Christian Service
What is Christian Service?
Service by definition is “the action of helping or doing work for someone.” Christian Service means being Christ for those you serve and seeing Christ in those you serve. There is a difference between Christian Service and simply volunteering your time to do something nice. Christian Service requires you follow Christ’s example of engaging with your community to make an impact on God’s creation.
Virtual options for Christian Service during the pandemic:
- Contact a local nursing home and get the names of all the residents from a wing of their center – write them each a personal note of encouragement and support and mail them.
- Create hygiene kits and mail them to a homeless shelter.
- Contact a grade school that is also shut down and see if you are able to offer virtual tutoring to any of their students.
- Sew masks for area hospitals - there are plenty of how-tos online, and Jo-Ann Fabrics is even willing to donate fabric for the cause!
- Write Letters to Troops.
- Send a card, letter or note to someone undergoing chemotherapy.
- Make snack packs for the Ronald McDonald House.
- Make tie blankets to be donated to a homeless shelter or nursing home.
- Contact the organization where you were doing service hours and see if they have any specific needs. You can create a virtual drive and ask people to donate. (example: If you were volunteering at a school, ask people to send you school supplies or if it was at an animal shelter, ask people to donate pet food.)
What are the objectives of Christian Service?
Guidelines:
Acceptable Service Activities:
Unacceptable Service Activities:
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