Synopsis
This book is the complete curriculum of Kaleo Academy, a youth initiative within the American Friends Church (Quakers). The purpose of Kaleo Academy is to identify and build the capacity of high-leadership potential Quaker youth for future ministry and service positions in the Friends Church. The whole of the Kaleo Academy experience is designed to empower Friends' youth to experience a greater command of the essential knowledge and key ideas that can be used to give them a great sense of control over their vocational decisions. Faculty from Barclay College and other Friends colleges and universities will be invited to teach at the Kaleo Academy as a means of introducing cohort members to the experience of undergraduate higher education. Informed by the lessons learned from previous successful Lilly Endowment grantees, the Kaleo Academy design described above will intentionally: Introduce youth to the classic Quaker texts, theological resources, and practices that inform the faith and practice of the evangelical Friends Church. Create safe and supportive spaces in large and small groups, face-to-face and online, where youth can explore the meaning and significance of their faith for their own lives. Provide opportunities for reflective worship, celebratory worship, and spiritual formation. Encourage and support youth in critical thinking about their faith as it relates to contemporary social issues and challenges. Enable youth to explore their aspirations and calling and to consider vocations in ministry and service through the evangelical Friends Church in a context of spiritual and theological reflection and discernment. Attend to the theological preparation and support of the Barclay College undergraduate staff serving as peer leaders and mentors. Produce a generation of youth who are empowered to lead effective change in their communities and relationship and, hence, to change their world. Session Tracks 1. Introduction to Biblical Interpretation 2. Historical Quaker Faith and Practice 3. Christian Leadership 4. Contemporary Social Issues and Friends Faith and Practice 5. Calling and Vocation
About the Author
Derek Brown is Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Chair of the Pastoral Ministry department at Barclay College, where he also serves as College Chaplain, and Director of the Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry and the Master of Arts in Transformational Leadership. In addition to his credentials in theology, biblical studies, and ecclesiology, Derek is also a scholar of organizational and leadership theory. While his main research focus is Quaker pastoral theology and ecclesiology, he also enjoys researching the broader interplay of theology and culture, as well as the growing field of leadership studies. Derek lives in Haviland, KS with his wife, Jessica, and his twin daughters, Sophia and Sarah.
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