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| back2school 2011 volunteers & kids |
Make the
most of every opportunity in these evil days.
For you have
been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your
freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one
another in love.
Let’s continue our conversation about opportunities
for the upcoming new year (only a few days away). To this point we have talked about giving and
mentoring. Today we are picking up the
subject of volunteering.
I love volunteers.
The church I serve as well as the organizations I am a part of would NOT
function without great volunteers. These
people aren’t paid, but are worth lots of pay.
These people have variety of talents that make all of us stronger. We need volunteers.
Life is busy, my life is busy every day. Yet I chose to volunteer my time and energy
with some great organizations like Raceway Ministries, our local homeless
coalition and more. Where are you
volunteering your time? There are so
many opportunities where you live. Go on
a little search through the newspaper, the phonebook or even the internet. There are churches, non-profits, hospitals, homeless
shelters and women’s shelters, group homes, service organizations, soup
kitchens, schools and lots more. Find a
place where you fit in.
For 2012 there are several things on my priority list
as far as volunteers go…
Let me first say how important and vital and loved
our church leaders are to me. They
volunteer thousands of hours annually to our church and to other
organizations. We have people who volunteer
every day we are open. Would you like to
help us at The Community Fellowship? Call us at 276-647-8231 and talk with Donna
or email info@thecommunityfellowship.org.
You know, if you read what I write very often, that
our Dream Center is very important
and close to my heart. In this next year
we plan to open the housing part after the purchase of a building. We currently have several volunteers and
several hundreds of people each month, but we are about to need more volunteers. These volunteers need to be health care or
mental health professionals, counselors, carpenters, cooks, and too many things
to list. To volunteer call 276-647-8233
and talk with John or Steve. You can
also email info@TCDC.info.
Raceway
Ministry volunteers work only a few
weekends a month in Martinsville, but at each of those weekends we need between
70 and 100 volunteers. These folks serve
through our ministry tents where refreshments are given out, worship services
happen and lots of conversations happen.
It’s all about Jesus. We also
deal with guest services that include the ADA golf cart service. Email Eldred at thetshirtshop@comcast.net for more
information. You can call me as well.
Volunteering on mission
trips is also a great opportunity.
Many churches offer several trip a year.
Our church goes on a couple trips a year (in 2011 that included working
at a boys ranch in West Virginia, the LA Dream Center and a few day long
opportunities in and around our community).
Keep your eyes open for these opportunities. Ask questions.
back2school is a time when we need hundreds of volunteers who
will serve more than 1,000 students in our community. Volunteers will cut hair, work in the
clothing area, wash feet and give new shoes, share with kids of all ages and
more. My hope is that we will go from
one location to several and go from serving 1,000 kids to 3 or 4,000. That means we are looking for churches,
community leaders and organizations to partner with us. It is an incredible time that many people have
helped with the last 4 years. 2012 will
be bigger and better than ever. I ask
for your help. Let me know you want to
help. Call 276-647-8231 and talk with me or Michelle. Send me an email to info@thecommunityfellowship.org.
When we serve, we honor God. The Bible tells us that serving others
demonstrates the fact that we love God and love people. By following God and drawing closer to Him,
the more we will want to serve and love others.
For even the
Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a
ransom for many.
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