“Beyond aesthetic sensitivity, the study of literature leads to inductive insights in such areas as psychology, philosophy, history, and sociology; and it provides data on such topics as human nature, sin, and the meaning and purpose of human existence” (Knight, 2006, p. 230). As Knight so clearly states, the secondary English classroom is rife with opportunities for teaching biblical-based values and helping students develop their characters as Christian young men and women. By examining literary characters, historical figures, writing samples, and by expressing themselves through the use of language, students encounter many opportunities to reflect upon and discuss a plethora of values. Van Brummelen (2002) lists an extensive amount of values grouped into twelve categories: spiritual, moral, political/legal, economic, social, language/communication, analytic/logical, aesthetic, psychological, physical health, biological and physical, and mathematical. Out of these categories, the easiest values to integrate with English are drawn from the spiritual, moral, social, and language/communication categories. Specifically, three values that can be taught in conjunction with secondary English for the character development of students are integrity, clarity, and devotion. While this list is far from exhaustive, it is a good base to show how easily values can be integrated into English instruction. The first value that teachers can integrate into English instruction is integrity.
I have been a part of different activities for my community service. I offered to volunteer in my church in the Vacation Bible School, Tiger Link Crew, Knight of Columbus, International Dinner, and Fall Festival. What I am most proud of doing is Vacation Bible School. I enjoyed being a part of the Vacation Bible School because it gave me good experience to be involved with children.
What is service? Service is the action of helping others in need without anyone asking you to do so. Doing service for others is very important in our life because we are called to serve and not to be served by others. God sent His son Jesus to serve and not to be served. The purpose of life is not to be happy, but to be useful, honorable, and compassionate in serving others. When we serve others, we also serve God. Giving and helping is happiness.
I am assuming you were already a member of the church, but not a part of the Senior's Bible Study. You used wisdom to evaluate the senior's class and sought out the missing pieces of the learning puzzle. It was great that God led you to use illustration materials for the seniors because everyone learns in a different manner.
Everyone goes through a challenge at some point in their life. I went through a challenge last year at the beginning of my freshman year attending Foothills Christian High School. Last year, my freshman year I did not know anybody starting the school year. This made me super nervous to start high school. I was also concerned about the three days a week at school and two days homeschool. One of my challenges was going to school and parts of that challenge was not knowing anybody starting school, having to go to school on three days a week instead of five, and not knowing the campus well.
Community service is a value, because it’s a beneficial way to discover my strengths, experience human compassion, and make a difference. It has continued to be a necessity for me, because being able to provide a helping hand to others is a fulfilling experience. Vacation bible school is my most important service activity. I value this service a bit more than others that I’m involved in because, in my opinion, being involved with the youth of the community is essential. Although the volunteer service isn’t a requirement, I still find it extremely satisfying to be collaborating with the community, and making it the best that it can be. I became involved with VBS two years ago, because it was a project I could get behind. As someone who is a
Our cohort is nearing the end of its secondary education and therefore it is important that we reflect on the ways in which it has shaped our attitudes values and beliefs. For example, over the past five years we have read, analysed and evaluated various literary works (novels, plays, films etc) in our English studies. These texts express various ideologies, some of which have left a lasting impression on our attitudes, values and beliefs. In addition to this, English literary texts have provided us with historical knowledge aswell as a thorough understanding of the role that aesthetic devices play in engaging readers and expressing ideas. Three texts that have influenced me as an
In OMG: A Youth Ministry Handbook, Kendra Creasy Dean goes over several different ways on how to do youth ministry in today’s world. Through reading this book and evaluating Grace United Methodist Church, I have noticed several things that need to be fixed. One of the main things is the youth group lesson focus and the way the youth relate to one another.
Biblical Application Ministries is a none for profit corporation that was created to help families with life controlling issues. Our goal is to better our community by helping our customers before they end up in jail or prison to help break the revolving door to jail and prison. Biblical Application Ministries is a faith-based corporation and is solely funded by donations. At this point Biblical Application Ministries has been only able to offer groups for our customers here in Cheyenne Wyoming. We have three life controlling groups each week. Monday is our community men’s group and is located at Family Harvest Church. Wednesday is our community women’s group and is located at Rhema Covenant Church. Thursday evenings is our Cheyenne Transitioning Center men’s group and is housed at the Cheyenne Transiting Center at 322 W. 17th Street, Cheyenne, WY. 82001. On Fridays we also have a bible Study at the Comea Shelter.
To begin teaching Biblical Faith a teacher must first understand how as an individual they define what the Bible is to them. It is in this definition that as educators our beliefs and bias are acknowledged. The Bible, for me, is a story of the evolution of God’s relationship with mankind as told in two books. The Old Testament narrated by God’s chosen people, those of the Jewish faith and the New Testament, the story of Jesus as told by his Disciples and followers of His word. It is my belief that the stories told in the Bible are human interpretations of their experiences with God. These interpretations are strongly influenced by the circumstances of the writers emotional, physical,
One my strengths in beginning my studies in Western Seminary is that I am accustomed to learning via the internet since I received my Bachelors entirely via Liberty University Online. Furthermore, I have a biblical understanding since I have had four years of formal biblical education. Another strength is that I will have immediate application since I will be serving my church and, hopefully, be teaching as a Bible teacher in a Christian institution. Lastly, in regards to engage in vocational ministry, I have approximately five years of experience in serving my local church. A weakness is that since I have had prior education via the internet, I may have to adjust my methods in learning via the internet because Western Seminary may use a distinct
Teaching bible class is a passion and job of mine in my home congregation. Bringing my students the correct information from the scriptures is important. Whether I'm teaching them about Moses or Samson, they need to understand the story from a very informed perspective. A person can only gain a limited view of the scriptures from self study. Commentaries and other reference materials can usually be found in a church library, but again those are limited to what has been donated to the library. Being a member of a congregation with a dwindling membership I've been asked to take on many different projects. They range from teaching bible class, lecturing at our local nursing home, and giving a lesson at a recent church retreat. I try to study the word of GOD on a regular basis, but in doing so
The significance of understanding the concept of value, is that it helps us understand where our peers are coming from. For instance, a gay married couple may struggle with attitudes about their marriage from family members. However, when they examine their family members' values, they understand that the particular religion their family practices has a prohibitive and negative view of gay marriage. Understanding their family members' values and vice versa, may help this family get along. The interesting paradox with value is that although it is a deeply personal
Throughout Collins’ writings, he emphasizes on the concept of moving forward towards a desired outcome. Collins believes true coaching allows the client to move out of, what seems like, a dead end. Collins (2009) states coaching addresses issues such as, “career development, developing and reaching corporate goals, betting relationships, transitioning through life, and clarifying visions” (Collins, 2009, p. 20). These goals are similar to those who consider themselves Christians. Collins defends the position that Christian coaching is a legitimate discipline because it helps guide Christ followers toward their goals through Christ (Collins, 2009). Collins (2009) draws on helping
Through my volunteer experience as a Religious Education Teacher for St. Jude I have found that I love to work with people of all ages. As a teacher, I have to communicate complex ideas in an effective way to kids ages 5-18. I am also one of the youngest teachers at St. Jude so I also have experience communicating with adults in more professional atmospheres during meetings. I would like to use my communication skills to help others and I would be able to do this through the floor staff position.
Sidney attempts to provide an utterly rational foundation for his claims, however. He develops a systematic analysis of the mechanisms employed by literature to teach virtue. He sorts literature according to its works and its parts. The works of a literary text can be seen in four specific ethical effects which it should seek to elicit in a reader. Sidney defines these four as: the purifying of wit, enriching of memory, enabling of judgement, and enlarging of conceit (139).