Servolution

Just doing some quick blog reading in my google reader and read about Amy's church's annual Servolution where thousands of people from her congregation serve the city in areas such as:

• handing out bottled water
• painting houses
• delivering food
• manicures/pedicures
• block party
• lawn service
• visiting the nursing homes
• delivering gifts to the kids in the pediatrics ward at local hospitals
• mobile medical and dental clinics
• clean-up and repair of a local school
• car washes

It was interesting to me to read about what her church did this week-end because it was coincidentally our church's (yes I know that takes you to Kensington CC but we still attend services there) annual week-end to ask for new volunteers to step up to serve each other in our own church in areas such as Treasure Island, Coffee, Security, Ushers, etc. It is my dream that Communitas members will do things like Amy's church did on a weekly basis, not just annually.

This week-end, our family spent a few hours on Saturday in Detroit serving the homeless community with a BBQ. It has become a monthly event for us. With our new small group that is forming, we are going to try to do a serving activity twice a month. It's not weekly, but it is a huge step from where we were one full year ago.