Essay On Church Interview

This summer I had the opportunity to intern at a global non-profit organization called Bethany Christian Services. Bethany Christian Services is located in 36 states and works in many countries around the world; I worked at the Grand Rapids, MI office, which concentrates on providing refugee services. I initially applied to be the Cuban employment specialist assistant and came in for an interview with an open mind, but that is not what happened. The interview was horrible: I did not speak spanish which was required nor did I corrected the interviewer when she thought I was fluent in Swahili. I was confident I did not get the job, would get referred to be an intern for other employers, or would have to decline the job offer because I did not speak swahili. Nevertheless, I received a call from Adier Deng the African employment specialist a week later was hired through the phone. I was baffled, immediately clarifying that I did not speak Swahili which he did not seem to mind.

Not realizing I've fallen into a deep paralyzing sleep until the next morning. Sliding out of the foot of the bed with the inability to stop. This vision stuck with me. Talking with a church member, Jeff Hanson, a lean guy jolly with dark circles under his eyes, and nonjudgmental Christian, a friend of my parents.

For this first Experience Paper I went to a Mormon Church with one of my dance teachers and her family. I had never gone to a Mormon Church before so the experience was new to me.

The couple who I interviewed for this paper volunteered after a social media post was made asking for a couple who would be willing to help. I will reference the couple by their initials throughout the paper. The husband’s initials are C. P., and A. P. are his wife’s initials.

These actions allowed the board of directors and management to amend the company’s charter and allowed shareholders four votes per share. The board of directors was also re-structured into classes, in which each class serves staggered three-year terms (Wheelen & Hunger).

Bora and I become friends since we took the same class together. She is originally from South Korea and started to study at Old Dominion University before three years ago. One year ago, she married her husband who originally from South Korea too but immigrated to the United States fifteen years ago. After they got married, Bora and her husband started to work on those immigration procedures, but they just put the formalities done last month. I came from China and I speak Mandarin Chinese, so we have a lot of cultural differences with each other. In order to get a better understanding of South Korea’s culture and gain multi-cultural competence as a human service professional in the future, I decided to conduct my interview with Bora.

She is Catholic and in England at the time she was growing up, it was looked down on to be Catholic. She experienced prejudices and people making her feel “less” all because of her religion. During her time in Florida she saw the explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle. This was the first American tragedy she had experienced, and it was her first real connection to America. Tragedy bring people together, and she became part American on that day. Finally, since she was born and raised in England and then moved to America for my dad, her heart is split between these two countries. Her family is separated. Her parent’s family and brother are in England, whereas her husband and children are in America. She feels guilty for leaving her family and not having the chance for her three sons to really get to know her English family. She deals with this fact every day and makes a choice to stay in America with us. This is a large part of her identity and her feelings of belonging in either country.

A pastor in Sullivan City, Texas said he will start carrying a handgun while preaching from the pulpit, a change that was prompted by the mass shooting at the First Baptist Church (FBC) in Sutherland Springs which killed 26 worshippers on Nov. 5.

The Metropolitan Community Church located in New York area is founded in 1971. At a first glance, with the limited sight I have, I thought the outside seemed to look like a nursery school with different colors and a flag hanging by the door. However, once someone pay more attention, the building was actually painted with Christian symbols using rainbow color paints, symbolizing gay pride. As soon as you entered the door, on your left was a narrow wooden stairway. On the first level, on the right was an entrance, where they conduct the ceremony. By the door, there were ushers waiting and greeting everyone with a smile, shacking everyone's hands and handing out the program for the month of November until the first week of December.

1. Although many church leaders would prefer to believe that their congregations are "Living Out of the Mind of Christ", the reality is that it is difficult and almost impossible for people to act in accordance with a strict set of rules. I personally like to think that these people are making the world a better place by simply trying to take on such attitudes, taking into account that they are well-acquainted with religious behavior a person would need to employ in order to "Live Out of the Mind of Christ" and that they feel better just knowing that their actions reflect positively on other individuals.

With the peak of its A-frame pointing skyward toward our heavenly goal, the First Methodist Church marked the entrance to the neighborhood. Oaks and pine trees shed their acorns and needles on the church yard. Squirrels and birds made their homes outside the stained glass window. Church leaders had installed one swing set and one seesaw next to the big parking lot and called them a playground. Crabapple trees, which bordered the lot, tempted bored children with their hard, bitter fruit.

I inquired her on if she moved during her life. She stated clearly that she moved from Illinois to Arizona in 1993. “This is where I met my husband, started a family, went to college, and started two long time jobs”. After that I asked Maria when she felt like an adult. She had to think for long time about this question. She couldn’t decide between going to a junior college when she was seventeen or when she moved to Arizona when she was twenty-three. Even though she listed two, her moving to Arizona seemed to change her into an adult more by realizing the challenges of life, money, living alone, and paying bills by herself. As she looked back on her being young she laughed at how she knew so little about what life really

Whether or not we recognize it, each person has a worldview. In essence, each person has implicit assumptions as well as prejudices about the world, which in most occasions influence the manner in which we regard situations around us. Generally, a worldview is a kind of lenses that corrupts our view of the world around us. Singularly, our worldview is shaped by our level of education and cultural background, as well as upbringing among many other environmental factors. For most people, their worldview is nothing more than what they have observed in the environment. To these kinds of people, they wouldn’t be in a position to provide a rationale reason of their beliefs to others.

The Chinese Christian church in the United States often has ethnic characteristics, but different Chinese churches often have special concentration in the composition of the congregation, which reflects the tide of Chinese immigrants in different stages. For example, descendants of early immigrants from southern China usually have their fixed church. International students from the mainland of China have the church which they set up together. And other "informal immigrants" also formed Christian organizations. According to Aihui Lee, she divides American Chinese Christianity into four categories.

First, I would like to congratulate the beautiful congregation of Mt. Zion Baptist Church for 150 blessed years of service to the greater Arlington community. I was born into this church, dedicated as an infant and baptized upon accepting Jesus Christ as my savior. It's been an honor to call Mt. Zion my home. . I am writing to request financial assistance from Mt. Zion Baptist Church for my once in a lifetime opportunity to study abroad in Mussoorie, India. This trip would not only expose me to a unique climate and culture, but