Faith & Work Integration for a Life of Purpose
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn to see your work as an expression of faith, with purpose, for the common good
Faith & Work Integration for a Life of Purpose
4 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn to see your work as an expression of faith, with purpose, for the common good
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Course overview
Integrating faith & work giving meaning to 100,000 hours of our lives at work
Many Christians fail to make the connection between Sunday and Monday, and wonder what their faith has to do with their work. In four sessions we will look at what the Bible has to say about faith and work integration and key theological categories for framing the work of our hands. We will consider the prevalent views on the purpose of work, and reconsider the Christian view, both historically and in today's work place. We will look at the appropriate and inappropriate ways faith is expressed in a public environment. Finally, we will place our work within the context of the common good in our context and complete this sentence: "The reason I do X for a living as a Christian is..."
**All are welcome: people of any faith or no faith. There will be no proselytizing.
Who is this course for
01
Christians who have become disillusioned with their work and wonder about the purpose of their life
02
Business owners & C-Suite leaders who wonder what more they could do w/ their companies beyond producing or donating to charity
03
Anyone, of faith or none, curious about a spiritual perspective to vocational calling & life's purpose
What you’ll get out of this course
Biblical examples for work
Learn what key Christian texts have to say about God's design for work, problems with work, how vocations function in culture, the limits and possibilities
Key Theological Categories for Understanding Purpose thru Work
The theologies of creation, vocation, structure & direction, time, and the kingdom of heaven give us a structure to understand our call and work-life investment
Examples of Healthy Faith & Work Integration
We will look at various work place cultures, biographies of both top leaders and every-day workers, and different company approaches to the quadruple bottom line (profit, customers, employees, and environment)
Faith & Work Integration for a Life of Purpose
Course syllabus
Week 1
Jan
11
FAITH & WORK INTEGRATION W/ CASE THORP Session 1
Every Good Endeavor: Two Key Concepts for a Faith and Work Mindset
Week 2
Jan
18
FAITH & WORK INTEGRATION W/ CASE THORP Session 2
Faith Fundamentals: Work as...
Week 3
Jan
25
FAITH & WORK INTEGRATION W/ CASE THORP Session 3
Application on Monday to Friday
Week 4
Feb
1
FAITH & WORK INTEGRATION W/ CASE THORP Session 4
Guest Speaker: Katherine Leary Alsdorf
Post-course
Reflection on Application
What people are saying
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Jason Frazier
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Meet your instructor
Dr. Case Thorp
Dr. Case Thorp serves as the Theologian in Residence at First Presbyterian Church of Orlando, and leads The Collaborative, Inc (www.collaborativeorlando.com), a content creation and collaboration organization focused on cultural renewal. He served as the 39th Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, and regularly speaks and writes on issues pertaining to faith in the public square.
Case writes on cultural renewal, and faith and work regularly, and has been published in the Orlando Sentinel and the Wall Street Journal.
He holds degrees from Oxford College (AA), Emory University (BA), Princeton Theological Seminary (MDIV), and Fuller Theological Seminary (DMIN in Missional Ecclesiology).
Case enjoys time engaging the arts, urban design, politics, cycling, and both a NYT and WSJ in Starbucks.
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Faith & Work Integration for a Life of Purpose
Course schedule
2 hours per week
Wednesdays
8:00pm - 9:00pm EST
January 10th to 31st 2024
Weekly readings & exercises
2 hours per week
1 hour in class, 1 hour of readings and exercises
Free Article on the Dignity of Work
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks said,
“The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the spirit as well as the body, and its alleviation is a sacred task. Work is a noble calling.”
Learn about how The Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C. connected ancient texts to the work of every day people.
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Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
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