St. James Field Trip

I learned that depending on your position in life and what age you are, you tend to interpret bible readings differently; mainly because you are comparing the readings to your own experiences and events that you can relate to. For instance I personally haven’t lived long enough in order to have felt like the widow in the reading we had, but a lady across from me talked about when she had gotten married and several things happened to her that felt like she was the widow in that situation.

            I learned also that our perspective as teenagers or young adults on priests and deacons are skewed because we tend to have a set attitude and personality. The two priests that I sat next, one that was a priest at Holy Spirit, and the other the priest at St. Luke’s both were very chill and actually very nice and open. They talked to be as if I was an adult and that my opinion on everything was very important and extremely interested in what I had to say.  The other women who were in my group taught me to be thankful for what I have and that your opinion counts more than anything; listen to yourself and follow through.

            This experience makes me want to contribute to my community and become a part of a church community. They made me feel as though anyone was welcome in their church and they’re open to hearing others opinions about life and scripture. It made me want to make an effort to help people in my community who are less fortunate than I, and volunteer with Together Baton Rouge more often than I have. It made me realize that the opinions of religious members in our community aren’t correct and everyone needs to have an open mind about them. Everyone needs to be involved in our community and if everyone could experience what we did at this gathering, everyone would realize that it is important to be involved in our community. I personally loved this experience and it changed my opinion of religious leaders in our community.