Why Do I Want To Be Confirmed? (Essay Sample)

Minimum of 2 pages In your own words, describe what the sacrament of Confirmation means to you. During your confirmation preperation journey, and in everyday life, how have you personally come to know the movement of the Holy Spirit in your life? Give examples. Describe your personal prayer life and how it has developed over these last 2 years. How did prepeartion for the sacrament of Confirmation challenge you to use your gifts and talenst? Be specific. How will you continue to use these gifts and talents developed through your service projects to others after Confirmation? I am also including the paper he wrote on his Service Projects so you can incorporate the proper information: In preparing to do my community service projects, I learned a great deal about what it would mean to do my community service. I first had to learn that in order to do my service successfully, I had to be willing to make some sacrifices, my time and energy in particular. I knew that there would be times when it would be difficult, but ultimately, I was able to summon the ability to do that. I took part in three completely different projects: Story Circle Time to the pre-school children at the Town Campus in Madison, ABC House Fundraiser and Soup Kitchen. Through my activities of Story Circle Time with the Pre-K students at the Town Campus during the months of December 2012 through March 2013, I developed, first and foremost, the ability to connect with younger children. I feel that the kids I worked with really enjoyed when I was there and I think that is a direct reflection of my being able to sacrifice myself to communicate with them. On Friday�s, I would go and read stories that the pre-school children picked out and I would share my own experiences as well with them. My time spent with the boys and girls will be one that I will always reflect on. As far as my learning in general, I learned about myself as I saw how good it felt to do something for someone else. From my project for the ABC House Fundraiser on December 9, 2012, I devoted my time along with fellow students towards the ABC Winter Christmas Party. I took part in various activities in order to make this a joyous celebration such as: setup, clean up, baking and greeting the people as they came to join in the Christmas party. The insight that I gained from this project was an overall good feeling from within of just doing something for the good of mankind, not for any other reason. I also think it helped me to learn how to work with other people. In addition, I learned that my community as a whole is a pretty strong one, and I am proud not only to be a part of it, but to be an active member in the betterment of my community. My third community service project that I took part in was for the Soup Kitchen on February 7, 2013. For this project I along with fellow classmates baked desserts and prepared food for the Columbus House. This project provided me with a better understanding of the hardships and struggles that people within my community have to endure and being able to provide some sort of relief such as food for them inwardly gave me a sense of peace and pride. Being able to devote my time and give back to those who are not as fortunate was spiritually uplifting to me. Further, I hope to use my experiences through my community service activities to strengthen my ties within my community and I hope to be able to continue doing community service in the future. These projects all relate to corporal and spiritual works of mercy. Within each project that I took part in there were acts of compassion for my community with material and physical needs such as providing food and also emotional and spiritual needs such as reading to the young children, sharing my stories and bringing joy and comfort with the Christmas party. I hope that if everyone's projects went as well as mine, we made our community stronger in general. I think we made a tremendous contribution and I myself gained a much greater appreciation of what it means to make sacrifices for my community and feel the spiritual reward from such acts of compassion for those who I had personal dealings with. source..