Volunteering
Wondering how God has called you to serve in the church? We have compiled a list of spiritual gifts tests to help you find your place in ministry.
TechMission ChristianVolunteering.org provides a manual and trainings for volunteer managers, which are intended to help streamline the process of recruiting volunteers and getting them into the proper place within your ministry.
Both volunteers and volunteer managers can find training resources at the UrbanMinistry.org volunteering wiki encyclopedia.
TechMission's volunteer training webcasts will help you learn how to find a ministry that suits your interests and how to serve there effectively.
Mayowa always wanted to use his computer skills to help out his neighbors...
Read this and other exciting stories of volunteers just like you doing really wonderful things in their communities.
Course 308 - Food Services
Submitted by jarboe on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 15:28.Course 308 - Food Services (3 credits)
An introduction to the operations of a rescue mission food service. Topics include nutrition and menu planning, principles of food procurement and purchase, food handling and preparation, systems of serving and food service equipment, sanitation and health standards, budgeting and cost controls, preventative maintenance, record keeping, inventories. Also includes a look at using volunteers and clients in rescue mission food service operations.
Do U C What I C? - A Preference for the Poor
Submitted by CSM on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 12:18.
Check out this really interesting
blog post (and following discussion) about God's heart for the poor among us. Do you as a Christian struggle with reaching out in practical ways to the poor and oppressed? In what ways does your church show love and compassion to the "least of these"?- center for student missions
- csm
- Homelessness
- Housing
- Hunger/Food Ministry
- Immigration/Refugee
- Incarnational Ministry
- Inspirational
- Leadership
- Legal Aid Services/Advocacy
- Organizational Development
- Partnerships
- Poverty
- Reconciliation
- Short-Term Missions
- Social Class
- Suburban/Urban Partnerships
- Theology/Biblical
- Volunteering
- Youth Ministry
- Community Development
Spring Update from Nashville
Submitted by CSM on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 12:11.
Life Lessons from Houston
Submitted by CSM on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 12:31.
A group from St. Martin's Episcopal Church was serving at the Beacon downtown in Houston. This ministry is a day center that provides a variety services to the homeless. Some of the kids were working in the clothing distribution area along with some other volunteers.
Life is unfair. Why can't I get what I want? If I only had... I need... Why me? Sound familiar? I think we all get that way from time to time. I catch myself saying it all the time. But, as much as I say it, do I realize what God has given me? Can I even begin to count my blessings?
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