Personal Narrative: My Experience At Vacation Bible School

Since my eighth grade year of school, I have been involved with a group called Youth for Christ (YFC). Being involved with this group presents me with many opportunities to improve my leadership skills and also demonstrate them. During spring break, YFC hosts a Spring Break Florida Trip which I have attended since my freshman year. On this trip, I have learned how to create a more positive life. The goal of the trip is when we go back home to make an impact on others by doing things such as including them in activities, sitting with them at lunch to get to know them better, or it can be as simple as giving them a smile in the hall or just saying “hi”. This group also taught me how to be a more positive person and how to see the good

In addition, going to the baptist church made me realize that no matter what your culture is, humans all want the same things. People want a sense of meaning and purpose, and to feel inspired, hopeful, unconditionally loved, accepted, and uplifted. People want to have an understanding of who they are, and what that entails. When people are feeling scared and insecure about the present and future, they demand explanations for the unknown, or the difficult elements of their life. Furthermore, people need order, structure, and security in their lives by being told what they should think/believe, how they should behave. People also seek a sense of belonging and community. Overall,it doesn’t matter if you’re Jewish, Christian, Caucasian, or African American, at the end of the day, humans generally all want the same thing, but just have different ways of showing it or expressing it.

Church, temple, sanctuary, or the Lords’s house, these are just a few names that your average person might call the place you come to worship God, I have always called it home. The Church I have been attending, Memorial Baptist Church, which is also where I attend high school, I have been attending since I was the age of three years old. Moving to the area that my family lives in now, I do not believe is any accident. At the age of two years old, my father was stationed in Tennessee for the military. After passing away from brain cancer, my Mother moved my two older sisters and me to Killeen Texas, to be closer to her family. Memorial Baptist Church was the only church we have ever been members of since moving to Texas, it has always felt like

Emma Chester, my camp counselor, is a hero. I was going to Portage Lake Bible Camp for the first time with my new church. I’d heard about this camp. It sounded fun. What could go wrong? Lots of things. I grabbed my bags, hugged my parents goodbye, and left. About four hours later, we arrived. I was told my cabin and counselor after entering. I had Cabin 6AB, and Emma, a bright, smiling young woman. I found my group, and they told me about her. She appeared while we made our beds, smiling brightly, and they ran to give her a hug. We had a lot of time to decompress, and later we sang around the fire pit. Our group became a family. Over the next few days, I loved Emma. Whether she was chasing us around in an intense game of Gorilla Warfare, trying

My most impactful service experience happened this last summer. I have been lucky to have been a part of various youth groups throughout my adolescence. With Memorial Baptist Church, I was happy to attend PASSPORT Camps. Like other camps I have participated in, PASSPORT is a camp where youth spend a week in the summer to enthusiastically worship and serve the community surrounding their site. PASSPORT sent us to Danville, Virginia, and despite being on Averett University’s cozy campus, we were surrounded by a dying, deprived community. Social exposure is exponentially increased when your mission groups are melting pot assignments from various churches. PASSPORT did not hold back in showing us the poorest of the community, and the sheer lack

My goal is to go to a college with a good coding or programming course. I have finished elementary school (Ed and Verma Pastor School). I am currently a sophomore in Cesar Chavez. I have used a band saw. I know how to use Microsoft word and PowerPoint. I can type at an average speed. I can do isometric drawing. I plan on my career to involve coding or programing. I plan to take at least one ap class for each year of high school. I plan on joining Aca Dec to increase my GPA. My hobby is playing video games. I am a hard worker and I try to do things correctly the first

The Christian Community Service Center is an aspiring non-profit organization whose mission statement is to, “serve the poor, hungry, disabled, and otherwise needy while respecting their religious, ethnic or cultural differences”.

(The last suitcase was shoved into the back of the bus, and our next stop would be Winchester, Virginia.) My youth group and I were heading to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a mission trip. We would be involved with a program called P-2 mission, which partnered us with a local church, Calvary Christian. During the day we would be doing street outreach and during the night we would be hosting a Vacation Bible School. There was an urgency to have this church up and running because the community around it was crumbling. The church itself was located in a shanty town. Violence was on the rise and the community was in desperate need of a strong foundation. The corruption was spreading so rapidly that the church’s basketball court was becoming

I have volunteered 2 times over the years, once at Hope mission and once with the Victory Christian Centre. At hope missions I helped cut different veggies for the meal later in the day, plated food, served trays to people, swept and cleaned tables and trays after the meal was finished, and had small conversations with different people. During my time there I learned sorting skills, working under pressure, time management, and overcoming problems.

This is my essay about why I wish to pursue a Christian biblical career. My life has not been a simple one, but thanks to my creator, (also known as my father ((God)), I’m here today to share my story with you. I was molested from the ages 8-12 by my mom’s boyfriend. We turned him into jail, but after two months he got out. My mom felt sorry for him because he had nowhere to go so she secreted him back into the house at night. I woke up to get a drink of water and caught them sleeping together, so I ran away from home. My mom got rid of him the next day, but the damage was already done. I ran and continued to run my whole life. From the ages 12-18 I was a prostitute addicted to drugs. I had to share my food with rats one weekend while I was locked in a closet. I was handcuffed to an abandoned shack left for

My educational experience at Bishop Noland Episcopal day school has greatly influenced me to be the person I am today . This school helped me shape my goals and aspirations. I was constantly surrounded by brilliant students and a supportive faculty . The knowledge I acquired at E.D.S thorough out middle school was legitimately significant to me for high school and my future .

Every summer during my elementary years I attended a Christian summer camp called Camp Thurman. After experiencing the great joy of many years of fun-filled weeks, I chose to spend my summers in high school working at this camp as a counselor. Without having the honor of working at this camp, I would not be the person I am today.

I accepted Christ at the age of 12 at Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church in Bells, TN. It was rural church and over the years, pastors would not stay long because it was a great place for young pastors to get experience and leave for a larger congregation. At the age of 17, I joined the military and my spiritual formation really began to blossom. After traveling over four continents, I had an experience to learn from different ministers who actually went to seminary as opposed to the ones who did not attend an actual school. Every chaplain in the military had a seminary degree and the ones who captured my attention put emphasis on learning Greek and Hebrew.

“Back to the old grind” I said to myself as I started my third year at Lake View Christian School. Being there was only one class per grade you were with the same people every year. For, me in that case I was the only nerd in the class. It was like being Einstein with a class of NFL players. That is except my best and slightly nerdy friend Shawn. It was okay for the past few years. I never got bullied or teased, but also no one was like me. But at the end of the day I was happy I had at least one friend. That is until that unfortunate September day.

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.