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Music Ministry of Children and Youth: A Study and Defense for Incorporating Children and Youth Choirs in the Modern Worship Service
No full textGraded children’s choir ministries have been a part of churches for the last century. In recent years, there has been a growing trend away from offering music ministry opportunities to children and youth in contemporary churches. There are several reasons for this decline; the major reason is that many churches have moved away from traditional music offerings to a praise band format. It has rendered the musical training of children in church unnecessary. The limited quantity of recent scholarly literature, the decline in commercially produced music, and the discontinuation of teaching materials for children’s choir ministries also attest to this decline. This study is for the leadership within the Presbyterian Church in America [PCA] and focuses on churches that currently have a successful children’s choir ministry. This study aims to understand each church’s vision for, implementation of, and benefits derived from the inclusion of children’s choir ministry through an investigation of six churches within the PCA. It employs a qualitative design research method to explore each church’s children’s choir ministries to find the benefits these successful and vibrant ministries have provided to the children of these congregations. Historical and current practices were examined to determine how the children’s choir ministry serves as an integral part of the church’s overall ministry. An examination was conducted through a preliminary review of website information, an online questionnaire, and follow-up email correspondence of the current children’s choir ministry leaders to figure out how and why these ministries exist and the impact they have had on their respective church communities. This study was critical to help direct and strengthen existing children’s choir ministries with the goal of creating a template for future children’s choir ministries. Future implications of this study include a template for the vision-setting and creation of a children’s choir ministry, and the development of a curriculum, both within the PCA and other denominations
Warriors Across Waters: Kiowa Participation in the World Wars
No full textThis dissertation examines the Kiowa Tribe\u27s military participation in World War I and World War II, arguing that these global conflicts served as both transformative and restorative forces within the Kiowa community. Drawing upon archival records, oral histories, military files, and tribal sources, the study analyzes how Kiowa men and women engaged with military service while simultaneously preserving and adapting traditional notions of warriorhood, communal duty, and cultural identity.
Chronologically organized, the dissertation begins with a historical background of the Kiowa Tribe\u27s socio-political and cultural context before World War I; proceeds to factors leading to military service, war experiences, discrimination, and stateside support during both periods of war; and concludes with the post-war landscape encompassing readjustment and memorialization. Particular attention is given to the roles of Kiowa women in auxiliary service, ceremonial life, and veteran support organizations. The study also examines the long-term effects of federal policy, boarding school trauma, and the GI Bill on the tribe’s development during the interwar and postwar periods. This research argues that military service enabled the Kiowa to assert cultural resilience, reclaim traditional warrior values, and establish a modern collective identity amid the pressures of assimilation and federal control. By engaging both documentary sources and oral tradition, this work contributes to Native American and military historiography by centering the voices and experiences of Kiowa veterans and their families. It demonstrates that the Kiowa experience of war was not merely a chapter in American military history, but a critical episode in the tribe’s ongoing story of survival, adaptation, and sovereignty
Prevalence of Intimacy Satisfaction in Relation to Burnout and Trauma Saturation of First Responders
No full textA shared understanding of this issue enables us to recognize the uniqueness of each individual’s experience, supported by the consistent commitment of trauma-saturated professionals. But what happens when these individuals become so accustomed to trauma that they can no longer recognize it as such? When their professional identity is inherently tied to continuous exposure to trauma, they may unconsciously adopt emotional distancing as a coping mechanism, which can appear to others as a fixed personality trait or lifestyle, even outside the workplace. This professional emotional distancing, often a consequence of growing burnout and trauma saturation, may negatively impact intimacy satisfaction. In turn, this can erode a vital source of self-care typically found in close personal relationships. This study, involving 225 first responders and utilizing instruments such as the LEC-5, Personal Assessment of Intimacy in Relationships (PAIR), ProQOL, and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), aims to identify direct or indirect correlations between intimacy satisfaction and levels of trauma exposure, burnout, and trauma saturation
Experiences of Victim Advocates Serving Military Sexual Assault Victims in the State of New York: A Phenomenological Study
No full textThe purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe victim advocates’ (VAs’) experiences serving victims of sexual assault (SA) in the State of New York. Current researchers emphasize experiences in the areas of professional satisfaction, development of new skills, and work relationships. The theories guiding the current research are Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and social cognitive theory (SCT). Maslow’s hierarchy of needs suggests that individuals are motivated to meet their needs in a specific order. Social cognitive theory’s observational learning shapes decision-making factors. have an important role in supporting victims of SA emotionally. Understanding victims’ experiences can provide awareness of the rewards associated with the role of advocate. Data accrued by conducting 15 interviews to gain insight into the experiences, motivations, and perceptions of VAs. After collecting the data, the interviews were transcribed and analyzed to identify common trends
Chronic Dislocations and Pain in a College Athlete
No full textThis diagnostic case study describes an 18-year-old woman and competitive gymnast who presents with recurrent joint dislocations, chronic musculoskeletal pain, and dermatologic findings suggestive of a heritable connective tissue disorder. Early recognition of connective tissue disorders is essential for accurate diagnosis, genetic evaluation, injury prevention, and long-term management planning
Raw: Cartwright to Monroe: A Creative Writing Case Study
No full textThis creative writing project centers on three key foundational points of literature: the Bible, Poetry, and Propose. A key point was to illustrate how Poetry and Prose are subject to Biblical narrative. Hence the main source of the research is primarily drawn from the Biblical text with use of supplemental text to further realign poetry and prose under biblical principle to illustrate rich literary devices in proper context.. However, work isn\u27t aimed to be narrow, its core intent is to draw attention to how the story is written whether in narrative or poetic form, and to depict how characters develop. After establishing the alignment of the three, there is a brief break between research portion and creative insight, to illustrate the present human condition with an original narrative. The author introduces two main characters: Mariney and Daimyan. This story is the opening of the human will outside of biblical context. The opening is a sample writing to begin Daimyan\u27s rediscovery of himself through his poor choices and finally begin to reconnect with his mother. The full work is intended to grow the audience in and also work as a tool to expand creative expression on the page
Navigating Labor Challenges In The Hotel Industry: A Managerial Approach
No full textThe hotel industry faces a critical shortage of qualified service workers. This HR problem poses an operational and strategic challenge that undermines delivering quality customer service. In relation, this study investigated the HR managerial struggle to recruit and retain an adequate number of service workers to meet the labor demands of the luxury hotel sector. Based on social exchange theory, this research explored how motivational features such as flexible scheduling, career advancement opportunities, training, and employee rewards function as reciprocal exchange mechanisms between the HR management and service workers, thereby influencing recruitment and retention outcomes. The study incorporated a flexible qualitative design that is guided by single case study method and pragmatic paradigm to gain an empirical insight into the causes, consequences, and potential solutions of the industry’s labor shortage. Primary data were from interviewing HR managers, while secondary data were collected from service worker focus groups for triangulation purposes, further enhancing the study’s validity and reliability. The study has also incorporated reflexive bracketing and credibility safeguards, including the maintenance of reflexive journaling to minimize bias and to ensure that the participants’ experiences are accurately represented. Three research questions guiding the study are as following: 1) Why is there a shortage of service workers in the hotel services sector? 2) How does the hotel sector address the recruitment and retention challenges? and 3) What are the consequences of a continued labor shortage? Answering these questions has generated a holistic understanding of the managerial and motivational dynamics associated with effective recruitment and retention. The study contributes theoretically by extending the social exchange theory to contemporary hospitality workforce management. Practically, the study offers actionable strategies for effective HR management practices
How Much Can a Coffee Table Really Cost You? What To Do with Websites, Testers, and Serial Filers Within the Context of the ADA
No full textDifferences have been used throughout history to separate that which is deemed superior from that which is inferior. Disabilities, both physical and mental, are what history has often deemed a mark of the inferior. With little rationale to explain the occurrence of many disabilities, man turned to divine punishment and quasi-scientific movements to fill the gaps and explain the existence of what was assumed to be a lesser, plighted people. Our modern nation is no different and found itself, for the better half of the 20th century, enamored by the eugenics movement, satisfied with the explanation that disabled individuals were simply less-than.
Outcries for justice and equality for disabled individuals culminated in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. The ADA promised to eliminate the discrimination felt by those whom the world had largely refrained from acknowledging. While the ADA itself is divided into five titles meant to protect disabled individuals in all areas of public life, this Comment will focus specifically on Title III—the title that champions accessibility and prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in public accommodations. Title III is quite clear on what constitutes impermissible discrimination in places of physical public accommodation, and this discrimination is quite easy to discern. For example, a too-high door threshold of a restaurant does not allow wheelchair users to pass through. However, when it comes to intangible public accommodations—websites— discrimination is neither easy to identify nor discussed by Title III.
Websites facilitate businesses—allowing whatever tangible goods are sold to reach greater audiences. Websites have become our shopping centers and our all-terrain vehicles to obtain anything from Chinese takeout to coffee tables. And with Title III’s silence, courts are split as to whether websites constitute a place of public accommodation at all. This uncertainty has been taken advantage of: A floodgate of litigation by ADA testers and firms has ensued over the accessibility of these (questionable) public accommodations, and the pockets of (largely undeserving) lawyers have been lined. The purpose of this Comment is to discuss the interplay between Title III and websites and, ultimately, persuade readers that websites do not qualify as public accommodations within the current meaning of Title III. Instead, this Comment proposes that websites remain what they have always been— helpful auxiliary devices. In doing so, the time and vast resources poured into controlling this mass litigation might actually be used on the people that Title III is meant to protect: those with disabilities
