Service is so important because, at the heart of Jesus's ministry, he was always serving others. And so that's how I want to live my life because I want to be serving and putting other people's needs before my own. So whether that's doing service projects here on campus, or doing just different ways, to just show people that I love them by like putting their needs before my own, and to die to myself a little bit to make them know that they're loved, and they're seen.
If you're talking about a Christ-centered education, which Tabor offers service is going to be a key part of it. And I think I learned that when I was at Tabor, that trying to learn how to put others' needs before yourselves, whether it's, you know, fellow students, or you know, going forward in your career and any kind of constituents or stakeholders you have, that's something that Tabor really taught me.
I had the honor of playing sports at Tabor, how can you serve your teammates? How can you serve your opponents? So does that look like being the first one to grab the towel, and so I would describe services reaching for the towel instead of the trophy? Really, that means sacrificing ourselves. It's not the way of the world it's not climbed to the top, but it's lifting others up. It's putting others to the top.
I've had so many positive interactions with the staff pouring into me, I'll go in for a meeting to talk about my classes. And it'll turn into a conversation where they're encouraging me and they're checking in on how I'm doing.
I think service to me is putting others' needs before my own. It's kind of summarized well by the golden rule. Do unto others what you would have them do unto you. You know, it's living as Jesus asked us to live, and I think, Tabor does a great job instilling that, and hopefully, students that come to Tabor go away with that takeaway. And I know I did, and definitely strive to be a better servant each and every day.
