Friday, February 2, 2007

Youth Ministry Thursday

Service Projects

 

1. Cookout for city sanitation workers. Have you ever noticed those guys who ride around and pick up the trash on your curb? Have you ever thought they may not feel appreciated? In most cities the sanitation workers meet a couple of times a week for lunch in the area they're working. Call the city and ask where the sanitation workers in your area meet and on what days. Once you have this information, get your group together and plan a cookout for the workers. Make invitations and deliver them a week in advance. Go ahead and ask if they will come. Chances are good they won't turn down a free meal. When they arrive at the cookout, seat them, serve them, and clean up after them. The only thing they have to do is show up, eat, and be honored.

 

2. Bake and take. Meet at the church building or a home and bake a large batch of cookies. Have the teens do all the cooking, packaging and cleaning. When the cookies are ready take them to area nursing homes, or to the nurse stations at the hospitals. Try to arrange with the hospital to come at a shift change so the nurses leaving can take some cookies home, and those who are coming on can start their shift on a positive note.

 

3. Clean houses. Teens do not have the reputation for keeping their rooms neat. Blow your congregation away by offering their house cleaning services. Designate a Saturday and ask your church members to sign up a week in advance to have their house cleaned. Provide the service free of charge, but humbly accept any donations to add to the youth fund.

 

Zone Members: Read the complete article of "10 Great Service Projects"

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Paul & Al

 

 

 

 

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