opportunities
YOU GOT SERVED!!!
SO, here are some opportunities for you to serve:
Not sure about about getting involved? Well, check out Matthew 25:31 and following... Or maybe take a peak at what James calls "pure" religion at the end of his first chapter. Still not convinced? What about the second chapter of Philippians? Remember this, we do NOT serve others to get God to like us! We have been served by the God of heaven (because He already "likes" us) and therefore we can't help but serve others.
Check out these websites for details:
Streets - serving impoverished youth in the Memphis metropolitan area
www.streetsministries.org
SOS, Service Over Self - exists to glorify God by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed through urban home repair camps.
www.sosmemphis.org
LifeChoices - Life Choices is the only evangelically oriented pregnancy help medical clinic and adoption agency serving Shelby County.
www.lifechoicesmemphis.org
Habitat For Hope - offers many types of support for families enduring childhood cancer and life threatening illness.
www.habitatforhope.org
Memphis Union Mission - ministers to the physical, spiritual, and emotional needs of men, women and children who are homeless, addicted, and in crisis.
www.memphisunionmission.org
*At the heart of the GOSPEL is the reality that YOU have been served. "Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many." - Mt. 20:28
I know college students may not have tons of money to give away but we can find time (if we are willing) to volunteer and serve others around us. Please consider how the truth of the gospel moves us towards others and empowers us to love and serve them!