Sunday School Volunteer

Hourly rate: members only

Availability: members only

Willingness to travel: At home

Professional status: Student

Last updated: Mar 28, 2025

Total work experience: 3 year(s)

Language skills: English,

Personal summary

I volunteer at the church in my local community. I volunteer in the Children’s Ministry, assisting kids from grades 1-4. During the service, I assist a student with autism to support his participation in the service and activities. After the teaching, I lead a small group activity with 1-2 of the grades in the class, elaborating on the lesson taught. I volunteer about 2-3 Sundays a month and have been doing this since September 2018. When the COVID-19 resulted in many restrictions being implemented on society and many being afraid to be around others. To accommodate those in isolation, I participated in being in online church service videos for kids in grades 1-6. In the videos, I would teach them about the Word of God, inform them on what we are going to learn about, teach them a verse to memorize, and sometimes, lead a small activity that they can participate in from home. These videos would be posted every Sunday. This position lasted from April 2020 to August 2021. In October 2018, 2019 and 2020, I volunteered at a Halloween alternative event called “Kidzmania”. This event was held for kids who ranged from toddlers to sixth graders. My volunteer position was held in the glow-in-the-dark section. A few volunteers were here and we would work as a team to make the night fun for the kids who came. My role was to paint kids’ faces with glow-in-the-dark face paint. I also assisted with other stations in my area, like the dancing station and ring toss. I helped refill candy bins for station leaders in my area and made sure they had enough water. I was a part of the clean-up team after the event. For October 2020, a magic show was held this year because of the COVID-19 restrictions created by Alberta Health Services. I helped check kids and their families in while supplying them with items to help enable them to participate in the magic show. I held out candy bags at the end of the show to the kids. I also participated in taking down decorations and cleaning up the area used for the event. In December 2019, I took on various volunteer positions for a play called “The Seussified Christmas Carol”. This play was hosted by the youth group at the church I attend, Daystar, in Leduc, Alberta. The play was put on to raise money to reduce costs for our annual youth retreat. Reducing costs gave many members of our youth group the opportunity to encounter a life-changing spiritual experience. To help with the play, I was a stage crew member, an intermission waiter, and door greeter. I also helped prepare costumes and props for actors in the play. By the end of the event, enough money was raised for many members of the youth group to attend the annual youth retreat for free. My older sister had four kids who were abducted by the government due to the physical, emotional, and mental abuse she experienced by her fiance (the childrens’ father). She had one girl and three boys. My niece and nephews were in foster care for over 3 years, as my family and I fought to adopt them. In September 2020, they finally moved in with us. At this time, their ages ranged from 2-5. We are still in the process of adopting them. My family and I are experiencing financial hardships, as there are now 9 people in our family and my mother’s income has reduced drastically. This has been a challenge, as my oldest nephew has autism, my niece has a speech impediment, my second oldest nephew has ADHD, and my youngest nephew has anger issues and ADHD. It took a while for my family to adjust to this new lifestyle. Due to frustration and heartbreak of past traumatic experiences, most times, my sister’s children would take their anger out on each other or on my family and I. They were extremely destructive, were very mean to other children, and refused to do what anyone told them to. My niece and nephews have been with us for a year and a half and a lot of the traumatic memories have been erased, as they continue to live a normal life with my family and I. Their ages now range from 4-7. They all attend school and get along great with other children. Between school and home, they are learning to read and write according to their grade level. They also attend Sunday school at the church my family and I attend every Sunday. They follow the rules while attending school and church. These kids have come a long way and continue to make progress as they live with my family and I. In November 2021, I joined the Celebration Student Leadership Club at the online school I am currently attending, NorthStar Academy Canada. This club plans events and spirit days to encourage students to interact with each other, despite the fact that students are studying from home. In December 2021, a couple of the club members and I created an online virtual escape room to test students’ knowledge on the Birth of Christ. From January 2022 to February 2022, I took on a project for Black History Month. I created a presentation to inform students of the hardships experienced by black people in the past and present. The presentation elaborated on historical figures such as Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Harriet Tubman. It also spoke about the tragic incident of the death of George Floyd. This helped raise awareness of racism and the need to put it to an end. It also helped students understand the importance of equality. In December 2021, I volunteered for an event called “5 Loaves” hosted by Daystar Church in Leduc, Alberta. Through this ministry, members of the church prepared meal packages consisting of lasagna, salad, and juice. Other volunteers were in charge of delivering meals to people in their lives who were angry, hungry, lonely, or tired. I participated in the meal delivery portion of the ministry. I found 28 people who were experiencing financial hardships and delivered meal packages to them. Those I delivered to were not people I knew personally. While making meal deliveries, I took note of the number of children in each family and their interests. Using the small amount of money I had saved from babysitting children and cleaning homes, I bought each child and their parents a gift for Christmas. After making these deliveries, a few volunteers and I delivered to individuals who were homeless. Members of our team also bought coffee to help them stay warm. I participated in this event again in February 2022 and I delivered 54 meals to people with low incomes. In February 2022, I participated in a bottle drive for the same youth group. I spent two weeks collecting bottles and donated it to the youth group to help raise money for the same annual retreat. This year, enough money was raised for youth and young adults to attend the retreat for $10 instead of $140. This helped many of the teenagers and young adults at Daystar church come close to God and have fun with other Christians, while following restrictions implemented by Alberta Health Services. Education: Some college/University in Biological and Biomedical Sciences

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