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Improving Literacy Through Instruction And Community Experiences: : The Effect Of A Summer Program On Literacy Outcomes Of Students From Low Ses Homes, Lisa Delozier Bowers

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Among the academic challenges faced by students from low socio-economic (SES) homes is the loss of academic skills during the summer months. Unfortunately, the public schools are often unable to provide summer learning opportunities because limited space, funding, and teacher availability. Established community organizations frequently provide summer programs, however, there is little research to indicate that they can be used to address summer learning loss.

A summer program was designed to improve oral and written narrative skills for students from low SES homes. This program was based in a local community ministry and was designed to use thematic units that …

Doing Justice, Practicing Compassion, Larry James

Leaven

No abstract provided.

Meeting The Challenge Of Public Education: Lessons From The Past, James Thompson

Leaven

No abstract provided.

A Look At Women In Ministry Today, Anna Griffith

Leaven

No abstract provided.

Communion Meditation: Let Us Fix Our Eyes On Jesus, Phil Phillips

Leaven

No abstract provided.

An Annotated Bibliography For Small-Church Ministry, Dan Yarnell

Leaven

No abstract provided.

Life On Screen And Other Musings On Faith, Food, & Media, Mary E. Hess

Faculty Publications

Media and food have this in common: a healthy diet of either one nourishes us, while an unhealthy diet causes problems. Just as we eat together in families, we should find ways to engage media together as well.

Spiritan Magazine Vol. 36 No. 3

Spiritan Magazine

No abstract provided.

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.

In Remembrance: Fr Tom Mckillop: Order Of Canada, 'Father' Of Families, Friend Of Jesus, Ted Schmidt

Spiritan Magazine

No abstract provided.

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.

The Application For Church Planting Through The Intercessory Prayer Ministry Of Young Adult Ministry In Choong Hyun Presbyterian Church, Kwang Lee

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this thesis is about researching church planting through the intercessory prayer ministry. This project describes several spiritual awakenings through this ministry. The most important result of spiritual awakenings is that skeptical believers in spiritual life have been changed into positive ones and passive believers have been transformed into active ones. Actually the author as an assistant pastor ministered in Choong hyun Presbyterian Church for almost five years. His wife and he led this ministry for one and half years. The author tried to find out the biblical background related to intercessory prayer through the New Testament, write …

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 …

Reflections Of An Adult Educator, Tamsen Murray

Leaven

No abstract provided.

South Carolina Conference Journal 2012, United Methodist Church. South Carolina Conference

South Carolina Conference Journal

THE JOURNAL OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE OF The United Methodist Church Southeastern Jurisdiction

VOLUME I 2012

Price: $25.00 per year paid in advance by subscription only (Volumes I and II included)

Edited for the Conference by KAREN H. RADCLIFFE Secretary of the Annual Conference

Florence Civic Center Florence, South Carolina

June 10-13, 2012

Murray Ledger And Times, June 8, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Community Leader, Vol. 10, No. 03, University Of Dayton. Fitz Center For Leadership In Community

Newsletter: Community Leader

News and notes from the University of Dayton Fitz Center for Leadership in Community.

The Church In The Square: Negotiations Of Religion And Revolution At An Evangelical Church In Cairo, Egypt, Anna Dowell

Theses and Dissertations

In the wake of the Egyptian January 25, 2011 popular uprisings that deposed Hosni Mubarak from the presidency, youth and leaders from Kanisset Kasr el Dobara (KDEC) in Tahrir Square embarked on new and unpredictable political projects and activisms. This ethnographic study is an engagement with these new revolutionary negotiations on the part of the largest Protestant congregation in the Middle East. Using participant observation, focus groups, and interviews this research seeks to elucidate the ways that youth and leaders utilized institutionalized discourse, religious imagery, and relational networks in order to carve out a place in the Egyptian public sphere …

Credibility Of Online Political News Among Egyptian Youth, Dalia Elabd

Theses and Dissertations

This study confirms previous literature discoveries that perceived credibility of medium, source and message have a direct influence on the perceived credibility of online political news. Each credibility factor is examined separately to identify its influence and strength on the dependent variable. Medium credibility, Internet, is considered the factor that has the strongest influence on perceived credibility of online political news, followed by the source then finally message of online political news. Consumption of online political news has also a direct influence on perception of credibility of online political news but to a much lesser extent. Timely coverage, freedom of …

167th University Of Notre Dame Commencement And Mass Program, University Of Notre Dame

Commencement Programs

167th Commencement Program including Commencement Mass

May 18-20, 2012

Three Nontraditional Students Complete Teaching Degrees With Uncommon Excellence, Andrew Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Connecting Creatively To The Mediavores: An Investigation Of Effie Award Winning Campaign Creatives That Successfully Communicated To Millennials., Ashley R. Hoffman

Undergraduate Honors Theses

To many marketers, the second Gold Rush has come. The Millennials are on the rise and marketers are ready to strike; but “How?” has become the question. For many marketers, it has taken years of trial & error and data research to understand this target group that is considered to come out of 1981-2000 (Crang, p.1). The biggest hurdle marketers have to overcome is taking their thought process from traditional platforms to the digital technology that this group has grown up on. On top of joining the digital world, marketers have to be more creative than ever. With this group, …

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, May 4, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The May 4, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

The Schott Family, Jodi Schott

Verbum

In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay's first paragraph.

"We had the joy of welcoming a miracle into our family recently. Christopher Jonathan was born on October 2, 2011. Since his birth, we have truly come to know God’s love through the blessing of Christopher. He is a beautiful baby with a charming personality. It’s a delight to come home to his “full face smile” every day! Here is a little info about each of the Schott’s:"

Family Attitudes, Beliefs, And Practices Facilitating A Sense Of Purpose In Black American Children And Youth: A Grounded Theory, Mallory Lynn Gary

Dissertations

i ABSTRACT Sense of purpose is strongly associated with positive health behaviors and academic achievement (Turner-Musa & Lipscomb, 2007, Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics FIFCFS, 2010). The purpose of this qualitative research study was to develop grounded theory by the exploration of sense of purpose by describing and interpreting attitudes, beliefs, and practices among Black American families participating in an outreach program in Southern, IL. Grounded theory was used to explain the phenomenon of sense of purpose, and the relationship among optimism, faith, hope, spirituality and sense of meaning. A non probability purposive sample was used for …

A Year With God, Ashleigh Jardine

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Insights From Charles Spurgeon's Preaching For A Changing Culture, John Lewis

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This project has been done in order to increase the amount of literature available that demonstrates how to preach to a 21st century culture and to enlighten preachers to the timeless truths that transcend from the great 19th century preacher Charles Spurgeon. A close evaluation of Charles Spurgeon's biblical preaching reveals a model for pastors to emulate in a post-modern context in the local church. Spurgeon was a master communicator and a survey of his mid to late 1800's preaching reveals those areas of his ministry that are still useful in the New Millennium. By reviewing Spurgeon's sermons and writings, …

Gardner-Webb Alumnus Nathaniel Hilliard On A Mission In Moldova, Office Of University Communications, Travis Sherrill

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

For anybody, the task of graduating college and transitioning into a new phase of life can be daunting. So imagine walking across the commencement stage and heading straight into a two-year mission across the world. There’s a new language, a new predominant religion, and—oh yeah—you’re alone.

Living In The Peace Of God: Perspectives From Romans, Mark Love

Leaven

No abstract provided.

Family: A Resource Reading Guide, Eleanor Daniel

Leaven

No abstract provided.