Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

1100 East 55th Street

Chicago, Illinois 60615

Diaconal Ministry\Associate in Ministry

Final Evaluation of the FIELD WORK LAY COMMITTEE

(to be completed prior to an exchange of reports with the student)

please type or print in black ink

Name of Student:

Name of Supervisor:

Congregation or Institution:

Mailing Address:

Terms and Dates of Field Work:

1. Describe the experience and assess the student's skills in the following areas where applicable:

A. Public presence

B. Writing

C. Administration

1. Program (organization, committees, etc.)

2. Management (office, staff, church council, etc.)

3. Has the student completed his/her project? __________ To what extent does it indicate the student's strengths and weaknesses in administration?

D. Teaching

E. Community building within the institution/congregation

F. Involvement in the community outside the institution/congregation

G. Pastoral Care (Answers should be applicable to this particular internship; since terminology used is parish-based, please adapt as necessary.)

1. General visitation

2. Ministry in situations of illness, crisis and grief

3. Counseling

H. Outreach/Mission

1. Visitation of prospective members

2. Visitation of inactive members

3. Other (please specify)

2. In reference to the above functions of ministry, please comment on the demonstrated pastoral leadership capabilities of the student as well as on the candidate's potential leadership capabilities with particular attention to interpersonal relationships with members/volunteers.

3. Indicate areas where you feel there is a clear need for further growth and development in the student. Are there specific steps that you would recommend in order to achieve such growth?

4. Describe the student's capacity for self awareness and self-criticism.

5. How has the student responded to the demands and opportunities of ministry in light of

personal and family realities and vice versa?

6. What happened in the life of the student at the level of personal faith?

7. Describe the nature and quality of the student's relationships:

with the supervisor:

with the staff:

with the internship/lay committee:

8. Describe the student's ministerial effectiveness and ability to integrate theory and practice, theology and ministry.

9. In what areas is the student particularly gifted?

10. Indicate your perception of the student's vocational clarity at this time.

11. Comment on the student's preparedness for the realistic demands of ministry taking into account family considerations, if appropriate.

10. The ELCA requests a single summary paragraph that can be shared with the appropriate

synodical/churchwide personnel as part of the approval and assignment process. Please confine this paragraph within the lines of the limited space below, providing as much substantive detail as possible, noting both strengths and weaknesses. You may wish to speak to such issues as academic and theological competence, personal faith and commitment to ministry, and personal characteristics and interpersonal skills.

11. Would you recommend the intern as Diaconal Minister to a congregation or institution, if not why?

12. The signatures of both student and Lay Committee chair are needed indicating that each has read this material.

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(Intern) (Date)

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(On behalf of the committee) (Date)