Being on Executive Board this year has been a lot different of an experience that I had expected. I serve as "Director of Retreat, Reflection, and Reorientation" and although I have had my own duties within the role, it's how I interact with Liz Wyman and Sarah Harp that matters the most to me. This post is partly to brag on them, but also let everyone know the amazing work … [Read more...] about Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
My first ever immersion trip was to Dallas last year, Spring Break 2016, as a participant. My second trip was to Kansas City this past fall. And now thisĀ is my third, and maybe final, immersion trip that I've gone on with Bear Breaks (only because of a busy upcoming fall with being in the university's marching band and me student teaching the following spring). From my first … [Read more...] about Community, Identity, Education, Service
This is the real Aidan Williams this time, I swear I'm not making 300 posts. Last year I was a participant on the Dallas trip and we served with Wesley-Rankin Community Center as well as Jonathan's Place which provided housing and services to children in the Foster care system. This year I am one of the co-trip leaders and we are serving at Wesley-Rankin with … [Read more...] about Participant to Trip Leader
Our immersion started today with Sarah (and only Sarah) sleeping through her 6:30 shower alarm, which eventually led to panicked 7:30 yawns as she rushed to shower. The whole crew set out at 8 to the Wesley Rankin community center, but not without enduring the Dallas morning commute traffic (yikes!) As we got into the thicket of traffic, the van crew was jamming and commenting … [Read more...] about Diving into Dallas – Macy Hankel
This post was actually written by Catie Goetter but posted via a Trip leader account due to tech problems. Today was day 2 in Dallas and day 1 of service. It was a very long but very good day. We started the day at Vogel Alcove, a non profit organization that serves the homeless population of Dallas Texas in every aspect possible. At Vogel we started with a tour and learned … [Read more...] about 1st day of Service in Dallas