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SERVICE

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted

by the world”. James 1:27

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and

faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in

their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world”.

James 1:27

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Objectives

You will learn that through maximising what you have discovered of yourself, you will be able to contribute to the community more effectively, by means of your talents, personality preferences, values, passion and life choices.

You will learn to contribute to the community more effectively.

You will analyse the needs of individuals in order for the service to be rendered successfully.

You will learn to reflect on your service experiences.

Learning Outcome

At the end of the session, Boys you will :

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and

faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in

their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world”. JJames 1:27

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1. Learn to develop in an area where you can contribute towards community service.

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WHAT IS SERVICE ?

Listen to the Sstory of the The Little Girl and the Star Fish.

One hot Sunday, a businessman was walking along the beach and saw the seashore lined with millions and millions of Sstarfish. He saw a little girl picked up one starfish and threow it into the water. He approached the girl and asked her what she was doing. She said she was trying to save the starfish by putting them back in the water., as Tthey willould dry up if they awere out of the water for too long.

The businessman said, “But there are so many of them. How can you save them all?” The little girl replied, “ Well, I can’t save them all, but at least I can save this one.” She took the starfish she had in her hand and put it back to safety in the sea.

What does this story tell you about contributing to community?

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TIPS IN PROVIDING SERVICE INTO THE COMMUNITY

Be aware of what is happening in the community around you. Discover where you can be of value to someone, or for to a group of people.

Look for areas for improvement in your community. If you can see one, Ttake responsibility to improve that area in your community.

Check your newspaper and neighbourhood post to see if there are things that you love about your community and can take part in them.

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SERVICE : SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS

The little girl in the story did her service at the beach. Can you perform an act of kindness for someone each day? Brainstorm with your partner what simple acts of kindness you can do.

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When performing your service , remember that charity begins at home.

What can you do to add value to your family when you get home today?

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SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY

The three steps towards Service are:

1) Ready

2) Render

3) Reflect

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Service for the community is about meeting REAL community needs. Hence it is necessary to look at the needs of a target community before taking any action.

Case Study 1

As preparation for BB CARES in September, develop an action plan to find out the welfare needs of individuals within the community.

Work as a team to set up a checklist to cater to the beneficiaries’ needs during this event.

See if your checklist is directed towards understanding what the real needs of the beneficiaries are. Practice interviewing techniques with your friends in the class.

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SERVICE : WITH A PASSION

Service to the community begins with understanding how one’s passion can be translated into beneficial contributions to the community.

What is your passion?

Write down two things that you love doing most that can benefit others as well.

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Write down two things that you are naturally good at doing that benefits others too.

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Your talent is a combination of what you love to

do and what you do really well,;these are your unique contributions

to the community.

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MAXIMISING YOUR TALENT

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Use your talents by expressing them whenever you can. If your talent is music, play or sing every day. If your talent is swimming, do some swimming every day. Small contributions will lead to big results.

Develop your talent by pursuing education and training so that your talents can become fully developed. Your natural talents need to be exercised and trained. Look at where you can go with further education to enhance your talents – maybe music lessons, university, or writing classes.

Set goals to improve and develope your talents. Check that you are on track and match your behaviour to your goals.

Make a commitment to pursue a career that best suits your talents. Do not choose a career out of fear or coercion. You can be of better service to yourself and to the community if you are happy and are using your talents.

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SERVICE : READY , RENDER, REFLECT

Case Study 2

An unfortunate individual is mentioned in the newspaper and your group has decided to take up a project to help this person.

What can you do for him?

In order to provide the service, you have identified your passion in life, and have understood the needs of the community.

Now you can prepare yourself for the task, by taking steps to make your community project a beneficial one.

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT WORKSHEET

1) What is the objective of your community project?

2) Combining your talents, brainstorm how your group can meet the needs of this unfortunate individual?.

3) Use SMART goals to plan for your projects.

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STEP 1: CRAFTING THE GOALS

SMART Ggoals

S PECIFIC – Is it clear & direct? What is the main

objective of my task?

M EASURABLE – In quality & quantity? How do I know that I have achieved it?

A CHIEVABLE – Is it realistic? How do you go about achieve it?

R ELEVANT – Do you really want it? Are there other

ways to go about achieveing it?

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T IMEBASED – Setting a deadline would help me to work towards my goal.

Goals:

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STEP 2 : PROVIDING THE SERVICE

As you go about your service, think about these pointers.

If they a pointer are is good, check the box next to it.

Accept kind words with grace., dDo not react negatively or reject or laugh at words of appreciation. Be gracious in accepting compliments. Say ‘thank you for your kind words’ in response.

If you are upset about someone’s language or behaviour, take a stand by walking away rather than staying. By staying, you are supporting the person’s actions ??? non-verbally.

Whatever you put out to others, is what you will get back, so treat other people in exactly the way you want them to treat you. So For example, say you are sorry when you feel you have been wronged someone or done something wrong; don’t be stubborn.

Choose a life path from based on your talents and from on what you love doing – the more you shine, the more light you can shine on the community.

PARTNER WORK

Share an experience that you have had while you were doing a service tofor the community. Did doing the service add value to your experience?

If you it have did not, ask yourself why not?. What could you have done better?

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STEP 3 : REFLECTING ON YOUR EXPERIENCES

. Put a check if you think the pointers are good ideas

. Keep a journal to reflect on your experiences in serving others.

Do you like what you are doing and can you make the experience any better for yourself and others?

What have you learnt about yourself and do you like it?

How has this service experience helped you to be more conscious of your role in the community?

Wouilld you continue to serve when the project is completed?

Use these pointers as a reflection for your service-learning journey.

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