Sentences with phrase «religious youth groups»

Most parents become friends with other parents beginning in their children's play groups and then continue on through their car pools, athletic teams, and religious youth groups.

Think how many other vehicles American society has for advancing social - emotional concepts — the Girl Scouts, religious youth groups, Little League, swim team — while we have essentially no others that will teach children to read, write, or compute.

Not exact matches

Diversity: My youth group attracted kids from a variety of homes, and I benefited enormously from a diversity of religious perspectives, socioeconomic backgrounds, personalities, and political persuasions.

«Religious education is an important factor that helps to explain knowledge - people who participated in youth groups get an average of two extra questions right,» he said.

The argument, in a nut - shell, is that those officially charged with being our youth leaders, whether by religious groups or schools, as well as those who unofficially are youth leaders, simply by being youths themselves that their peers might follow if invited and....

In my childhood and youth, I encountered cultural and religious groups other than my own; later I would engage them theologically, in reverse order.

With religious organizations focusing their efforts on individual spirituality, on meaningful worship experiences, on music, youth pro grams and small groups, is it likely that reli gious commitment is going to challenge people to be con cerned about economic justice as well?

A growing coalition of conservative political leaders, religious groups and government officials is leading the attack against publicly supported programs of sex education, school - based health centers, guidance programs in family planning, and other activities designed to address the sexual needs of youth from both a social and a health perspective.

In these countries the right of individual to practice religion in the privacy of their religious group was legally granted, but the right to propagate it (either to educate children and youth in it or to make its insights the basis of a prophetic role in politics, economics or society) was constitutionally banned.

Consider a variety of civic organizations - like Scouting and 4 - H - and religious activities — like youth group — that may be of interest to your teen.

As an inexpensive, simple, unique, educational, and meaningful service opportunity, our diapers are being sewn by families, sewing clubs, youth groups, Eagle Projects, Angel Mother grief support organizations, and churches of all religious denominations.

Support the Serve a Village Diaper Bank by conducting a diaper drive with your work, club, team, PTA, moms group, scouting troop, youth group, religious organization, school, community center, or any other civic minded group.

According to him, the experiences he has gathered as a minister and ambassador will make various interest groups like chiefs, religious groups, youth, women groups, businessmen among others, who may share his ideas vote for him at the party's congress, insisting that these groups could also form his «constituency».

I thank most immensely the women and their groups, market women and men, traders, artisans, workers, active and retired civil servants, students, transporters, commercial motorcyclists, employers of labour, organised private sector, the business community, non-governmental organisations, community based organisations, youth organisations, security agencies, the media, political parties, traditional rulers, community leaders and religious organisations and their leaders.

Various speakers from labour unions, traditional councils, community development associations, professional bodies, marketers, youth and religious groups agreed on the unity of the country, independent candidacy, devolution of power and local government autonomy but rejected the idea of creating new states.

It means looking out to guard against people who profit from dividing us; it means guarding against self - centered politicians whose utterances highlight our differences rather than what we have in common as a people; it means protecting our young people from militant and terror groups who through fake religious teachings may indoctrinate and recruit our youth to commit crimes.

Assembly members, traditional rulers, the Clergy, religious youth and women groups and vulnerable persons are the targeted change Ambassadors.

Speaking during a town hall meeting with representatives of political parties, religious leaders, youth / women groups and clerics, security agencies and other stakeholders on Wednesday in Abaji, the police commissioner said that enough security will be deployed across all polling units

Insofar as a social movement is «an organized, sustained, self - conscious challenge to existing authorities» (Tilly, 1984), the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions included a multiplicity of informal and formal institutions and alliances: students, unions, professionals, religious groups, etc.And while the master frames calling for the ouster of Mubarak and Ben Ali were no doubt unifying discursive devices that were readily supported by most if not all of the protestors, secondary frames — calls for democracy, social justice, freedom, and dignity — presented significant points of divergence not only in and between Islamist and non-Islamist groups, but between the secular - liberal youth who are credited with initiating the mass protests in the first place.

Another survey of 18 - 34 year - olds indicates that this age group is the least active in all age categories in youth and charity groups, civil rights groups, political groups, attendance of political meetings and rallies, participation in demonstrations, religious service attendance, likelihood to conserve water and electricity.

Protected classes include Age, Ancestry, Color, Gender Identity or Expression, Genetic Information, Learning Disability, Marital Status, Mental Disability, Intellectual Disability, National Origin, Physical Disability, Race, Religious Creed, Sex, Sexual Orientation, equal access school facilities and school premises to Boy Scouts for America and other designated youth groups.

The Foundation's Board of Trustees is comprised of a diverse and talented group of community leaders, with a skillset including business management, finance, education, government relations, public relations, community work, religious leadership, economic and workforce development, advocacy architecture, and youth services.

● The financial aid office at your chosen college or university ● A TRIO counselor or high school counselor ● The U.S. Department of Labor's scholarship search tool ● Your local library's reference section ● Foundations, religious organizations, community groups, civic organizations, or local businesses ● Your employer or your parents» employers ● Organizations focused on helping disenfranchised youth ● Organizations related to your desired field ● Federal and state grant agencies

Indigenous groups, labor, youth, scientists, food justice and clean water activists, religious groups, and civil rights organizations joined environmental groups in calling on world leaders attending the UN Climate Summit in New York this Tuesday to start taking real action to halt climate disruption.

The 967 survey responders represented a wide range of organizations including social and human services, education, healthcare, religious and youth development groups.

Also included were individuals working for groups advocating for or opposing the provision of sexuality education in schools, and leaders of community organizations (e.g., youth associations), parent - teacher associations, women's groups and religious groups.

Community involvement Members of service organisations, business, law enforcement groups, youth - serving organisations and religious institutes are also encouraged to participate in the program through Skills for Growing workshops, school climate activities, panel discussions, service - learning projects and school - sponsored parent meetings.

Marginalized experiences of Hispanic females in youth - based religious groups.