Indonesia as a developing country continues to make improvements in the program and policy of quality of life and human resources development. The new vision of Indonesia’s president is 'SDM unggul Indonesia maju’ and this vision also applied by government today shows that the government is serious about improving human resources quality. The sustainable development program is the benchmark for how seriousness of this country performs evaluation and improvement for a fair and prosperous welfare of society. The pattern of community-based development has been integrated and structured into a challenge in the policy model of sustainable program. This paper focuses on the development issue of rural communities with critical to the thought of functional structural theories. The approach used is qualitative study of the library by using scientific research of both articles, journals, as well as related agency data. This paper explains that the social structure that occurs in rural communities, gives an unsubstantial impact on the development of the poor. Then, the development that is still on the functional structural is the benchmark in overcoming the reality of poverty in the rural community today. Nevertheless, the development of functional structural perspectives is still difficult to be contributed to the significance of Community welfare development. It is concluded that community development programs are still loaded with importance and vulnerable to being politicized by the elite.

This study analyzes the limas house as reflect of Palembang cultural identity, which is interpreted as the identity of "as to becoming". The change in the limas house as a cultural marker is adaptive and dynamic following changes in cultural identity, mainly a family structure, kinship relationship, gender, and marital status. This research uses a qualitative method with the structuralism and phenomenological approach. The informant criteria determined purposively. The data was collected using observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation. The study uses structural analysis to find the structure of form and the layout of the limas house. The analysis of cultural studies is carried out to provide context for the dynamics of changes in cultural identity that affect changes in the limas house. The results showed the structure of the limas house reflects the organizing the layout of the house according to family structure, kinship relationship, gender, and marital status as the cultural identity Palembang. The cultural identity is dynamic through the processes of production and reproduction, thus influencing changes in the limas house. The dynamics of change show the limas house can accommodate social continuity. Limas house is an arena that shows cultural identity through building changes that are adaptive to the social processes. Limas house needs to be protected, maintained, and developed through reinterpretation and revitalization in line with the cultural dynamics of the society.

This service is motivated by the socio-cultural phenomenon of education in Kalampadu Village since the distance school system has created new social problems. The quality of school resources, parental resources, online media, and internet access does not support the learning process, causing children to find it challenging to understand school subject matter. This socio-cultural-educational problem should not be left without efforts to solve the problem because the nation's children are the hope and successor in a prosperous future of Indonesia. The Unsri community service team helped solve this educational problem by conducting socialization and internalization of socio-cultural-educational. This community service activity was carried out at the Village Hall, Kalampadu Village, involving 32 participants consisting of parents, teachers, students, community leaders, and the village government. This method is carried out by delivering material and direct practice to the participants of service activities. The results of these activities are full of practice from Parsons' structural, functional theory. Every series of events from beginning to end fits perfectly with the AGIL scheme in socializing and internalizing educational norms. Welcoming remarks as a process of re-adaptation, delivery of material according to the re-integration scheme, and a question-and-answer and interactive process is applying all elements of adaptation-achievement of goals-integration-maintenance of patterns. This service activity integrates the socio-cultural system of education towards an ideal and prosperous educational, social system.

The purpose of this community service is to assist the Burai tourist village in achieving its goal of being a tourist destination in Ogan Ilir Regency, South Sumatra. The method is preparation (pre-test and MSME materials, as well as the importance of social capital) is followed by counseling and evaluation (post-test). The success of this program may be determined by two factors: 1) the program went off without a hitch; and 2) the material was well received and comprehended by the participants. The evaluation results reveal that the community is motivated to use its social capital to develop tourist potential in Burai Village.

Kehadiran ulama dalam dunia perpolitikan sudah menjadi hal yang tidak tabu lagi. Banyak dan terlihat jelas bahwa berperan dan ikut serta dalam politik. Terdapat beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhi ulama ikut serta dalam dunia perpolitikan serta terdapat beberapa kepentingan didalamnya yang memicu ikut sertanya ulama dalam politik. Ulama dan politik adalah dua konsep yang berbeda dimana ulama sebagai aktor dan politik adalah arena. Menurut hasil tulisan ini bahwa ulama dan politik tidaklah dapat dilepaskan dengan tujuan untuk menciptakan kehidupan yang lebih baik. Pada dasarnya agama adalah untuk kedamaian di dunia. Niat ingin mencapai tujuan namun politik tidak semurni yang dharapkan sehingga banyak ulama yang terlibat dalam kriminalisasi. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan adanya beberapa pertmuan antara pemerintah dan ulama, hal ini terkait persoalan penegakan hukum, kebangsaan hingga keadilan, dugaan praktik kriminalisasi yang dialami sejumlah ulama. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitati dengan teknik pengumpulan data studi literatur.