Reflection
Find the June 2024 Reflection attached below!
We Seek to Value People’s Gifts
In our third Service Principle, “We Seek to Value People’s Gifts,” we say that “we believe every person has gifts to share.” This isn’t just saying something nice, like handing out participation trophies to everyone who enters a competition. We truly believe that everybody has gifts. The challenge is often recognizing gifts and abilities that seem a little different from the norm. Our Service Principle goes on to say that people with disabilities are at risk of “not having their gifts recognized, valued, and celebrated.” The New RevolutionChoir CD did not win any major recording artist awards. Neither did it sell out – quite the contrary. Sometimes, though, all it takes is for one person to truly appreciate someone’s gifts for that person to feel valued and celebrated. The choir shared their gifts of enthusiasm and music. Nicole and Ken shared their time, expertise, and care. Then, the mother and daughter shared their gift of encouragement, letting many others know how much the album meant to them. A couple of things are needed to value and celebrate people’s gifts, like we talk about in this service principle, our core value of “celebrating gifts,” and in our 2024 theme.
