scholarly journals The Bible, faith formation and a virus – Exploring the influence of a pandemic on faith formation content and practices for children and teenagers

2021 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyzette Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Reflective Practice ◽  
Sunday School ◽  
Faith Formation ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has posed different kinds of challenges to society and churches over the past months. With various ‘normal ministry practices’ not permitted under lockdown regulations, as well as people starting to fear the effect of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a sense of crisis can easily prevail. However, a small congregation in Bloemfontein, South Africa, responded by engaging their children and teenagers through reflection, content and outreach. Various methods, including virtual and face to face, were utilised to minister to and with children and teenagers. This response can now be analysed to find answers to the following questions: How did the pandemic influence specific methods chosen for faith formation? What made it different from ‘ministry as usual’? What role did the Bible play in the methods and content used? Within the framework of the qualitative research, reflective practice from a hermeneutic perspective was utilised as theoretical approach to analyse the response of the pastors and Sunday school teachers. Reflection occurs on three levels, namely, technical (efficiency and effectiveness), practical (goals and consequences) and critical (analysis of one’s practice within wider contexts). A literature study was also conducted on the influence of a pandemic on faith formation. Recommendations were made regarding different ways to engage with children and teenagers and involving them in ministry.Contribution: This research contributes to knowledge as to how and why pastors and congregations react the way they do in a pandemic and how this impacts upon faith formation among children and youth in the faith community.

scholarly journals The “Standard Bible Dictionary”

1909 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-505
Author(s):  
G. F. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Sunday School ◽  
Bible Study ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
The Bible

This dictionary has been prepared because Hastings's Dictionary of the Bible and the Encyclopaedia Biblica have been found too “discursive” for handy use. It is intended for educated ministers, who “have not always the leisure to enter into a discursive presentation of critical research”; for Sunday-school teachers and workers; and for intelligent laymen interested in Bible study. To serve such readers, the dictionary should be accurate but not technical; “it should be up to the day in its information, but not so discursive as to burden its pages with the pedantry of undigested facts.”

scholarly journals Fungsi Keluarga dalam Persepektif Alkitab sebagai Basis Pendidikan Agama Kristen

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
Andreas Sese Sunarko
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Sunday School ◽  
The Other ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Family ◽  
Christian Families ◽  
The One ◽  
The Church

The family is an institution of God Himself (Genesis 2:18-25) aside from the church (Matthew 16:18) obtaining a glorious mandate through God's family to want the birth of Divine offspring (Malachi 2:15), which is a God-fearing and living in its prescribed streets. To achieve the above goal, a Christian Religious  Education of faith became something very important. But unfortunately there are Christian families who are unaware of this and are shifting this glorious mandate to the church through sunday school teachers or transferring it to school (through Christian religious teachers). The writer assesses this distraction on the one hand as a parent's misunderstanding of the mandate or on the other hand because of the parents' inability to handle it. The method the writer uses is a descriptive qualitative with a library approach. The writer tapped relevant resources from the bible, books and journals. Starting with a general understanding and juridis about the family, the Biblical basis of the family and its calling, the family's responsibility for Christian Religious Education and the danger of displacing the function of Christisn Religious Education on the third hand and the writer will eventually conclude that it is important to restore the family's function as a base of Christian Religious Education as well as to accord with scriptural values to be so effective in reaching the goal of bearing Divine offspring.

scholarly journals Memorizing Bible Verses with the Association Method of Quantum Learning in Sunday School

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Surja Permana ◽  
D.R. Juanda ◽  
Frederich Oscar Lontoh ◽  
Handoko Noertjandranata ◽  
Sjanette Eveline
Keyword(s):  
Sunday School ◽  
Core Material ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
School Class ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Quantum Learning ◽  
Association Method ◽  
The Church

In the world of teaching, it takes a variety of creativity, so that students benefit from the learning process. The same thing happened in the Sunday School class held by the church. The core material is certainly from the Bible. This includes memorizing Bible verses from certain parts. Students are required to memorize the verses. Many face failure in the memorization process. They have difficulty remembering the verses. However, there is still an interesting method to make it easier for children to memorize Bible verses, namely by association methods found in quantum learning. The problem is whether the Sunday school teachers understood this association method? With descriptive research methods have found a solution that in the process of memorizing with this association method, can increase the number of verses memorized. This can be shown from the results of evaluations that have been carried out, there is an increase in the number of memorized verses that can be memorized by Sunday school students, which increases to 20 words or about 4%.

scholarly journals Teacher-Based Inquiry in the BCT Project

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-344
Author(s):  
A.E. Ted Wall ◽  
Alain Breuleux ◽  
Gyeong Mi Heo ◽  
Karen Rye ◽  
Marie-Helen Goyetche ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Team Leaders ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Past ◽  
School Year ◽  
Building Community ◽  
Integration Of Ict

Over the past four years, teacher-based inquiry has played a central role in the Building Community Through Telecollaboration Project, which involves Quebec elementary school teachers in a community of practice focused on the integration of ICT-supported learning into the classroom. During the school year, the teachers met in four face-to-face meetings. Between these meetings, three Cycle Team Leaders facilitated ongoing collaboration using a variety of communication tools. Some of the questions that were addressed in the project and the results that were generated through its multi-organizational partnership are shared along with some of the major lessons learned.

scholarly journals Model Desain Kurikulum Pewartaan Injil untuk Anak Usia Dini di Sekolah Minggu Rumah

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-212
Author(s):  
Karnawati Karnawati ◽  
Ayin Claudia
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Curriculum Implementation ◽  
Sunday School ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Sunday Schools ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Curriculum Organization ◽  
At Home

Preaching of the gospel through Sunday schools for early childhood in schools is hampered by the pandemic situation. Therefore, it is necessary to design evangelism curriculum for these children while studying Sunday school at home. The purpose of this study is to propose a curriculum design model for evangelism to early childhood at home Sunday school. This research uses literature study method with descriptive qualitative approach. The result of this research is a curriculum design for evangelism that includes aspects of the objectives, content, curriculum organization, curriculum implementation, and evaluation. These aspects are explained in a simple example so that implementation is easy. This is also related to the readiness of parents in economic aspects, time and skills in teaching, as well as their understanding of the Bible. The contribution of this research is a contribution in the field of the Sunday school curriculum.

Lakeside at Chautauqua's Holy Land

2001 ◽  
Vol 25 (92) ◽  
pp. 29-53
Author(s):  
Burke O. Long
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Religious Experience ◽  
Sunday School ◽  
Bible Study ◽  
Holy Land ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
High Culture ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Chautauqua Institution

The Chautauqua Institution, founded in 1874 to train American Sunday school teachers, quickly developed programs aimed at encouraging a citizenry refined by Anglo-European, classical high culture and governed by Bible-centered Christian convictions. Avid Bible study, a walk-through model of biblical Palestine, smaller scale replicas of Jerusalem and the biblical Tabernacle, lectures and community rituals, costumed ‘Orientals’ enacting scenes of biblical life—these activities were central to Chautauqua's early identity. This essay explores how Chautauqua's realization of holy land in America embodied particular notions of the Bible, religious experience, cultural values, and ideologies of religion and national selfhood.

A MODERN JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN INDONESIA: LEGAL BREAKTHROUGH OF E-COURT AND E-LEGAL PROCEEDING

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 275
Author(s):  
Dedi Putra
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Judicial Reform ◽  
Legal Service ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Digital Era

The implementation of court in Indonesia has not fulfilled as expected because any parties involving in court has a lack of capacity, consistency, and integrity to provide legal service seriously. Some people assume that court services are not still optimal. To settle the problems, the Supreme Court just has officially issued Regulation No. 1 of 2019 regarding the Administration of Cases and Legal Proceedings in Courts via Electronic Means on 8 August 2019. This regulation is believed as an appropriate solution to face those problems. To elaborate more, this study illustrates a judicial reform in Indonesia, e-court, and access to justice, the conception of e-court including the performance of e-court and its drawbacks and challenges in the digital era. The research method uses normative research by approaching legal review and literature study. The technique of primary data collection applies Supreme Court regulation while means of secondary data are collected from concept or theory as set out under bibliography. Judicial reform in Indonesia is indicated by issuing new regulation regarding e-Court and e-Litigation, the implementation e-Court itself has been attributed to 32 courts consisting of general religious, and state administrative courts. Through e-Court, access to justice more transparent and accessible. Besides, justice seekers have no worries regarding distance issues as of e-Court may allow them to fight in court without face to face. Parties have no doubt relating to the acceleration of court to settle any dispute in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Shopping Centres, Cycling Accessibility and Planning—The Case of Nova Lund in Sweden

Urban Science ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Till Koglin ◽  
Lucas Glasare
Keyword(s):  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Shopping Centre ◽  
The Past ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
The Subject

This paper evaluates the history and cycling accessibility of Nova, a shopping centre established in Lund, Sweden, in 2002. The current situation was also analysed through observation and a literature review. Moreover, the study conducted a closer analysis of the history and role of the municipality based on further literature study and interviews with officials. The conclusion of the analysis indicates poor and unsafe bikeways caused by conflicts of interest between politicians, officials, landowners and the general public. It also depicts a situation in which the municipality’s master plan has been ignored, and, in contrast to the local goals, cycling accessibility at Nova has seen no significant improvement since the shopping centre was first established. The reasons for this, arguably, are a relatively low budget for bikeway improvements in the municipality, as well as a situation in which decision-makers have stopped approaching the subject, as a result of the long and often boisterous conflicts it has created in the past. Lastly, it must be noted that it is easy to regard the whole process of Nova, from its establishment to the current situation, as being symptomatic of the power structures between drivers and cyclists that still affect decision-makers at all levels.

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