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Come for the fun. Stay for the faith.
Giao Ly is a group unlike any other. We have a lot of fun together, and also share a desire to grow deeper in our faith and help others grow it, too!
Whether you are originally attracted to being around great friends and people, or to develop your leadership skills, or even to get some community service credit hours, there is a role for you. Plus, this volunteer leadership looks great on a resume!
Catechist Matching
For the coming year, we recognize that we will have needs for many catechists and volunteers across all programs. Some programs will have much higher needs than other. Please pray, discern, and keep an open mind on where you are called to serve. We hope to have everyone help in their first choice, but if there are needs from other classes, you might be called to help serve there.
What will I do?
- Coach students in activities by example (do everything that the students must do)
- Help with variety of classroom tasks
- Dependable and focused on spirit of service
Growth Opportunities:
- Lead prayers, songs, activities written by others
- Help settle and manage specific individuals
- Share personal stories : testimonies of their faith experience (written personally before hand)
Commitments:
- Communicate regularly with class coordinator and other catechists in class.
- Spirit: Consistently try to build regular practices of the faith, such as weekly Masses and
- Knowledge:
- Participate in class planning
- Participate in program’s training
What will I do?
- Committed to planning classes and preparation
- Create and plan ice-breakers and games which tie into the lesson plan
- Able to reference the Catechism
- Someone who can start connecting the lesson with personal feelings
- Awareness of classroom management and can identify problem behaviors before issues arise
Growth Opportunities
- Write and share personal reflections on bible readings
- Lead class reflections written by others
- Lead small group discussions from a worksheet
- Read and engage in more Catholic materials, media, and books in personal time
- Deepen understanding of your catholic faith
Commitments:
- Actively contribute to the positive spirit of the program in each contact.
- Spirit: Be comfortable and at home with regular practices of faith, such as weekly Masses, regular confession, and other traditions.
- Knowledge:
- Seek to understand each lesson in the context of the whole year, work with catechists to share the lesson with the students
- Participate in program’s training
What will I do?
- Contribute to large portions of a lesson plan which can be used by others easily.
- Show a lot of creativity and insight in lessons.
- Find the deeper meaning of the lesson and articulate it clearly.
- Continually find new and effective ways to relate to students through media, the arts, and relationships.
- Identify and fill in gaps to tie activities and lessons together.
- Lead small and large group discussions within the right amount of time.
- Effectively tie the Catechism into lesson plans and activities.
- Handle classroom management and can resolve problems or challenges
Growth Opportunities
- Guide and mentor Assistant Catechists
- Ask for feedback and willingness to accept suggestions/criticism from others
Commitments:
- Work with the class coordinator to foster a loving spirit in both the class and across classes… in the whole program.
- Spirit: Personally seek understanding (and sometimes struggling) with one’s faith and teachings of the church, and recognize God’s presence in one’s life through both ups and downs.
- Knowledge:
- Understand the whole program’s mission and logic of the whole year, help assistant catechists focus on the key points of the program year.
- Continue to learn and enrich one’s faith and one’s effectiveness as a catechist.
- Actively encourage assistant catechists to participate in program’s training, partly by actively participating in it and contributing to it.
What will I do?
- Show tremendous level of understanding and maturity in class handling, planning, and working together.
- Effectively lead to ensure curriculum is covered correctly.
- Inspire and able to help coach other catechists to grow.
Growth Opportunities
- Assemble and deliver full lesson plans
- Determine what’s missing in a class plan
- Delegate specific lesson plans items to others, and make sure they deliver it well
- Seeks out new sources and materials, and tying them into the lesson plan
Commitments:
- Keep informed from the Ban Phục Vụ and share with fellow catechists in the class and inform Ban Phục Vụ of achievements and challenges.
- Spirit: Having personally experienced the joy and safety of God’s unconditional love, share this joyful and calm love with fellow catechists and students, particularly in time of conflicts.
- Knowledge:
- Understand the whole program’s mission and logic through all 11 years, help catechists focus on the key points of the program year.
- Continue to learn and enrich both one’s faith and one’s effectiveness as a leader and catechist.
- Actively encourage all catechists to participate in program’s training, partly by actively participating in it and contributing to it.
What will I do?
- Help us organize and register all families and students
- Help with tracking registration payments, special accommodation requests, and attendance
- Help reach out and connect with parents when needed
What will I do?
- We have need of nurses and physician assistants for our medical office
- We need facility helpers to keep the building in tip-top shape
- We need volunteers to set up and take down equipment, tables, and chairs
- Anything else that is needed on a class-by-class basis