Community Service Activity Makenzie Perdue

Christmas is a Christian occasion that is commended on December 25 to pay tribute to the introduction of Jesus Christ or the timeframe that precedes and after this occasion. Christmas developed more than two centuries into an overall religious and mainstream festivity, fusing numerous pre-Christian, agnostic conventions into the celebrations along the way. Today, Christmas is a period for family and companions to get together and trade presents. Christmas is celebrated within the church of the Lord.

the needs of many suffering out on the streets. The Spirit of Christmas Past teaches scrooge some

Christmas like Thanksgiving believe it or not, do happen to share many traits. One major factor that the two own is the warmth and love of bringing family and close friends together. It’s the few times a year that everyone has a reason to all gather around to

When most people think of December they tend to think about Christmas. It is supposed to be a time of everyone coming together, being joyful, and

According to the American Heritage College Dictionary the word Christmas is defined as “the annual festival of the Christian church commemorating the birth of Jesus: celebrated on December 25 and now generally observed as a legal holiday and an occasion for exchanging gifts.” When one thinks of Christmas they may think of Santa, elves, Jesus, and Christmas music. One such as Scrooge, who hates Christmas and is greedy. However one English author reminds readers Christmas can be found in the most dark people. Charles dickens’s A Christmas Carol helps readers identify the negative effects of greed.

Christmas can have many meaning to different people depending on how they interpret it. However, if looking at the Christian aspect of it. The

My project involved helping the children in the park to better their skills in Baseball. Many of the children that went to the park had no basic knowledge of playing baseball, so it was my job to help the professional trainers in teaching them the skills required to play the sport well. The original proposal included that I had to maintain the field in playable conditions, but I went ahead and added dirt as well as passed a rake to remove holes in the infield of the baseball diamond. I also had to help the smaller children in batting practice by simply pitching them ten balls each, but I took it a step further by telling them in which way to position their arms and how to better their hitting techniques.

To begin, the history of Christmas is peculiar and filled with factors that make it well-known all throughout the world. It’s history goes all the way back to 336, during the time of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Jesus was born in Bethlehem from a virgin whose name was Mary. In a stable, where shepherds visited, along with everyone who heard, a miracle happened and the holiday came to be. As time continued, Christians have been swept away from the celebration’s natural meaning, background, and origins.

Christmas As times changed in the 1800s’ of England, Christmas provided as an anchor to bring familiarity and joy into the lives of people. Christmas had become a festival based off of family and friendship, with charity towards others. Though deceiving, religion was not actually the strongest element of the holiday. Christmas began to develope this way, because of the Victorians stage, and the Medieval periods.

Community Service is a way to help others meet their needs. It is important for people to help their neighbors so a community can be strong and successful. By helping doing community service one can also learn new skills to help enhance one’s education.

My participation in Kirkwood Youth Service ensures I'm all-into community service and lend a hand where needed. Whether it be working at a local animal shelter, helping at a church pumpkin patch, or contributing to World Food Day collections, I commit myself fully to helping others and making the community better.

Throughout my two years in the Saint Therese Confirmation Program, I have completed numerous community service hours to better the community and myself. I completed 6 hours at the Saint Therese Carnival, 3 hours at the YMCA, 6 hours at Pet Smart, 1 hour for Operation Christmas Child, 2 hours at the Christmas Tree Take Down, and 2 hours baking for the Valentine’s Day Bake Sale. While completing these hours, I learned a lot about myself, my community, and my religion.

Last year was the first year that I started volunteering with Shorewood Interact Club, and the best memory I have is from the Holidays Clothing Drive that Mary’s Place did. It was early December and getting pretty cold outside, my friend, Richard, and I got on the E Line heading South into Downtown Seattle. We had on our good coats and some gloves and were ready to go and do some volunteering. Once off of the E Line, we walked through the Seattle Center to get to the space that was lent out to Mary’s Place. Outside there were several dozen people waiting for the doors to open, and they looked cold and hungry. There were men, women, and children all around the entrance ready to go inside and get some food and clothes. Looking upon them, I felt pity that they should have to wander the streets while I myself slept in warm bed. Richard and I made our way inside, weaving through all of the people, and were greeted by several full time volunteers who assigned us to go man the clothing center.

As aforementioned, the initial true meaning of Christmas is religion - one that has now been muchly downplayed. Of course at first glance religion is only an important element of Christmas for those who are actually religious, for which then religion plays the dominant role of what Christmas is to them. However, religion means to show obligation to something through faith, it could be argued that the majority of society is actually religious. We follow a society which has

Christmas is meant for joy and laughter, not injuries and pain. Each year there are hundreds of injuries that occur on the morning of December 25th. When the holiday approaches Americans love to get into the Christmas spirit. Each family celebrates Christmas with their own traditions and rituals that determine their holiday activities. I would have never thought that my family’s traditions for Christmas morning would help me shape my values.