On Friday, May 29th, after making the 30-minute trek from Corrymeela to downtown Ballycastle, we made our first voyage using Northern Ireland’s location public transportation system TransLink. After Jessica purchased 17 tickets we took our seats on the...
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What is Service?
Mar 03 2022
Students left for their service placements on Saturday morning all arriving by the evening and greeted by their new host families. 🙂
We mentioned previously that last Thursday afternoon we spent some concentrated time discussing/reflecting/anticipating the upcoming transition to service assignments together as a group. We asked students to define service now and then we’ll see at the end of their experience how those concepts maybe change or evolve.
What is Service? (Here’s an accumulation of thoughts from that discussion Thursday)
- productivity isn’t necessarily the goal
- we are all members of christ’s body, everyone has a role to bring / gifts to share
- process of validating hurts, needs, voices and place of belonging in the world
- small lifts can be a helpful impact
- service can be a personal journey, a different mindset, seeking understanding
- sharing connection, culture and friendship
- not about being a savior… compliment and support the work already being done
- community connection
- service is “not my project”
- engagement with energy and interest
- strong listening and participation
- helping with current needs
Photos students sent upon their arrival:
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