Knowing how to do the service is one point that is important, but understanding why you do it is important as well. Doing it for the wrong purpose would mean that the person's moral values are wrong and the recipient of the service will also not receive the best treatment that was supposed to be given to them. However, as Mr Tan said, the two should coexist with one another to produce the best result.

Another reason why learning is more important than service is due to the fact that a number of volunteers sometimes do not even understand the purpose of committing the service, but only for the rewards given. As such, it is not the will to drive them forward, but rather their greed. Following this attitude, the recipients of the service might not receive the best treatment from the service. Just sayin. Again. Hi.

To me, I feel that learning is a more important focus. Service without any learning value is meaningless. Having nothing learnt is equivalent to being forced to carry out the service without any sincerity in doing so. Although carrying out a service for others is important too, if nothing is learnt while carrying out the service, no matter how much effort is put in to the service, you might never improve on your next service to make it better. In addition to that, although doing a service for others is to provide assistance to them, another point of doing services for others is to put oneself in their shoes to feel for them. This is turn builds our character and when one has a good character, the recipients of the service will feel even better, thus justifying my point on why learning is more important than service. Just sayin.