24 Days of Service

In 2008 I was inspired, (you can read about why here) by a blog that I read, to do an acts of service advent calendar. We will take our Acts of Service list seperate them onto strips of paper and put them in a jar. Everyday we will draw one and try our best to accomplish it that day.

Acts of Service (click to print pdf)

make a donation to your local food bank

pray for somebody who needs to know Jesus

read a Christmas book to your children/grandchildren/neighbor

make cards for Holiday Mail for Heroes

do something kind for a stranger

bake a treat for the fire/police station

pray for the homeless

deliver treats to neighbors

do some work at an elderly neighbors house

do something kind for a sibling

tape candy canes with poem to local ATM machines

babysit for a family for free

leave a treat for the mail carrier in your mail box

pray for someone who will be alone on Christmas

pray for someone in the hospital this season

find a way to serve someone in your family

make someone breakfast

bake cookies and deliver them to the a local ministry

be a secret Santa for a friend

take cocoa to the garbage men when they pick up the garbage

greet soldiers at the airport

pick up garbage all day, everywhere you go

take a prayer walk around the neighborhood

take handmade cards to an assisted living facility and deliver them to residents

write thank you notes to your church staff

1 John 3:18-19  Dear children, let’s not merely say that we love each other; let us show the truth by our actions. Our actions will show that we belong to the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before God.