I've been volunteering at Family Community Chruch since the begining of September. Family community church offers a program called "encounter" where adults ranging from 18-37 come together to connect on multiple levels. Many come to meet Jesus, and many also come for inspirational words and fellowship among peers. It's a great getaway to forget life's stresses for an hour or two no matter what brings you there. I have attended collectivly for 2 years, and as a Christian I wanted to get more involved in leadingership. Family Community church is a non denominational Christian church that has many outlets for a wide range of people. This church does a great job of gathering people out of what conects them. Some examples are marriage groups, a …show more content…
This church is run entirely by volunteers with a few exceptions. Other than just the church's employees, its the people that show up to to be a part of the community that actually make it all happen. I realized the church wouldn't need volunteers if people didn't want the church. It's such a huge concept, yet so basic. I've always had a sheltered mentality that the head of a store, country, school, club, or anything had all the power to do whatever they wanted but that's so wrong! This church works for the people, that's the whole reason it's around. It would be amazing to see what our country could be capable of if it had that mentality. My services are literally 100% for the audience. The only reason what I do is even a position, is to make the experience better for the audience. It's such a weird way to think about it, I wouldn't have thought that if i never stepped out of the audience, which is what i think people need to start doing in politics as well. I remember before volunteering, I had no idea about what was going on in leadership, just letting it happen and assuming everything about it instead of actually knowing anything. I do the same thing about the country I live in. Somehow it's easier to stick to your daily routine with a blindfold on, than to stop and get educated. I then realized that is exactly our countrys issue. I kind of figured our education wasn't the best before, but going from a position of being lead, to being a leader opened my eyes. Getting involved is the only way to insure something goes right in my opinion and getting involved made me realize I needed to. I didn't step into a world of perfection and harmony like I assumed it was. Once I saw the other side, I saw that they actually needed me, and other people to be reliable pillars to hold everything
Last semester, I planned my first outreach event at the church. We had bounce houses, face painting, food, games, and candy. I worked so hard to get this put together and even members of the church used their own money to purchase things to make this event happened. There was door to door evangelizing going on in the surrounding neighborhoods to get the word out, and there were only two people in the community that showed up. Two people.
Wednesday services are a great for ministering to family, both the youth and their parents. I need to reach youths because it is hard to evangelize after youths have been indoctrinated the education...
Community is not something that you can fully understand just by seeing. Community is something you feel deep inside of you and fills your heart with a desire to have relationships with others. Being apart of a group and knowing others is not enough either. You actually have to go out and spread God’s word. It says in Deuteronomy 15:11, “You shall surely open your hand for a brother, to your needy, and to the poor, in your land.” As Father McGivney Catholic High school, we “open our hands,” meaning to guide and help others together as one and lead them to the path of salvation. We help the people who really need it. For example, providing joy to people in nursing homes or providing food for the hungry. I am a very cheerful person and
I find myself extremely passionate in Community Service, I have volunteered at Emmanuel Apostolic Church during Vacation Bible School for the past two summers, preparing food, coming up with creative ideas to keep children occupied, and making sure children are safe. During this time my leadership and conversational skills have strengthened. In addition to that, I have also volunteered there on numerous occasions to feed the homeless. In high school, I also volunteered at an Elderly home on bingo night to interact with the elderly, gave a listening ear, it was extremely rewarding to see them smile, laugh, and interact with me as if they had known me for a while; that showed me how much they appreciate having company. I take huge delight in
I learned about the importance of giving back at the age of 11yr old and putting the very important needs of others in front of my own. Volunteering in a homeless shelter at a young age opened my eyes. Where I was placed to give food, clothes, money & hygiene products to people in need. Where would I be right now without the help of God, my mother, family& friends and the church community”. Giving a helping hand to the people in the community is Something we should always do. In the ("bible Acts 20:35 says in everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the lord Jesus himself said: it is more blessed to give than to receive"). Having a compassionate heart for the community blesses the congregation.
The desire to be accepted is prevalent among youth today. In a world that is currently suffering from a famine of love that is intended to be given to today’s youth, more and more we see students that desire to be accepted, yet feel accepted by no one. Because of this we see them decide to reach out, and as they do they become accepted into a group that is not a good influence on them, or simply is wasting their time. Here we will look at what exactly the bible tells us in the issue of acceptance, and how it would look in the average youth ministry today. We will then look into how we will follow up with students past their fist visit and finally what utilizing the idea of acceptance to its full potential will do for a ministry.
Many people want to attain and hold influential positions in society whether it would be in the field of science, politics, education, or in public service. However, many people tend to forget how servitude is one of the main life highways to travel in order to arrive at that successful destination called “Leadership.” Nevertheless, there was one man who knew how powerful the concept of servitude was in order to grasp the reigns of successful leadership. Socrates was a phenomenal philosopher, scholar, teacher, and servant. Socrates leadership style was unique in regards to letting students communicate among one another in an articulate theological reasoning process by questioning and probing at one’s belief system in order to seek self-purification.
Being a part and volunteering with the Salvation Army multiple time throughout the week has shown me the real and severe need that is present in my community and has forced me to step up do something about it. From helping children with homework and academic assignments, which shows the children that they are not alone and people do care about them, their success in life, and their educational journey, to being a part of a wrestling club with the mission of keeping young men and women out of the streets, I do my best to assist and serve people, while showing God in everything that I do. Being a part of the USA Wrestling program in my city has greatly impact the lives of teenagers who would normally be getting into trouble with the law, but instead they are in a wrestling room getting instruction from coaches and peers who care about them. I am grateful for the platform that I am given, I have the ability in between practice time to show my peers by my actions and by my words that I care for them as a person and by my actions they see that I live a christ based life. In everything that I do, I do not want to just offer lip service to people, but offer tangible and significant assistance along with
Nations crumble, churches and business fail, families become dysfunctional, children lose their way, and men stray from God for one disturbing reason; lack of leadership. These failures are often because of the lack of instruction, proper leadership, and confusion over what Christian leadership is and how that leadership is applicable to every facet of business and personal life.
On Sunday March 12th and 19th, my husband and I attended Holy Trinity St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church (HTSN) in Finneytown, Ohio. The church conducts Orthros (Matins) at 8:15 am and Divine Liturgy from 9:30-11:30 am. I chose to attend HTSN for two reasons; first, they host the annual Panegyri Festival and two, learning about the 1054 split intrigued me given the current state of the Methodist Church.
A community leader expands their collective experience, skills and energy to drive positive social change and enable their communities to thrive. Throughout elementary school and high school, I engaged in school clubs and special classes, volunteered in my community, took on leading roles for fundraising and acquired many jobs. I have become a leader in my community because of references from jobs or activities, connections with other leaders and by achieving high academic grades and excelling in sports, I have chosen to share my abilities with others and proceed to make a change.
While volunteering at Fallbrook Church I have been guided, nurtured, and challenged through the process. I have been able to utilize skills acquired throughout this year that enhance my volunteer service. The foundation is rooted in fellowship, classroom, and weekly Reach Out services for the community. The foundation for the church is community service; my pastor has set forth and shared vision of supporting one another through community service; this is seen through repeated efforts to support Community functions, Computer, Computer Education, Community Resources.
My church youth group has been a wonderful way to learn about community service. Seeing others who are disadvantaged, ill or needy has taught me the importance of caring for others and to be thankful for my own good health and stable family situation.
In ministry it is important to note that the different people involved in your ministry will be at different stages of their spiritual growth. Having an awareness of your own personal theology will be important for how you go about teaching the students who are involved in your youth ministry. One part of personal theology is spiritual formation. Duffy Robbins states that spiritual formation is, “the growing into the likeness of Jesus” (448). Another main part of personal theology is community. Understanding and having an idea of both spiritual formation and community helps with the formation of personal theology of ministry. This paper will share five areas of theology and how they relate to practical theology in youth ministry. The five areas of theology include view of God, view of people, view of sin, view of redemption, and view of scripture.
Leadership is an awesome responsibility, and regardless of where leadership occurs, followers want leadership that is trustworthy, inspiring, consequential, and most importantly, effective. Thus, effective leadership is often weighed in theory and common indicators such as the impact on a team or process, follower attitudes and perceptions, and even career longevity (Yukl, 2010). Furthermore, leadership effectiveness may also be determined by the leader’s title, position, skills, traits, and moral behaviors (Carolina College of Biblical Studies [CCBS], n.d.). Often overlooked in all these things are God’s purpose for leadership, and the call for the leader to remain obedient to God while leading (CCBS, n.d.). Since mankind is sinful by