Living Judaism within a Jewish environment is easy. It’s understanding how to live Judaism in the rest of the world that’s hard. And that’s exactly what we’re teaching our Mitzvah Corps participants how to do.
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Post-Summer Reflections… MCS
by Andrew Paull Mitzvah Corps of the South, Student Life Coordinator With the High Holy Days come and gone, and the New Year now fully underway, recalling your experiences of the past summer may be a challenge, unless your summer was an experience where you learned lifelong skills, made friends from all over the country [...]
BAMC, JPC, and H4H – acronyms of awesomeness!
We continued to spend the afternoon cutting, measuring, and nailing fiberglass that was used to waterproof the side of the house. At 4 PM Dusty arrived to take four people back to the dorms. The remaining three of us managed to convince Sam to take us on an adventure to the donut shop across the street. Don’t worry, we brought back donut holes for everyone!
UMC is both impacting, and being impacted by, Play SAFE
We are two days into our second jobsite, and I can honestly say these kids are changing my life…
Birthdays and Building Excitement
After dinner we had a heated discussion about out ideal communities and headed to bead early with building excitement for Tuesday because it is no longer Tuesday, but it is Rebecca’s birthday.
Mitzvah Corps of the South, Signing Off
We will also bring our experiences back to our own communities, to our synagogues and youth groups, sharing about all the volunteering, community building, and fun. It has been a life-changing experience we will never forget.
