Some guiding questions

• National Kidney Foundation

• why people need to do dialysis

• what are the two dialysis treatments 

• What are some of the volunteering programmes that they have

Add photos and/or videos of your preparation. You might want to explore the image carousel to do so too.

Date: 18 October 2022

• Brainstorming stage - 1 hour

• what did you discuss about?

• What was the group's decision?

• Thoughts and Feelings for this stage

Date: 21 Nov 2022  and 22 Nov 2022

• Preparation Stage - 3 hours

• What were your roles?

• What did you have to prepare?

• Thoughts and Feelings

Date: 22 November 2022

Time: 2pm to 3.30pm (update the time based on your centre) (2 hours)

Venue: 

Some reflections questions:

Pre-VIA:

1. What are your expectations for this VIA? 

2. What is 1 thing you hope to accomplish today?

3. How do you feel about interacting with the patients today? Have you done other VIA projects before? What was that experience like?

4. What are you nervous / excited about?

During VIA:

1. Is this activity meaningful for the patients? Should we move on to the next activity

2. Are we spending too much/little time on this activity? 

Post-VIA: 

1. Was your experience what you thought it would be?

2. What was surprising about your experience?

3. What was challenging about your experience?

4. What did you learn about yourself through this experience?

5. Has your view of NKF patients changed after this experience?

6. Do you believe your service made a difference? Why or why not?

7. If you go to the same centre again,  how would you prepare yourselves? What questions would you ask?

8. What worked well? Why?

9.  What I have learnt about dialysis? How can we be advocates of good health or more aware of kidney failure? How do we tell our loved ones about it?

Bible Verses on Creativity

Creativity comes from God because He is the Creator. Whether you are a painter, seamstress, designer, musician, or something else, we all have some level of creativity since we are all made in the image of God. Your gifts and abilities are unique to you, and they reflect a God just as extraordinary.

Read 5 Bible verses about creativity:

“For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.”

Romans 1:20

“O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.”

Psalm 104:24

“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Ephesians 2:10

“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.”

Psalm 139:13-14

“and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills—to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts.”

Exodus 35:31-33

Date: 14 Feb

Time: 2pm to 3.30pm (update the time based on your centre) (2 hours)

Venue: 

Some reflections questions:

Pre-VIA:

1. What are your expectations for this VIA? 

2. What is 1 thing you hope to accomplish today?

3. How do you feel about interacting with the patients today? 

4. What are you nervous / excited about?

During VIA:

1. Is this activity meaningful for the patients? Should we move on to the next activity

2. Are we spending too much/little time on this activity? 

Post-VIA: 

1. Was your experience what you thought it would be?

2. What was surprising about your experience?

3. What was challenging about your experience?

4. What did you learn about yourself through this experience?

5. Has your view of NKF patients changed after this experience?

6. Do you believe your service made a difference? Why or why not?

7. If you go to the same centre again,  how would you prepare yourselves? What questions would you ask?

8. What worked well? Why?

Some guiding questions:

1. 3 things I have learnt through this volunteering experience

2. 2 things I will continue to do after the volunteering experience

3. 1 advice that I would give to myself and my loved ones

You could:

• share a bible verse/ story on how it applies to this particular badgework

Session 1: Brainstorming Session

Date: 22 Aug 2023, Tuesday

What were some of the options you discussed?

What did you decide to do as a cohort?

Session 2: Preparation 1

Date: 29 Aug 2023, Tuesday

Describe what you have decided to do.

What were some of the challenges that you faced?

How did you overcome the challenges?

What do you need to prepare for the next session?

1ession 3: Preparation 2

Date: 17 Oct 2023, Tuesday

Describe what you have decided to do.

What were some of the challenges that you faced?

How did you overcome the challenges?

What do you need to prepare for the next session?

Session 4: Preparation 3

Date: 24 Oct 2023, Tuesday

Describe what you have decided to do.

What were some of the challenges that you faced?

How did you overcome the challenges?

What do you need to prepare for the next session?

Session 5: Actual Day

Date: 31 Oct 2023, Tuesday

What was your role in this session?

Describe how you have carried out the activities for the preschoolers.

What were some of the challenges you faced while carrying out the activities?

How did you overcome them?

What are your thoughts and feelings about the whole VIA?

What advice would you give to the next team as they plan for their VIA?

Photos and/or videos of the VIA Programme

You may want to place individual photos or use carousel to showcase what you have done. 

Bible Verses about Little Children

www.compassionuk.org/blogs/bible-verses-about-children/ |

Choose two or three Bible verses regarding little children and how they reflect how we should train and nurture the little ones. How would you apply these verses to your younger siblings, cousins, or Sunday school children?

Date of Preparation: 27 June 

Date of Delivery: 4 July

1. Choosing a beneficiary: How did you choose which beneficiary to support? What did you learn about the Lions Befrienders organization?

2. Preparing the gifts: What did you buy for the beneficiary? How did you decide what to buy? Did you face any challenges while preparing the gifts?

3. Preparing the cards: What did you write in the cards? How did you personalize them for the beneficiary?

4. Delivering the items: How did you deliver the gifts to the beneficiary? Did you meet them in person? How did they react to your gifts?

5. Reflecting on the experience: What did you learn from this experience? How did it impact you? How can you continue to help the elderly or people who are less fortunate in the future?

Biblical Application

“Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.” - Hebrews 13:16 (ESV)

This verse reminds us that we should always strive to do good and share what we have with others. By helping the elderly or people who are less fortunate, we are making a sacrifice that is pleasing to God. As you reflect on your experience with GB Friend in Deeds, remember that your actions have made a positive impact on someone’s life.