As the swift breeze of September brushed my shoulder, I found myself drawn into a deeper contemplation of my spiritual path. This contemplation was provoked by a sense of transformation—one that I might best describe as transformation through destruction. Living in the JSC house has reaffirmed my decision to be part of this program, which […]
Fellows
Reflections on Orientation, by Tamara
Hello! My name is Tamara Royster and I am one of the JSC fellows for this year! It has been nearly four weeks since we arrived and I think we’re all finally getting into a rhythm of sorts. Orientation was a lot for many of us and provided the other fellows and I with plenty […]
Tasha’s End of Year Reflections
Hello everyone! My name is Tasha Graham, one of the soon-to-be “graduating” fellows here at the Johnson Service Corps. It’s wild to think that our program year is almost up. These past 10.5 months have flown by, but the end came slowly somehow. I came into this program with so many goals in mind. One […]
Dina’s April Reflections
Hello everyone! I last wrote my blog post in October. Wow, time has flown. April has been a good month. We have had many things going on such as starting the Praxis project amongst all the other Friday formation stuff and work. We are definitely being kept busy! As our year starts to wrap up, […]
Lynn’s March Reflections
Hello JSC Community! This is Lynn speaking! I did the first blog post back in August (gosh, can you believe how time has flown), so I have tons of stuff to talk about! The focus, though, of this blog post is going to be my journey into integrating with Durham. For those who don’t know, […]
Charles’s February Reflections
Hello everyone! According to my rough calculation, the beginning of February marked the halfway point of the JSC program year. Right around then, I finally changed my default one-word response to the question “How’s JSC?” from “Good” to “Challenging.” I guess that doesn’t sound like a very positive development, but hopefully it’s just a step […]
Tasha’s January Reflections
Hello, Tasha here! Happy New Year! It’s wild to think that we are nearly halfway through our program year for (JSC). I’m trying not to think about it too much, to be completely honest. But I think we have all finally settled back into the groove of things now. This past month for me was […]
Rofida’s December Reflections
Hi, I’m Rofida Bakheet, and I’ve done more Christmas stuff this month than I’ve ever done in my life. Christmas Parties, Christmas Karaoke, Gingerbread Houses, Secret Santa, the Polar Express, even an Ugly Sweater silent disco – I’ve done all of it. God bless! And I’m about to tell you all about it. The first […]
Trey’s November Reflections
Hi, I’m Trey, I’m one of the JSC fellows of the ’23-’24 year. This month was a great one for the JSC fellows; this was a month filled with reflection, introspection, and fun. The month was packed from start to finish with the Reality Ministries talent show, the Avila Retreat, the fundraiser dinner, and many […]
Dina’s October Reflections
Hello everyone!My name is Caroline Kothari (she/they). Last year I served with the Young Adult Volunteer Program (YAV) with the Presbyterian Church of U.S.A (PCUSA) in New Orleans, Louisiana. I’m from Philadelphia, PA. These first two months with Johnson Service Corps (JSC) have been great! I didn’t grow up in the Episcopal Church so it […]