We're Going on a Field Trip! Part 2

This is part 2 of a previous blog about how we all need a field trip in our lives to break the routine and make things interesting.  Why not make it a field trip to serve others? The previous blog was the WHY we need a field trip.  This is the HOW.

Put Your Faith into Action

There are hundreds of ideas of ways to serve others.  Like the woman at the well (John 4:1-26), Jesus served as a lifestyle by meeting people right where they were, not planning big events.  You don’t have to plan a big event either.  Just start serving (regularly, throughout the year - not just during the holidays). 

Here are a few ideas to get you started . . .

• Serve a meal at a homeless shelter
• Read a book at a school
• Visit the elderly in a nursing home
•  Do crafts at an after school program
•  Deliver baked goods to a rescue station
•  Give clothes to a family in need
• Take magazines for those in the hospital
• Play outside with a child of a single mom
• Take a family a meal - just because
• Volunteer at a community event
• Invite a friend, neighbor, coworker  to church
• Give a bible to a someone that doesn’t have one
• Plant flowers for a neighbor or at a community agency
• Give a manicure to an elderly person and listen to their stories
•  Tutor a child after school
• Give travel size hygiene items to a homeless ministry
• Babysit for a single parent or foster family
• Wash a car for a family in need
• Sort items at a local food bank
•  Help with office work at a community agency
•  Give baby items to a local pregnancy center
• Send a thank you card to someone who has influenced you lately
• Mow the lawn of someone else 
• Sing a song to someone in the hospital

     

Ask God . . .

• "Where do you want me to go today Lord?”
•  “Who can be impacted by Your love today through me?” 

Then, GO.   You will be amazed how God will increase your excitement and reveal your purpose not just for you but those you are serving as well.    

How can I make a difference?  

How can serving change your family, your church, even your city? The common factor in all of these circles of people is YOU!  As you gain excitement because of something new, as you discover your purpose, as you begin to serve in your strengths, others will see this change.  They will begin to serve too. As more are serving, more needs will be met.  

As you (and others) serve and share the gospel of Jesus Christ, more people will be saved.  The act of one can turn into the acts of a city very quickly.  It is the fulfillment of the calling on each of our lives as believers of Jesus Christ (starting in your “Jerusalem” – your circle of influence). 

“You shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.” Acts 1:8