1. Models of Worship
(900 words) (Kate Turabian format) (footnotes are a must) (No Plagiarism)
Must cite:
- Pinson, J. Matthew, ed. Perspectives on Christian Worship: Five Views. Nashville, TN: B&H Publishing Group, 2009.
- White, James F. A Brief History of Christian Worship. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1993
Know Your Roots: Identifying Your Communitys Worship Stream & Enhancing Their Corporate Worship
Utilizing Pinsons Perspectives on Christian Worship and Whites A Brief History of Christian Worship, you will clearly identify the worship stream(s) most associated with corporate worship in their own context. Write a reflective essay of 900 words including the following:
1. Introduction: Begin the assignment with a brief introduction that includes a description of the demographics, denomination and approach to worship of your current church or ministry context.
2. Your Roots: Using White’s book to clearly define the specific historic era(s) (New Testament, Early Christian, Middle Ages, Reformation, Modern) most closely associated with your own churchs corporate worship. Describe why you would make this categorization. Next use Pinson’s book to define which perspective/stream (Liturgical, Traditional Evangelical, Contemporary, Blended or Emerging) your church is most closely linked with. What specific values, theological-emphasis, acts of worship, styles of music or worship forms, etc. support your categorization?
3. Conclusions and Reflections: Conclude your paper reflecting on the strengths and weaknesses of your current stream/perspective. What distinguishes your stream from other streams? What makes your stream unique? What aspects of faith are encouraged in your approach and what aspects are limited? What aspects of other streams may be helpful to your current model of worship? How does understand the background of your worship stream enhance your weekly corporate worship?
You must submit a word document that includes all the elements as described above.
Provide footnotes for this assignment which will be key evidence of engagement with the course readings and learning materials in this paper. Proper Turabian format must be observed.
Grading will be based on the following: 1) Content (40%), 2) Integration with Course Materials (40%) and 3) Presentation of Materials (20%).
2. Intercultural Communication
(3 pages of full content-Not including title and reference page) (Kate Turabian format) (footnotes are a must) (No Plagiarism) (Book review rubric is attached below)
Must cite: Plueddemann, James E. Leading Across Cultures: Effective Ministry and Mission in the Global Church. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009.
Students will write a 3-page book review of Leading Across Cultures. The three important things to cover for the book reviews are 1) Understanding and/or comprehension of the content, 2) analysis, which includes the strengths and weaknesses of the book, and 3) Relevance or application of the book to your ministry context or life. For additional information on how to do well on this assignment, see the below rubric.
3. Seminar in Social Psychology
(3 pages of full content-not including title and reference page) (APA format) (in-text citations are a must) (No Plagiarism) (No Use of Artificial Intelligence)
(Journal Article is attached below)
Must cite: Anderson, C. A., Berkowitz, L., Donnerstein, E., Huesmann, L. R., Johnson, J. D., Linz, D., Malamuth, N. M., & Wartella, E. (2003). The influence of media violence on youth. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 4(3), 81110.
Instructions:
For this assignment, you will write 1 critical review of a journal articles listed in your assigned readings. Each review will be based on a journal article of your choosing, from our list of course readings (available in eReserves).
Each review should be 3 pages long – not including cover page and references – in APA format. Answer each of the elements listed below in a separate paragraph. That is, you do not need to weave all elements together into seamless paper. The papers will be graded in the usual way for content and format. Each of your critical reviews should address the following 9 elements:
- Provide the full APA style citation for your article
- Brief note about each author (e.g., where they work and what they study). If there are more than three authors, just include the first three.
- List the researchers’ hypotheses.
- Describe the study design (e.g., correlational study, observational study, randomized controlled trial, etc). This can be tough. Refer to your textbook and feel free to ask questions of your classmates.
- What were the independent and dependent variables? How were each measured?
- What were the main results or findings?
- How do you think this study impacts our understanding of humans and human behavior?
- Make one connection between this study and your personal or professional life.
