Yesterday I had the oppertunity to teach Core 100 while my instructor was out of town. So instead of MBTI debriefing I decided to take the conversation in a more productive direction. We talked about how to be people who influence change. I took the time to type up the notes we took, and I thought I would share them on here too. Enjoy:
We started with a quote:
“Be the change you want to see in the world” –Gandhi
We took away the words “the world” and broke it down into smaller “worlds” that we found ourselves in everyday. We said we wanted to be the change we saw in:
-This classroom
-On your floor
-Dorm
-Sports team
-job
-church
-family/extended family
-neighborhood
-community
We spent some time talking about what that means, and what we thought about it. Then we spent some time over in James 4: 7-17 and Philippians 2: 1-18 and we did a small devotional about priorities, and imitating Christ’s humility.
Then we broke down the worlds we said we wanted to change and how we could do that if we were imitators of Christ.
In the classroom we could:
-Bring in food to help people wake up
-Plan events that helped other people (service projects)
-Cents of Love (saving change and giving it on top of a tip when we go out to eat)
-Having an RA dinner, where we make dinner for our RA’s
-Shoveling driveways once the snow comes
-Speak up in class
-Engage in one another
-Support group members
On our floor we could:
-Clean up our messes
-Get to know people
-Accessibility (be available when people need something/open doors)
-Eat together and spend time with our floor mates off the floor too.
In our whole dorm building we could:
-Take care of the laundry room
-Hold doors for people
-Proper public behavior, be respectful in lobbies and labs
-Be respectful to other people-Be sensitive with our words
-Seek out relationships with people who live in our downs
-Be intentional with getting to know people
-Serve those around us
-Be present when people need us/be real
-Be authentic
On our sports team we could:
-Be and example
-Be a team player
-Be selfless (know it’s not all about you)
-Encourage
-Show love and grace when people screw-up
-If we’re not on a team we go and support the people we know on teams
