UNV-104 T3 Expository Essay Outline
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Course: UNV104: 21
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Century Skills: Communication and Information Literacy
Date: June 28, 2021
Instructor: Professor Virginia Murray
Expository Essay: Outline
Directions:
1. Please review your Topic 3 readings and the “Planning and Getting Started” section of “The Writing Process” media piece.
2. Fill in the outline and references sections below. Use a minimum of three peer reviewed resources to support your subtopics (one
resource per supporting paragraph). Make sure to use complete sentences when completing the outline.
Expository Essay Topic:
Three services the Christian church can provide the community
Essay Title:
Services the Christian Church provides for all members
I.
Introduction:
(
Begin with a hook sentence to capture your audience’s attention, then provide a brief background of the topic and end with
your thesis statement.)
a.
Hook:
To become a sent everyday missionary, we as Christians need to strongly commit to serve God, serve others and serve our
communities.
b.
Additional background information:
There is a place for everyone in a church community. There are service opportunities for children’s and/or youth ministry, celebrate
recovery or other groups to help your fellow parishioners and small groups for men and women or even Bible study groups.
c.
Mapped Thesis statement (
review Topic 3 DQ1 for feedback from instructor
):
The Christian Church provides three services to the community which include children’s ministry, celebrate recovery, and bible study
groups.
Supporting Point #1 (subtopic 1):
Children’s Ministry
a.
Topic sentence for this first sub-topic
Children and Youth Ministry is the heart of the Christian faith’s future.
b.
Two to three
paraphrased
supporting details from your research
with in-text citations
Supporting paraphrase 1:
While parents may have the most impact of children being led to the church to find Jesus, it is the service of those that are
called upon to make Children’s and Youth Ministry matter and show them that we need to love one another the way that Jesus
loves kids. (Kummer et al., 2020).
Supporting paraphrase 2:
The childhood life stage are the ones that are most open to receive the Gospel (Kummer et al., 2020).
Supporting Point #2 (subtopic 2):
Celebrate Recovery
a.
Topic sentence for this second sub-topic:
When in need of recovery, it is God’s grace that you seek and will find in those that minister with you in your struggles.
b.
Two to three
paraphrased
supporting details from your research
with in-text citations
Supporting paraphrase 1:
Christian codependents that seek theological and psychological help turn to church-based groups that can provide the setting
needed to refocus or restructure their belief settings to recover from their behavior (
Riordan & Simone, 1993).
Supporting paraphrase 2:
In a scripture incorporated environment that provided a safe place among fellow struggling Christians in a community
surrounded by faith, healing miracles can take place every day
(Riordan & Simone, 1993).
Supporting Point #3 (subtopic 3):
Bible Study Groups
a.
Topic sentence for this third sub-topic:
Attending a small group focused on Bible study is essential when being discipled or mentored spiritually and is proven to
increase spiritual growth and can even help the non-believers follow Christ.
b.
Two to three
paraphrased
supporting details from your research
with in-text citations
Supporting paraphrase 1:
Praying for others and confessing sins to God are two very positive things that can come out of church small group members,
meaning that group matters (Stetzer, 2021).
Supporting paraphrase 2:
Study and small groups provide a comfortable connecting environment that applies God’s truth to life and helps us
experience real life change. This is why it is pertinent that small groups multiply and reproduce so more can experience the
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word of God (Stetzer, 2021).
II.
Conclusion:
(
Paraphrase your thesis statement, summarize main points, and make final remarks.
)
a.
Paraphrase thesis statement:
Everyone has a calling to Christ in their own right and that can be through ministry of children and youth, joining in a recovery
group, or leading a bible study or small group.
b.
Summarize main points:
There is so much beyond just going to church. Providing service to the Lord through Children and Youth Ministry is detrimental in
the future of the church of generations to come. Helping others and yourself at the same time allows a community of support to help
one another in their struggles with daily hurts, hang-ups, and habits. Getting into the Word of Christ is essential in a walk with Christ
and one that should be shared in a community of believers.
References
Organize all references you will use in the essay and list them in the space below in alphabetical order based on author’s last name. Be sure the
reference page is double-spaced and formatted to have hanging indents by ½ an inch, with the first line hanging and all others indented. See the APA
Style Guide located in the
Writing Center
of the
GCU Student Success Center website
for help with formatting references and citations. Within the
essay, this reference page will be on its own page at the bottom of your essay.
Kummer, T., Brubaker, S., Rogers, S., Neema, P., Frey, M., & Hannay, D. (2020, September 21).
New Children's Ministry Statistics (2019) How do
kids come to Christ?
Ministry. https://ministry-to-children.com/childrens-ministry-statistics/.
Riordan, R. J., & Simone, D. (1993). Codependent Christians: Some Issues for Church-Based Recovery Groups.
Journal of Psychology &
Theology
,
21
(2), 158–164.
Stetzer, E. (2021).
The Epidemic of Bible Illiteracy in Our Churches
. Small Groups. https://www.smallgroups.com/articles/2015/epidemic-of-bible-
illiteracy-in-our-churches.html.