The basic premise of being Sessions Coordinator is to organize and execute sessions. Beyond that, it's all up to you. You can choose to have a talk or an activity, you can choose to invite a guest speaker (whether it be a priest, lay person or even your fellow cosduan) or lead the session yourself, you can choose a fundamental catholic topic or a current media one. Sometimes the abundance of options can seem overwhelming but our spiritual guides, Fr Thinh & Sr Delma, as well as your committee are there to help.
I ran for sessions coordinator because I wanted to help my fellow cosduans grow in their faith. I wrote/said "The thing is, I'm not trying to tell you one fact or another and at the end of the it, I cant promise you that my sessions will give you an epiphany or cause you to be full of passion and fire. I cant even promise you that I or the speaker will have an answer for all the questions, some of which, like the philosophical ones, may not even have concrete answers. What I do hope and pray for is that from what I offer, you will be able to live as St Paul encouraged Timothy, "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity."
Some of the topics I managed, with much help, to organize, which I, and hopefully some other people, learnt from:
Who is God? by Fr Robin Koning SJ
The Human Person and Morality by Fr Norman Ford sdb
The Environment & Us by Jian Sheng Ooi
Prayer By Fr Thinh Nguyen
Discernment by Br Plinio Martins SJ
Faith & Reason. By Fr John Joel Vergara
Christian Friendship by Fr Thinh
Taize meditation session
Trivia Night
My regret is that I was unable to organize the one session I set myself out to do which was a debate.
One year later or somewhere in-between, I made that realization that no two persons will have the same faith journey. But I believe that everything happens for a reason and exactly the way it was meant to be (no, I am not talking about predestination) and so my term as sessions coordinator is whatever it is. It is now up to YOU!
[Thank You, commies =p.]
Being in the comm in general has been a great experience.
When I was in high school, my band instructor gave us three rules:
1. Do all things for the glory of God.
2. Character before trophies.
3. Have FUN!
And I found that being in the committee has given me the opportunity for all three. Being in the cosdu committee is about helping your other committee members, not just completing your task as sessions coordinator. It is about serving the cosdu community and the greater catholic population. Use the this time to learn new skills and build character but most of all, have fun because having been chosen by God and having chose God in return means being truly and wholly joyful.
You don’t have to know exactly why you want to do this. Be in the committee because you want to serve, because you are called to serve. If you do feel that inkling in your heart, don’t be afraid or worried. God chose you and called you, exactly as you are. God is not calling the you of yesterday or tomorrow. He is calling you here and now, the very person you are today with all your strengths, and not-so-strong traits. You are a testament to the beauty of God's Grace and majestic power. Henri Nouwen said, "I am deeply convinced that the Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self."
Pray to the Lord for the wisdom to recognize the signs that He puts before you, the courage to follow through with whatever it shall be, the heart to accept it and continue to seek to love and please Him.
I look forward to the what the next committee puts together. =)
cheers,
Donna
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