| Ideas for Day of Service |
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Ideas for Day of Service for God's Creation:
- Creation care chapel service/ teaching day on creation care
- Organize a tree planting event on your campus!
- Host a campus-wide garbage clean-up
- Cut down on energy, and mobilize your dorm-mates to reseal your dorm's windows!
- Get a group together and conduct an energy audit for campus dorms - Encourage students to fast from technology for the day - Have folks sign a pledge to carpool, walk or bike for the day!
- Encourage students and faculty to tithe 10 percent of a workweek to spend time outside in God's creation!
- Host a bike maintenance stand to encourage students to bike around campus! - To live simply, encourage students to fast from buying anything for the day! And instead ask folks to focus their time and energy on prayer and relationships. - Work with your biology or landscaping department to plan a battle against invasive plant species on campus. - Set up a craft area to teach people how to make their own eco-friendly laundry detergent, notebooks, soaps, etc. Then send those materials to a local charity!
- Challenge the student body to go waste-free for a day! This is super-difficult, but a great reminder of how much unneeded waste each of creates every day. (Americans create an average of 4lbs of waste per a person each day!) Give a presentation on where the waste from your campus goes, and provide ideas for cutting back on unneeded waste. - Partner with a local conservation organization to organize a service project in your community. - Look up a local conservancy or similar group that manages parks and natural areas, and plan a trail-maintenance outing for your campus! - Set up a campus table and have pledge cards for students to fill out. Include thoughtful and/or practical ideas of ways for students to spend the day serving like Christ - with a heart for all of God's creation (people, creatures, and ecosystems). Include a tear-off portion for the student to keep as a reminder. - Offer to do an educational presentation on creation care for a local church- or for your dorm! - Host an end-of-year recycling extravaganza! Collect batteries and other recyclables and donate used furniture, shoes, clothes, and appliances to a local charity! Many of these materials get thrown out and sent to landfills as students are moving out of the dorms- when they could bless a local family instead! - Hold a "local foods" potluck. Give a presentation on sustainable eating, and invite farmers from the area to attend. A great way to have fun and get to know your community! - And the end of the day, invite students, faculty, and community members to attend a prayer service under the stars! Thank God for His amazing creation, and ask for guidance as our campuses and communities seek to become better stewards of God's earth! Also, please do email us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for questions and/or guidance- or if you have any ideas or examples to share. Happy Serving! |