Meal VFCL Reflection Paper

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Meal VFCL Last week, I invited a few of my friends to share a meal with me on campus and spend some quality time engaging in a theological conversation. Two of these friends are students at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary—both Master of Divinity students—Sara Jones and Becca Cali. In addition, I also invited three other friends: Vannae Savig, a colleague who serves as a pastoral intern at my field site, the Evanston Vineyard Church. She is an African American, is a married and has a five-year-old daughter); Yanning Yu, a Ph.D. student from China currently studying at Northwestern University’s School of Social Policy and a leader at the Northwestern Chinese Christian Fellowship; and Daniel Tucker, Ph.D. student in the Department of Linguistics at Northwestern University a who attends Northwestern’s Graduate Christian Fellowship (GCF). Knowing these friends’ gifts, their understanding and the motivation that they bring to …show more content…

Sara Jones, for example, mentioned that we as humans have been gifted in so many ways and are called to give abundantly. She said that for a Garrett student like her, she answers this calling by cooking meals at Hilda’s Place Transitional Center. Becca Cali mentioned that she feels convicted to be ever giving to those that are in need: for instance, spending time with those who are confined in their homes, which in her context was serving as an intern at the Presbyterian Homes. Focusing on her role in ministry, she said that she considers herself a story keeper, while the people that she serves are the story tellers. In her own words, she says: “I have a treasure box. I open the chest, display the stories to myself and then put them back. There are some stories that have to stay in there.” Furthermore, she called for followers of Christ to have an abundant spirit to serve people, for nothing is possible without God’s

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