My Personal Faith Statement My faith journey started when I was a toddler. I lived in Iowa until I was six and while my family and I were there we were always active in our church. We went to church every Sunday morning and I was baptized when I was little in our church. When we moved to North Carolina our family searched for churches and ended up connecting with SMC. I started off in what is now Uptown and went through every youth group activities including Footprints (Switch) and Crossings (Uprising). When I got to SMC I was, for the most part, a quiet kid and the more involved I got the more comfortable I felt. When I aged out of Footprints I talked with Nick Jordan about becoming a youth minister for the youth in Switch. A group of my …show more content…
Doug Pierce, Bryan Torrance, and Tony Laws are strong, impactful, relational leaders. Being apart of their group, seeing them committed to us most Sunday nights, doing Walking Wisely with them and taking camping/hiking trips with them and our group gave me a group of people I can always rely on and who have come to be some of my best friends today. Having those three leaders to always be there for me is something that I will always cherish. Growing relationships with them and the other people in my group have taught me that when I surround myself with people who have a relationship with the Lord, I can depend on them and we can hold each other accountable. Lastly, being apart of several trips and sleep overs at SMC, including numerous Lock Ins, Walking Wisely weekends, Camp KidJam, New York City mission trip, and Mexico mission trip, have also influenced my life. Being able to be surrounded by others walking in their faith, serving others and alongside others being the hands and feet of Christ will forever be a part of who I am. Accepting Christ in my life was something my parents did for me as a child but also something that I have done myself. Being able to recommit my life to Christ through these experiences has been a huge piece of my faith journey. I look forward to seeing how I can connect with others walking in their faith during this next stage of my
After seeing though the eyes of my pastor I’ve come to realize the importance of faith and committing to one’s beliefs. Returning to church after two massive losses has helped my mother in many ways and it has also taught me as a young man how small things that I could do would turn to have a big impact on someone’s life the same way my pastor impacted my life and the life of my siblings.
I spent every spring and summer in middle school doing mission work and community service. I loved the opportunity that it gave me to build relationships and share my beliefs with people I didn’t know. Little did I know that this would pave the way for a life-changing experience that I would encounter one day. Each spring my church would host a missionary event called “The Ignite Project.” I felt an urge to join the group, recognizing that it was a calling to profess my faith in Jesus. These mission trips helped me to go out
Our goal as a church was to go into another community and share the gospel with them but we did it in a unique way, through community service. Together we volunteered in a trailer park to clean up trash, fix gardens, redo roofing, paint and clean trailers. While doing this I meet an old woman who appreciated what we were doing for her and her home and wanted to know why. This gave my small group and I an opportunity to help guide her to Christ and when we left not only did we give her a better and beautiful community and trailer to live in, but we left her with a bible and a thirst to learn more about our God. This experience was important to me because it showed how one can truly make a difference in people’s lives just through serving
Although it was wonderful to see how happy the people were and how interesting it was to see another culture, this was not what impacted me the most. Every night, the three girls I shared a room with and I would have group devotions. We talked about some of the things we struggled with and it made me realize that I need to open up to people more more. I am very independent and I don’t like people knowing a lot about me, but how am I supposed to share God’s love if I don’t talk to people? I fell in love with the Lord again on this trip and I want to live in a way that makes it clear to everyone that I know that I am His
I'm not a tremendously religious person. I don't attend religious services, I don't say prayers before bedtime (or much of any other time), I don't read a section of my holy book on a regular schedule... you get the picture. The closest I'd come to claiming a personal faith is to call myself a sort of armchair Daoist.
There, my eyes had been opened to the horrible things I had done. After that, I devoted myself to changing my life, and helping other people find Christ. I changed schools my freshman year and was devoted to being steadfast in my new strong relationship with God. There was times that I struggled to do the right things, but with new Christian friends to help me along, I was able to pull through and keep pushing. Every summer I go down to camp witness as a student. Every chance I get, I try and find the kids who are struggling with life, and try to help them, and or talk to my counselor so they know to help them. Now, in the summer time I like going to be a counselor at the same camp that changed my life. When I started counseling, I was faced with a whole new level of difficulties. The first time I had ever counseled, I was faced with a cabin packed full of inner city kids from Omaha, and a few kids that were there for the horse camp. This brought many difficulties because the inner city kids that were there had no respect for anyone. This was a great experience for me and I was able to learn many things that will help me with youth ministry. In the wintertime, I go to my sister’s church where they have an awana program and I am one of the leaders
The soul of the world to me is my Religion, it has had an influence on my life for as long as I can remember. I was just a little preschooler when I was introduced to my faith, my parents sent me to a church camp after school for an hour or so every day. I had never had any real connections like many of the pastors claimed but I knew as long as I believed that good would come. For many years it didn't, yet I remained faithful. I always believed that if I remained faithful that nothing could ever hurt me, still with all my faith there were days where I questioned my belief. I wondered how any of this could actually be possible, if there was really a big man up in the sky watching me then why don't I ever see him. But as I grew older I learned
My perseverance has prepared me for a career in medicine. The path towards becoming a physician can be long and challenging, necessitating the ability to endure. My ability to bounce back from setbacks and mistakes has solidified throughout my journey. One of the cornerstone experiences of my personal development occurred during high school. My determination led to me my graduating as valedictorian of my class, while balancing three varsity sports and several extracurricular activities. In addition, I worked on weekends to help support my family financially. This persistence resulted in scholarship awards that made higher education a possibility.
Have you ever lost yourself or become addicted to something attractive? Many students will answer that they were addicted to video gaming, gambling, or watching TV series. However, for me, the most attractive thing is solving puzzles and discovering unknown mysteries. Solving Sudoku puzzles is my favorite because I have to think about multiple possibilities carefully and speculate the correct solutions. After considering problems comprehensively and figuring out the answers easily by following the logic, a sense of accomplishment will make me happy for awhile. I have the same feeling when playing puzzles as solving computer science problems, so I would like to be a programmer or a game designer in the future. When I was playing League of Legends for the first time, I was wondering how the system could download and upload huge amount of game data in a second so that the nationwide players could enjoy the games without lag. This question brought me into the amazing world of computer science.
My parents have always been extremely religious and I've been forced into the Catholic faith since birth. From church classes to prayer groups and regular mass, I was spending up to 8 in church each week. Since coming to TJ, I have little to no time to attend religious services. My parents have even tried to increase the amount of time spent because they think I will have "a stronger faith". The problem is that I don't believe in my religion. They never understand that attending church is absolutely boring, I fall asleep during the mass (which, I know, is extremely disrespectful), and have a sour attitude for the rest of the day. I don't enjoy attending services and it's extremely obvious to the other members of my church. I also don't agree
I put in my papers and shortly got my call to the South Carolina Columbia Mission. Over the course of my mission I have seen such a change in myself that pre-mission me wouldn't even recognize who I am. The change that has taken place has definitely come because of
Every Sunday. Stares and disappointment. I sat with my grandmother at this big church. People would stare when they realized I didn't know the prayers or songs. I was trying to learn more about religion why did I feel so scared? Am I going to find where I belong? Will I have enough time? These are questions I sometimes have to ask myself. When I was little I explored many religions but now that i'm older I am frightened about faith.
Based on my understanding, the term “Faith” can mean many different things. Faith can be taken in a religious sense or it can have something to do with your culture. Faith can also mean having hope or believing in something. The term “faith” can be taken in many different ways depending on what the situation is or what the term is being used as. Faith can also mean different things to different people.
The definition of religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods(Merriam-Webster). After this semester I have come to realize that religion is a much more advanced, complicated, and personal definition. Religion can’t be defined in one word or one term because there is a lot that religion entails. There really is no concrete answer of what religion is and the definition varies among different groups of people and individuals.
I have come to understand many things about myself and the reasons why my faith have developed the way it has. There are many people, places