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ntroduction: Choose one of the following scenarios to share God’s story. This should be one paragraph at the beginning of your paper. Within this paragraph, you have the creative liberty to provide background information pertinent to the scenario you chose. a. You have recently gotten involved with an organization that assists refugees arriving in the U.S. For the last month you have been assisting an Arab family from the Middle East by helping them settle in their apartment, taking them shopping, and answering their questions about life in their new city. You have gotten to know the (mother or father – whichever is the same gender as you). He/she is approximately 40 years old and was a teacher in his/her country before having to flee due to war. He/she, a spouse, and 2 pre-teen children immigrated after spending 4 years in a refugee center in Greece. They identify themselves as followers of Islam, but ask you what you believe about Jesus. Your response is to tell them God’s story…b. You transferred to a state university at the beginning of the semester and you have been getting to know your new roommate. He/she is a self-proclaimed atheist who likes to debate Christians; is from a single parent family where the father was not in the picture at all; and is very focused on self and accomplishment. After a semester of conversations (and maybe a few animated debates), he/she asks you what all this Jesus talk really means. Your response is to tell God’s story…2. Context: Before you tell God’s Story you need to identify the context.a. Communication Elements: Identify any combination of at least 5 of the verbal and non-verbal communication elements that we have examined in class. Dis

cuss how they would each be important in communicating in this cultural context. This must include citations from class lectures or the Livermore text. b. Cultural Value Orientations: Follow with a discussion of at least 7 of the 10 cultural value orientations and how they must be considered in communication within this context. Please include citations from class lectures or the Livermore text.c. You can also incorporate concepts from class case studies and guest speakers but these do not replace the discussion of the communication elements and cultural value orientations required above, they are to be in addition to these concepts or as examples of these concepts.d. God’s Story: Then you will tell God’s Story. You should make sure to include the 14 key elements of God’s Story that we identified in class. Scripture references need to be in parentheses next to each of the 14 key elements of God’s Story, with an initial Turabian style footnote which will include the information of which Bible you are using. I don’t expect you to quote each in a real conversation but I want to know that you know where the passages are and can go there to show them when the opportunity arises! 3. Write an 8-10 page paper containing the information above.a. Formatting: The paper should follow Turabian formatting, which contains a cover page including the title of your assignment, your name, class and date in Turabian formatting. The title page is not included in the page count. Papers should be double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 font, with 1 inch margins, only 4 section headings (as outlined above in bold) and page numbers. The four headings in bold type above should be the headings used in your paper.