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Much of the resources of MTS have been spent developing a pilot project for training youth ministers using a primarily online, but blended approach. This innovative program is built on the competency-based standards and will involve two years of actual course work. Partner dioceses and colleges have committed to this multi-year project, which is under development. Courses are set to commence March 2004. Students from non-partner dioceses interested in the program or in taking single courses should contact MTS for more information.

The Online Ministry Formation Project: Utilizing Online Technology in Ministry Support and Formation for Lay Ecclesial Youth Ministers intends to achieve the following goals and outcomes:

To increase the overall effectiveness of 85 to 105 lay ecclesial youth ministers by providing educational and formational resources utilizing a blended format of face-to-face and online technologies. The success of this format will be to obtain a completion rate of at least 75%, doubling the current ministry formation numbers of this population. Also, the increase in effectiveness will be measured by seeing an overall improvement in the effectiveness score of ministers in the project using a pre and post project measurement of effectiveness based upon the 360-assessment model.
To establish an online resource center for use by project participants and for future use by diocesan offices, ministry formation programs, institutions of higher education involved in ministry education, and by individuals wishing to continue their formation and to network with other professionals.
To research the effectiveness of an online format in ministry formation, resourcing, and support. This outcome will be measured using both the completion rate of project participants and a pre and post project measurement of competence using a 360-assessment model based on the competency-based standards for lay ecclesial ministers.
To provide lay ecclesial youth ministers with a network of professional support from between 85 and 105 other youth ministers through the use of both asynchronous and synchronous discussion boards related to course modules, as well as other areas of ministry. The quality and usefulness of this network will be measured by quarterly evaluations by the lay ecclesial ministers with the opportunity to continually give input into the content and structure of such discussions regarding real life ministry issues and challenges.
The decreasing of the digital divide that now exists within the church’s utilization of technology in ministry support, formation, and resourcing. The successful accomplishment of this outcome will be in both the development of the diocesan group projects utilizing technology to respond to identified needs and the sponsorship of a symposium for at least 150 church leaders on utilization of online technologies.
To develop strategies for effective collaboration of dioceses, institutions of higher education, and resource agencies such as MTS. These strategies will be identified and evaluated throughout the project development, implementation, and evaluation stages.