJ)
Cost: $1,000.00 (AMERC Scholarships are available)
This cross-cultural immersion course will assist participants to better understand the
educational, environmental, and economic realities, that shape the artistic imagination
and cultural forms of the Appalachian region. We will address issues of cultural identity, the educational role of the arts, and the economics and environment of Appalachia.
Within the state of West Virginia, the class will visit events and sites including an agricultural festival and a parish cooperative for theological education, and meet with representatives of the gas industry, with rural educators, and with a range of artists.
Contact: Dr. Heather Elkins, [email protected], 973-408-3409
NOTES: Deadline for application is March 1, 2014; Deadline for payment is
April 1, 2014.
GATE (Global Awareness Through Experience)
Mexico City and Chiapas
Dates: May 28—June 7, 2014 & June 10—20, 2014
Cost: *Program Fee is $1,300.00 not including airfare; Registration fee is
$100.00 if received by deadline date (REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MARCH
3, 2014)
Description: Contrast the dynamics of life in Mexico City with the rural reality of
Chiapas. Meet with people who offer hope through alternative models of work, society,
and governance. See the importance of water projects and schools in isolated areas.
Learn of the unique contributions of indigenous people to Mexican reality. Understand
the struggle for land and rights. Appreciate the natural beauty of this Mexican State.
Join this delegation to stand in solidarity with people and organizations.
Oaxaca, Mexico
Dates: July 8—17, 2014
Cost: *Program Fee is $1,350.00 not including airfare; Registration fee is
$100.00 if received by deadline date (REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS APRIL
14, 2014)
Description: Meet face-to-face in Oaxaca the indigenous reality that includes a variety
of ethnic cultures, traditional cuisine, arts and handicrafts. Learn of the challenges for
educational and a ricultural sustainability. Understand the reasons for increased emigration from this southern state and the struggle for inclusion in a society with different
values.
Guatemala
Dates: July 23, 2014—August 2, 2014
Cost: *Program fee is $1,375.00 not including airfare; Registration Fee is
$100.00 if received by deadline date (REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 12,
2014)
Description: Encounter people living out their values through active resistance. See
first hand the effects of trade agreements in the countryside and how emigration is seen
as a sole alternative. Witness grassroots efforts to provide jobs to build a more sustainable future. Explore human rights issues. Presenter Julia Esquivel, poet, theologian,
teacher, and human rights advocate, shares her spiritual wisdom.
El Salvador
Dates: August 5—14, 2014
Cost: *Program Fee is $1,300.00 not including airfare; Registration Fee is
$100.00 if received by deadline date (REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 19,
2014)
Description: Meet with people of faith, dedication, and courage who seek to improve
their country from within. Learn first hand how trade agreements affect the lives of
those in the countryside, how emigration is seen as the only viable alternative to survival. Learn about health care concerns, and how the immediate past has shaped the
environment in this young and fragile democracy. Walk the holy ground of sites where
Archbishop Romero, the four North American churchwomen and others were murdered. Witness the efforts of a President seeking to improve the life of the poor. Dialogue with embassy personnel.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE UPCOMING GATE IMMERSIONS, CONTACT GATE OFFICES AT [email protected], 608-791-5283