Personal Narrative: My Christian Service Project

Three years ago, I had the pleasure of spending quality time with senior citizens in my local community at Sunrise Assisted Living. During my visits I read aloud to residents, listened to their life experiences, baked cookies and played board games with the residents.

From shoveling driveways or helping rake lawns for the senior citizens in my neighborhood I’m always there to lend a helping hand. However, some actions I take in my community are not done for other families but for my own. The responsibilities I have overtaken through the years in my household have definitely helped improve my maturity, and my character. I do these actions not to gain recognition, but instead to service my community and to aid those in need. Each day I aim to improve myself and to improve the community around me. Through doing that I exemplify these ideals, and will teach others of doing the same to keep our community

Today was a boring and very uncomfortable day for me. Everyone know my last day here at Grace Christian Center is tomorrow so everyone is telling me that they’re sorry that I’m leaving. I’m not sure if its true or not , but its nice to hear. When I walked through the doors of GCC I went straight back to my seat and started cleaning out my desk. I don’t have much in there but I want to make sure that I leave it in better shape than when I got it. Just because I’m leaving doesn’t mean that I have to leave my work area cluttered. After cleaning up my area I decided that I was going to go downstairs to eat lunch with the rest of the staff member, which was odd because that’s something that I normally run away from. Me and the staff ate

During my time at the drop-in center I had the opportunity to be the key-note speaker for numerous churches at various youth nights and numerous youth retreats. I was also asked to represent the drop-in center at many of the churches in Winkler by giving a mission update/sermon on many of the church’s Sunday morning services throughout my tenure. In 2011, I was asked to give the message at our community’s annual summer festival where all the churches gather for a joint Sunday morning service (unsolicited, someone so was kind to video tape it and provide me with a copy).

If I were to start my own Faith Community Practice I would first plan to sign up for EMU's online Faith Community Nursing Course in order to fully understand what an FCN is and how best to go about establishing my own practice. After completing the course, I would spend however much time I needed to figure out how exactly I want to run my practice. After figuring out a baseline plan, I would go about facing my other challenges. One challenge that I would most likely face is where to set up my practice. I would most likely want to start my practice in service to my home church at Lindale Mennonite Church. I don't believe we have an FCN practice there and I think it would be an amazing opportunity to serve my home church in that manner if they

I became a Christian in 1982 while in high school. I had never attended church prior to Easter 1982. I found something interesting in the whole of the service and decided to read a Bible. The Bible made some sense to me. I had a few questions about some of the stuff that had happened and was given Evidence that Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell. Well that answered most of my questions. I was also given Mere Christianity which answered more questions. I felt convicted by the Holy Spirit and asked G-d to come into my life and forgive me of my sins.

Sure Pastor. I love the idea of a church wide time for revival. The back the school bash is that same week. Would it be possible to use one of those nights for the bash and the other two nights for the revival? This will minimize cost and effort. Also, Can I let the committee ( Bridgette, Natalie, Delphine, Nette, and Savanah) know to reschedule the groups that are coming to August?

St. Philip’s Episcopal Church has not only been a source of faith, but a place where I’ve made an impact. Serving for this parish has constructed me into a caring and well-rounded individual. Only a fraction of my commitments include: becoming a Nursery Care Leader and Sunday School instructor, attending the “Safe Kids, Safe Church” Conference, and volunteering at events such as Souper Bowl Sunday and BLAST Biblical Learning Camp. It is with great pride that I am able to donate my time in an arena that has made a significant impact on my life.

On a daily basis, I witness the deficiencies of a modern-day elderly care facility. I must admit that when I first got the job, I was mostly concerned about a paycheck. I did not expect to get much out of it, besides occasional advice like “Stay in school!”- however, I quickly realized that the elderly, like all humans, crave love and attention just as naturally as we all.

Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. -Martin Luther King, Jr. This quote appeals to the journey that I believe that I am beginning on to develop what’s next for me as I leave Wiley College. This Field experience has helped me to begin got map out where I want to work after I’ve met all requirements for my undergraduate degree. I had the opportunity to volunteer in the office of the Chaplain of Wiley College. The experience of ministry is something I believe you have to be equipped for while working as a campus pastor to students on a college campus.

I was kind of surprised to know that today there are nearly 11,000 senior centers who are serving 1 million older adults every day. Indeed, it’s very important organization to empower the elderly. Oxford Senior center was not only limited to offer a wide range of opportunities but the center is also a resource for the entire oxford community, providing services and information on aging, and assisting family and friends who care and show respect for older persons. In addition, the center is also optimally helping to reduce loneliness and depression. As the director of Oxford Senior Center said Oxford Senior Center is facing numerous concern like funding woes, transportation issues, etc. In addition to such issues, I think the questions remain as to how center can attract young older adults who can provide volunteer services and leadership while at the same time responding to the older adults. It is not easy that baby boom generation will identify themselves as old age as previous generations. It seems like young old adults will more likely be in their 65-70 age category as baby boomers will work into their 70s. I think if the senior centers want to attract the younger older adults who are in their 50s to 60s then it will be even more difficult in the future. So, in my perspective creative

I had the opportunity to volunteer at an In-Town Senior Living Assistance Center. An elderly man, who recently suffered a stroke, stated, “It must be difficult to believe that at one point I was an athlete.” In his particular case he had weakness in his lower extremities, which significantly impaired his balance leaving him temporarily dependent of a wheelchair. With genuine sincerity his therapist immediately replied, “Life happens.” There is no doubt that the transition into adult social care has not only signaled as one of the most comprehensive reforms of quality service delivery in terms of its introduction and successful implementation, but also presents major challenges for our ageing society and our

Christ has changed my life. Christ in Youth or CIY is a large organization that has multiple events around the United States to spread love and knowledge about Jesus. It was the summer of 2014 and church camp was located in Macomb Illinois. I some of my friends and a couple of youth sponsors had pushed me to go and I thought it would be something different. While I was there I was led and realized the I was loved and Jesus cared for me. On the way back I started to think about how my life is going to change with the decision that I made to follow Jesus. Throughout my years before CIY I had thought about what life has to offer and what the true meaning or goal of it is. Jesus gave me meaning to life for and a goal to strive for. Changing the

My journey with God started in February of 1993, when I went to a ladies’ conference in Columbus, Texas. It was while the speaker was explaining that she knew there were some of us out in the audience, who felt guilty about something they had done in their past, and they did not feel that God could forgive them for it. But then she quoted from God’s word; “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, not principalities, no things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:38-39 NASB) The speaker continued on to say that all we need to do is

Interviewing several pastors can be eye opening in that you will begin to see different character qualities, disciplines and where they are in their spiritual journey. My intention was to interview several pastors, however, I was unable to obtain the responses needed to complete a study such as that. I did get to meet with one pastor, and I believe that it was truly difficult for him to answer most of the questions even after giving him some time to think about each question. My interview was with a very intelligent and spiritual man named Les Harvey. He is currently serving at the Church of the Highlands Greystone campus under many great leaders.