Hannah Tinder

Where did I serve my time?

I had the pleasure of serving my hours at Park Baptist Church. This is a church that I am currently a member at in Rock Hill. I was co-teaching a classroom of second through fourth graders each Wednesday night. 

How the service activity reflected concepts learned in the HDFS curriculum?

The activity that I was involved in reflected our class material by the way I was able to teach. I was able to teach elementary aged children from a structured book that was given to me to teach from. That was the first teaching position I was able to be in and felt like a lot of the concepts we talked about in class, I was able to apply in my time teaching the children. 

How did I network with other professionals while participating in the activity and what did I gain from networking?

I was able to network with the adults within the church and the elders. The church has a wide variety of members with all types of jobs. I now have contacts in many different areas of the working world. I have multiple teaching ones now as well. I was able to gain a sense of confidence when it comes to networking and meeting new people and putting myself out there in terms of potential jobs in the future. 

What is the potential effect the servicer activity and/or service organization could have (or already does) on the community? 

The work that Park Baptist is slowly pouring out into the community. For starters, they are educating the future generation on living a life of compassion and giving to others. The church hosts a warming shelter for the entire winter season and allows the children to serve in it as well to help educate them on the importance of helping those who need it and not to mention it is feeding and housing men for the entire cold season. 

Give a general reflection on the assignment.

This experience has been invaluable to me. I have been able to get to know the people I go to church with every Sunday while also serving them by teaching their children. I have been able to gain confidence in teaching and in my abilities to plan lessons and deliver them. I have seen this directly correlate to how I give presentations now. I am more confident in what I am presenting and speak with authority. It gave me something to look forward to during the midweek slump and I always with a smile on my face.

This is a picture of my supervisor, Paige,  and a sweet picture one of the children had drawn about the story of David and Goliath.