Sometimes it seems like Christians are out to change the world, one service project at a time! And why not?

Significant as they are, service projects are only one part of being a servant of Jesus Christ. Christian service is even more than service learning, it is a way of life. Every culture, socioeconomic group and age group can serve and be served.

Jesus modeled a life of service, fully integrated into his very being. As your congregation deepens its faith life, these resources will assist you in maximizing service in a way that builds up everyone - those serving and those being served.

Leaders that want to grow mature Christians who understand service as a way of life will benefit from the resources we are developing that move beyond "projects" or even "service learning."

Let's face it, when we serve others most of us learn more about our selves and Jesus then we expected. Imagine a whole congregation who understood their community as a community of service. Before you start to feel tired from all that work or overwhelmed with all the planning details remember, we are talking about a new paradigm for living out the Greatest Commandment in Mark 12:19-31...

"Jesus answered, "The first is, 'Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.' The second is this, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these."