Most people will agree that service is a good thing. It raises up the community, helps eradicate injustices, and brings healing to those experiencing pain or loss. Service is often seen as a sacrifice ones makes to help others, but many people are surprised to learn about that service also has a deep and lasting […]
Putting Ourselves on Discount
I was recently sitting in a staff meeting for the Siena Youth Center, the youth center where I serve for part of my ministry with Dominican Volunteers USA. The topics ranged from the recent run-ins with budding adolescence, summer camp logistics, our upcoming obstacle race, to putting ourselves on discount. In this short year, Rafael […]
Why These Conference Speakers
A Letter from the Executive Director Last month, we announced our two keynote speakers for Many Rays, One Rising, the 2019 National Conference on Faith-Based Service. Now that you have learned a little about who they are, I want to share why we invited them. Speakers were invited because their stories and strategies are relevant […]
Lessons in Love
I’m coming up on two months left of my service program. And it truly feels like time is flying by so quickly. These two months will feel like two seconds. In one of my community’s recent weekly prayer meetings, we reflected on our experience as an educational endeavor. We looked at it as if it […]