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Helping Hands In Honduras, Ashleigh Jardine

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Creating And Sustaining A Health And Wellness Ministry, Gary Moritz

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This thesis will focus on creating and sustaining a health and wellness ministry within the local church. The local church should be not only a place that promotes spiritual health, but one that promotes and advocates for physical health and wellness. The thesis will outline how Capital Baptist Church (CBC) is making a growing and sustaining impact within the local church, community, and throughout the United States, while meeting a vital need in today's culture through a holistic Christian approach to life. This document will be a tool for other local churches to use in starting and sustaining a health …

Connecting The Dots: A Case Study Examining The Impact Of Service Learning On A Youth And Young Adult Student Ministry, Thomas Spencer Legrand Jr.

Education Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this study was to provide a case study on the application of service-learning curriculum in a youth ministry at a traditional mid-size church. The intent of the curriculum was to provide a new and creative way for the church to impact youth by getting them involved in actions that correspond with Biblical principles. Church leaders hope that this curriculum change will not only impact youth in their teens but also influence them to remain involved in a traditional church as they reach college and become young adults.

The researcher used the process model of curriculum study from …

2013 Proceedings: The Next Generation, Cheryl Des Jarlais, Southern Adventist University School Of Education And Psychology, Doug Jacobs, Mia Lindsey, Andy Nash, Tim Cross, Ruth Williams

Reynolds' Chair Symposium Proceedings

Will it be Adventist?

John Boswell: Posting Historical Landmarks At The Leading Edge Of The Culture Wars, Jeffery Cisneros

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

One of the most enduring and controversial figures in the field of history is John E. Boswell. His work on homosexuality and the history of the Christian Church was published at a key time during the Stonewall Riots in the late 1960s and the removal of homosexuality from the list of diagnostic mental disorders in the mid 1970s. This social upheaval created a dynamic that not only influenced Boswell personally but contributed to the vehement reaction to his book Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century. …

Autobiographies In Preservice Teacher Education: A Snapshot Tool As A Building Block To Culturally Responsive Pedagogy., Annmarie Alberton Gunn, Susan V. Bennett, Linda S. Evans, Barbara J. Peterson, James L. Welsh

USF St. Petersburg Campus Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The U.S. Conference Of Catholic Bishops' Doctrinal Elements Of A Curriculum Framework For The Development Of Catechetical Materials For Young People Of High School Age: Pedagogical And Theological Perspectives Of Religious Studies Teachers In U.S. Catholic Secondary Schools, Carrie J. Schroeder

Doctoral Dissertations

In 2007, the Catholic bishops of the United States unanimously approved a document entitledDoctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework for the Development of Catechetical Materials for Young People of High School Age(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, USCCB, 2008; hereafter,Framework). The promulgation of theFrameworkconstituted the first time that the bishops sought to establish a uniform Religious Studies curriculum for all U.S. Catholic secondary schools. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perspectives of six Religious Studies teachers regarding their experience of teaching courses based on the USCCBFramework; specifically, these teachers' experiences of theFramework's impact on the theological …

A Leader For Christ, Ashleigh Jardine

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Romeo & Juliet

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Fall 2012 performance of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about two young lovers from feuding families and how their relationship and deaths reconcile their families.

The Loop (Fall 2012), Taylor University

The Loop (2012-2017)

The Fall 2012 edition of Taylor University’s The Loop.

The Echo: September 14, 2012, Taylor University

2012-2013 (Volume 100)

What about Fairlane? – Best in the Midwest – Airband date coming soon – Top 5 News Events of the Week – Ministry fair offers wide range of volunteer opportunities – Pence and Gregg run for governor – Walk/Run for Alzheimer’s Saturday – Day in History – In The Loop – Winery Hosts Selection of Sweet Surprises – Taylor teams with community on wind turbines – Weekly Forecast – Appleseed festival this weekend – Libyan mob kills US Ambassador – Students strike against tuition hike – Access Restricted – Around the World – Behind the Times – Greece’s financial flop …

The Ecology Of Vocation, Terri L. Elton

Faculty Publications

Those who care about the future of the church have a vested interest in both the quantity and the quality of candidates preparing for ministry in this generation and into the next. And it is easy to see those pastors as the product of a series of independent and individualized decisions. A college student, for example, meets with her pastor to discuss her future. Or an engineer sits at the kitchen table with his wife asking if they have the money for him to quit his job and head off to seminary. The future of ministry does indeed depend on …

Searching For A Needle In A Haystack: Indications Of Social Justice Among Aspiring Leaders, Vonzell Agosto, Zorka Karanxha

Educational and Psychological Studies Faculty Publications

We conducted a content analysis of 34 statements of interest submitted by applicants applying to an education leadership preparation program. The purpose of the analysis was to understand the applicants’ orientations toward social justice. Using Kumashiro’s (2000) and Apple’s discussions of anti-oppressive education, we identified three practices in the candidates’ treatment of the writing prompt concerning leadership related to Othering: ignoring, marginalizing, and mentioning. The fourth practice, embodying (evidencing through practice) a social justice orientation, was a practice we identified in statements submitted by a few applicants (n=7). This article centers on the analysis of the applications of these seven …

Southeastern Alumni Magazine- Summer 2012, Southeastern University - Lakeland

Southeastern Alumni Magazine

National Leadership Forum
This year’s Forum brought a lot of excitement to the campus with one of the country’s most popular athletes – Tim Tebow – featured during the two-day leadership conference. Robert Gates, Pat Williams, and Mark Sanborn, along with a number of other prominent leaders, also spoke to an audience of close to 700 during the March 2012 event held in Bush Chapel.

The Growing Disciples Inventory: Assessing The Spiritual Development Goals Of Christian Education, Glynis Bradfield

School of Distance Education Faculty Publications

Learn how an online self-assessment and instant report can be used to reflect on and facilitate personal spiritual growth. Youth and adult versions are available for free use online, and a short paper version (available in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese) extends use to informal groups away from internet access.

Introducing The Dbq Essay Using Personal Evidence [10th Grade], M Melendy Jacobie

Understanding by Design: Complete Collection

In the free-response section of the AP World History Exam, all students are asked to answer three constructed-response questions. This unit is set at the beginning of the course to address the first form of question, a document-based question, and to serve as a way for the teacher and students to build their classroom community. Students will explore how evidence can be used to understand a person or time period while learning the components of a DBQ essay before any world history content is taught. Students will create a set of ten documents that show how they became the person …

A Values Comparison Of Liberty University Freshmen, Steve R. Vandegriff

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

There has been debate over generally accepted values, not only in the context of education, but also within the context of those who are considered people of faith. This study is an investigation to determine if there are any differences between the two contexts, with responses being drawn from students enrolled in a required introductory university course on the campus of a Christian university. The variables of this study will be gender and ethnicity, giving a picture of student values, prior to being influenced by university pedagogy. A survey was made available by Hogan Assessments, self-titled as Motives, Values Preferences …

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni, Parents And Friends (Spring 2012), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Spring 2012 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

The Echo: March 9, 2012, Taylor University

2011-2012 (Volume 99)

The Sony Select – Abroad in York – You’re on Target – SBP Primary results – Top 5 News Events of the Week – Who is paying for the Euler Science Complex? – The Bubble – RecycleMania Week 4 – Department Announcements – Putin’s return proves anticlimactic – Younger generations choose to stay in Mexico – Around The World In 30 Seconds – Behind the badge – Boxers put on hold – Taylor students are out of this world – Walls to Website: Book swapping made easy – The switchup: “A project in the works” – Trend of the Week …

Unraveled Winter 2012, Southern Adventist University

Unraveled - School of Education and Psychology Newsletter

The Winter 2012 issue of Unraveled features articles on the new undergraduate physiological psychology degree offered at Southern, the Southeastern Psychological Association Conference, alumni updates, and a pictorial directory of the 2012 education and psychology graduates.

Metanoia (2012 Travel Edition), Taylor University

Metanoia (2011-2012)

The 2012 travel edition of Taylor University’s Metanoia.

Understanding Predictors And Formative Experiences Of Females In Student Leadership, Dauthan Keener

Master of Arts in Higher Education (MAHE) Theses

The purpose of this study was to understand what experiences and factors led female student leaders to pursue leadership and to understand whether or not the gender of a mentor or role model of a female student is significant. Six female student leaders were participants and were interviewed using a grounded theory qualitative methodology. Responses were recorded, transcribed, coded, and analyzed to determine the central themes from the interviews. The strongest themes were the identification of organization and relational ability as important leadership traits to the participants, the influence of family and role models, the importance of the mentor, the …

The Impact Of A Ministry Experience On The Personal And Academic Development Of College Students, Benjamin Goller

Master of Arts in Higher Education (MAHE) Theses

The purpose of this study is to seek out how a ministry experience can be a developmental tool for academic and student development professionals to cultivate growth in the personal and academic areas of students’ lives. Rooted in the academic literature on service-learning and college student spirituality, this study asks how a ministry experience affects students, what part of the experience has the effect, and how students view and understand this development. By interviewing students in a ministry practicum at a small, Christian liberal arts university in the Midwest, themes were drawn out that identified core processes of the ministry …

Nova Southeastern University 2012 Annual Report, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Southeastern Alumni Magazine- Winter 2012, Southeastern University - Lakeland

Southeastern Alumni Magazine

60 Year Later
This past year has been a remarkable year for the Southeastern University Alumni Association. We successfully published two alumni magazines, and we held a number of events last year in which over 1,000 alumni, former faculty, and guests participated.

SEU On Mission:
Students and alumni share a passion for missions across the globe.

Mission And Catholic Identity [Booklet], Office Of Mission And Catholic Identity

Mission & Culture Publications

‌The Office of Mission and Catholic Identity at Sacred Heart University has as its primary purpose the articulation, promotion and transmission of the Catholic Intellectual and Spiritual Tradition.

A Case Study Of A Servant Leadership Program At A Private, Faith-Based Academy, Lisa Coscia

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education ETD Archive

The private, faith-based academy under study did not have an intentional strategy or program for developing and preparing students to be Christian leaders in their school, community, and world. Although biblical instruction is integrated as a vital component of the curriculum; an intentional leadership program through which students could practice their faith had never been effectively established or implemented at the academy. The students need practical application to have a better understanding of their faith and to grow spiritually as servant leaders.

The purpose of this single-case study was to describe and explain a servant leadership program for juniors and …

Professional Identity Development In Online Christian Theological Education: A Case Study Of Preparing Pastoral Practice Through Discursive Activity, Rovina L. Hatcher

Theses and Dissertations--Curriculum and Instruction

The purpose of this dissertation study was to explore the professional preparation of students in online classes at a Christian theological seminary. Concerns of theological education involve the capacity or incapacity of community development and somatic or embodied learning in online education. Using a theoretical framework drawn from communities of practice (Wenger, 1998), professional clergical preparation (Foster, Dahill, Golemon, & Tolentino, 2005), and Gee’s (2000-2001) dimensions of identity development, the researcher focused the analyses on students’ written texts located in the discussion board fora of the online courses. These records were examined for indications of formation of the professional identity …

Religious Identity Formation Among Adolescents: The Role Of Religious Secondary Schools, Timothy J. Wang

International Christian Community of Teacher Educators Journal

The purpose of this article is to examine the role religious secondary schools play in the religious identity formation of adolescents. Although several research studies have found a correlation between enrollment in private religious schools and adolescents’ religious identity formation, the researchers of these studies have only speculated about which specific characteristics of religious schools are responsible for this formation in the lives of adolescents. Through a review of the literature, the present article identifies several characteristics of religious secondary schools that may contribute to the process of religious identity formation: a community of religious peers, the presence of religious …

Formation Of Pre-Service Teachers For Religious Education Through Experiential Learning: The Retreat Leaders Training Program, Chris Hackett, Shane D. Lavery

Education Papers and Journal Articles

This article reports on the formation of pre-service teachers for religious education through an experiential learning program called the Retreat Leaders Training Program (RLTP). First, the article examines the need for formation for pre-service RE teachers, especially as the formation relates to the development of three forms of teacher knowledge: content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and experiential content knowledge. Second, the article reviews the literature on the role of experiential learning in professional formation and the contribution live-in retreats may make in this formation. Third, the article presents the Retreat Leaders Training Program as an example of the formative influence …