Understanding the Importance of Community Practice for Christian Social Workers

The start of the early Christian church is recounted in the book of Acts. In Acts 2 (NKJV) shares that after the outpouring of the Spirit of God, over 3,000 believers gather themselves together, where they “held everything in common, shared their resources, and that each person’s needs were met (Acts 2:42, The Message). The following article takes a bird’s eye view that assists us, as social workers, in understanding the importance of community practice. Community calls us to a sense of belonging and inclusion with a group of people. Community also calls us to consider again our shared values and resources. This article grounds us in the Biblical narrative, moves to our social work skills and knowledge base, and then concludes with thoughts that encourage us to address the “wicked problems” by being disruptive forces in the planned change process which is at the heart of community practice.

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It's Not Just a Job Anymore: The Influence of Cultural Change on Student Services Staff in a Community College

NASPA Journal ◽

10.2202/0027-6014.1637 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Mary G. Locke ◽

Lucy M. Guglielmino

Keyword(s):

Community College ◽

Customer Service ◽

Cultural Change ◽

Student Services ◽

Change Process ◽

Educational Leaders ◽

Planned Change ◽

Change Initiative ◽

Nuanced Understanding

Todays colleges and universities operate in a complex environment characterized by rapid and unrelenting change, and nowhere do the challenges inherent in change more directly impact students than in the delivery of student services. The need to integrate new models of service delivery, data-driven approaches to enrollment management, greater accountability for student success, stronger emphasis on customer service, and provision of anytime, anyplace services through technology are readily evident. Yet, many institutions are finding that their internal cultures are unreceptive, even hostile, toward adopting needed changes. This qualitative case study focusing on a 4- year purposeful change initiative at a community college was conducted to provide higher educational leaders with a more comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the influence of cultural change on student services staff. The results of this study indicated that student services staff constituted a distinct subculture that perceived, experienced, responded to, and influenced planned change differently from other subcultural groups. Specifically, student services staff more demonstrably supported the purpose of the change initiative; identified empowerment, inclusion and involvement in college decision-making, and improved lines of communication as the most important impacts of the change process; and expressed strong confidence regarding the sustainability of the changes that had occurred. Student services staff also indicated that they found greater meaning and developed stronger commitment to their work as a result of the change process. As a result of these findings, implications and strategies that may be helpful in designing and implementing a successful planned change initiative involving student services personnel are presented.

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Science and the Early Christian Church

Isis ◽

10.1086/353359 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 74 (4) ◽

pp. 509-530 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

David C. Lindberg

Keyword(s):

Christian Church ◽

Early Christian

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Ground penetrating radar data used in discovery of the early Christian church of Notre Dame de Baudes near Labastide-du-Temple, France

Data in Brief ◽

10.1016/j.dib.2016.04.057 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 1588-1593 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ted L Gragson ◽

Victor D. Thompson ◽

David S. Leigh ◽

Florent Hautefeuille

Keyword(s):

Ground Penetrating Radar ◽

Radar Data ◽

Christian Church ◽

Early Christian ◽

Ground Penetrating

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Social work education in action: How studying for the profession facilitates the adaptation of internationally educated social workers in Canada

International Social Work ◽

10.1177/0020872818818660 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 114-127

Author(s):

Annie Pullen Sansfaçon ◽

Marion Brown

Keyword(s):

Social Work ◽

Social Workers ◽

Social Work Education ◽

Educational Background ◽

Work Skills ◽

The Social ◽

Theory Project ◽

Work Education ◽

Adaptation Processes ◽

Depth Interviews

This article presents the results and theorization of a 4-year Grounded Theory project that sought to understand the processes and dynamics involved in the professional adaptation of internationally educated social workers now practicing in Canada. In-depth interviews with 66 participants, who undertook social work education outside of Canada and have subsequently settled to practice in the country, were conducted. Results highlight that the social work educational background of the professionals not only offers key conceptual, theoretical, and analytical foundations needed to adapt knowledge and skills to practice abroad, but also provides tools to navigate and negotiate professional adaptation processes as a whole. We conclude that ultimately, social workers may adapt well to their new work contexts because of the transferability of social work skills, knowledge, and values to new practice settings, thus facilitating interventions with services users and also their own process of professional adaptation.

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Christian Antiquity and the Anglican Reception of John Locke’s Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St Paul, 1707–1730

Locke Studies ◽

10.5206/ls.2020.10597 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 ◽

pp. 1-36

Author(s):

Jacob Donald Chatterjee

Keyword(s):

Eighteenth Century ◽

Church Of England ◽

Historical Research ◽

Christian Church ◽

Primary Motivation ◽

Early Christian ◽

Early Eighteenth Century ◽

Theological Thought

The study of John Locke’s theological thought has yet to be combined with emerging historical research, pioneered by Jean-Louis Quantin, into the apologetic uses of Christian antiquity in the Restoration Church of England. This article will address this historiographical lacuna by making two related arguments. First, I will contend that Locke’s Paraphrase and Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul (1705–1707) marked a definitive shift in his critique of the appeal to Christian antiquity. Prior to 1700, Locke had largely contested these references to the precedent of the early Christian Church by making a narrowly philosophical case against arguments from authority in general. However, the controversial reception of Locke’s theological writings in the 1690s, compelled him to develop historical and methodological arguments in the Paraphrase against the witness of Christian antiquity. Secondly, I will argue that Locke’s repudiation of the witness of Christian antiquity was the primary motivation for the diverse responses to the Paraphrase by early eighteenth-century Anglican writers, such as Robert Jenkin, Daniel Whitby, William Whiston, Winch Holdsworth and Catharine Cockburn.

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Mathematical-geographical intention in orienting mediaeval churches of the Serbian monastery Gradac

Glasnik srpskog geografskog drustva ◽

10.2298/gsgd1104141t ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 91 (4) ◽

pp. 141-158

Author(s):

Milutin Tadic ◽

Aleksandar Petrovic

Keyword(s):

Virgin Mary ◽

13Th Century ◽

Christian Church ◽

Patron Saint ◽

Early Christian ◽

Exact Analysis ◽

John The Baptist ◽

The Subject ◽

The Church

The subject of the paper is an exact analysis of the orientation of the Serbian monastery churches: the Church of the Virgin Mary (13th century), St. Nicholas' Church (13th century), and an early Christian church (6th century). The paper determines the azimuth of parallel axes in churches, and then the aberrations of those axes from the equinoctial east are interpreted. Under assumption that the axes were directed towards the rising sun, it was surmised that the early Christian church's patron saint could be St. John the Baptist, that the Church of the Virgin Mary was founded on Annunciation day to which it is dedicated, and that St. Nicholas' Church is oriented in accordance with the rule (?toward the sunrise?) even though its axis deviates from the equinoctial east by 41? degrees.

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LINGKUNGAN DAN MANAJEMEN PERUBAHAN DALAM ORGANISASI

Adaara: Jurnal Manajemen Pendidikan Islam ◽

10.35673/ajmpi.v8i1.420 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 816-834

Author(s):

SYAMSURIADI Syamsuriadi

Keyword(s):

Change Management ◽

Open System ◽

Change Process ◽

Planned Change ◽

Adverse Impact ◽

Organizational Environment ◽

Process Of Change ◽

Management Of Change ◽

Managing Change ◽

Modern Era

Abstract. Every organization in this modern era experiences challenges of change due to the uncertainty of the organization's environment. In the view of an open system, the organizational environment is described as everything that is around the organization that may influence and be influenced by the organization. Organizations cannot live without the environment, because both are inseparable entities. Thus changes in the environment must be followed by appropriate adjustment steps by the organization in order to maintain its effectiveness. One way to make adjustments appropriately is it requires management with planned management of change. A planned change process will be able to minimize the risks that will be caused. Whereas the unplanned process of change will have an adverse impact on the life of the organization. Therefore, in managing change it is necessary to apply various approaches, and change management models, so that organizations are able to lead strategic changes.

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