Serve 

1 Peter 4:10  Serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.

Ideas from Children’s Messages Summer 2021

  • Sign up with family or friends for a food packing event –Feed My Starving Children or Meals from the Heart Event.
  • Help wash your parent’s, grandparent’s, or neighbor’s car.
  • Give away Freezies or something cool on a hot day!
  • Host a lemonade stand and donate some of the money to a favorite non-profit organization.
  • Pick strawberries and use them to make a special treat for a neighbor.
  • Write a thank you note.
  • Write chalk messages of encouragement or kindness.
  • Welcome someone who is new to your school or neighborhood.
  • Teach your brother, sister, friend, or neighbor how to do something.
  • Paint rocks, or write kind messages on them and leave them for someone to find,
  • Volunteer as a Greeter or Usher at church.
  • Help prepare and/or serve meals for community dinner.
  • Help serve communion at church (age 12 and up).
  • Volunteer to set up for VBS (any age) or help as a God Squad Leader (Middle School).
  • Go on a Mission Trip during the summer (Middle School).
  • Grow a garden and donate some produce.
  • Clean up at a local beach or park.
  • Volunteer for Garden Ministry at St. Andrew’s (pick up trash, lay mulch, pick weeds, etc.)

And more ideas…

Email Beth Hamen at childrens@saintandrews.org with questions on how to get started or to share your ideas about other ways to serve!