new church life: november/december 2014
their mental toughness. We have set up an easier way for them to communicate
with each other, and with their coach.
Eden Zecher
I have loved doing my service
work with the organization,
Feel Good. Its mission is to
end world hunger in our
lifetime. Feel Good is present
on many college campuses
where students run grilled
cheese delis to raise money.
Bryn Athyn College has its own
chapter of Feel Good where
Left to Right: Tori Hallstrom, Kristin Walter, Eden
we grill at sporting and social
Zecher, Cadin McQueen, and Phoenix Fritch
events. I have been assisting
our chapter’s president with whatever tasks she needs accomplished, from
grilling to reaching out to our student body to encourage them to join. I am
grateful that I have been able to participate in such a great organization.
Slava Tikhonov
For my service work I help the Bryn Athyn
College soccer coach. I enter tons of data about
potential recruits which helps the coach do
his job more easily. I also help give tours to
prospective soccer players, and talk to them
if they have questions about the College or
the soccer team. Doing this work has made
me reflect on how you must try to help other
people see the good in a situation, and why
this is the best option for them. It felt almost
like I became a guide for someone on part of
a journey – as if I was one of the people who
offers water on the sidelines during a race. It is a reaffirmation to someone
making a decision that he is on the right track, whatever track that may be.
Having done service work for the past month we have been thinking about
the question: Why are so many people interested in charity even though doing
charitable deeds requires self-sacrifice or self-dedication to a considerable
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