BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha

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One major way I am involved in the community is through religion. I follow a branch of Hinduism that is known as the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha which is a spiritual, volunteered organization dedicated to improving society through individual growth by fostering the Hindu ideals of faith, unity, and selfless service. Every Sunday, My family and I spend the whole day at a temple located in Brunswick, Ohio where we attain information about god, morals, values and even religious topics through "sabha" which is like a Sunday school. Also throughout the day we spend time doing "seva" or volunteering by cleaning, organizing sabhas for younger kids, and doing any other opportunity that has been given to me from others. Even Though this happens every …show more content…

Not only do i do voluntary work on Sundays at temple but I take on the role of being a Regional Administrator for my religion known as the BAPS or Bochasanwasi Akshar-Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha. Being a Regional Administrator has many responsibilities to come with it. One of the aspects is to oversee all the temples that are located in the Midwest. Another aspect is that I have to make reports based on the numbers collected by the individual temples. Due to this role, there are always conference calls that I have to attend late at night. These calls consist of people that have the role of helping the BAPS regionally. Usually during the summer season, a camp is held for kids and teenagers so that they can further their knowledge of our religion, and for these camps I would have to create a registration site, method of payment, on-site check in, and eventually a report that would be a summary of the camp. One of the biggest projects for the BAPS is happening in July 2018. The BAPS is holding National Convention for all of the kids and teenagers that go to the temples in the USA. And for that, I have been handling the registration process and method of payment, and all together about 10,000 kids and teenagers combined have registered. Due to this role, I have gained many soft skills that will help me out in the …show more content…

The conference had about 300 people consisting of males and females that had the same goal in common and that was to learn how they can become better in there local volunteering. My Regional Administrator Lead had told me about this speaking opportunity a month before the conference but it wasn't confirmed that I would be speaking. Since there was no confirmation, I never really prepared at all. When the time came to go to the conference in December, my friends and I traveled down to Cincinnati hoping for a time that would be filled with unmeasurable memories and insight that would help us out in our volunteering. On the morning of the second day there, my lead told me that I was going to be able to speak in front of the people there. After he told me this, I was very confused and nervous as to what I was going to talk about but he reassured me by helping me in any way possible and told me that God was always going to be there for me. I managed to overcome my nervousness and presented. Everyone told me that I did an amazing job and nailed the message to

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