SERVE.EVERYBODY.

SERVE.EVERYBODY.2012 | February 29 - March 4, 2012

For SERVE.EVERYBODY. 2012, we had….
1 Christ Church truck with 4 truck drivers
1 garage cleaned out at a 4KIDS foster home
3 homes painted, 3 yards graded, 2 roofs trussed, and over 60 volunteers fed and hydrated at Habitat for Humanity
3.5 miles walked by 30 adults and kids, with food donations for the Blessings Food Pantry
5 gallons of cleanser
6 bikes given away
7 pet rescue agencies at the Pet ‘n Park project, adopting out 2 puppies
8 gallons of ice cream
8 heavily loaded grocery carts of food from shoppers at Winn-Dixie
9 parents given respite care at Paul’s Place and 18 pizzas for their children
34 custom-made dresses for women in Africa through Taylor's Closet
40 bikes repaired
69 duffel bags of toiletries and pajamas for children going into emergency shelter
83 gallons of paint
90 haircuts for homeless men & women
92 preschool crafts
118 toiletry kits for Hope South Florida
130 yards of mulch
150 goody bags for pets
192 children's books read at local schools
216 bags of food sorted and stacked at sparkling clean Blessings Food Pantry
230 rolls of toilet paper for The Shepherd’s Way
276 Carry Out for Kids bags of food for 92 families for the week of Spring Break
220 meatloaf dinners and 300 ham dinners for Love-in-Action guests at Hope Central
200 dinners prepared and served for residents at the Broward Partnership for the Homeless
769 hot dogs for families at God’s Little Lambs and the Child Development Center
Over 1,000 photos by 9 photographers
1,127 We Care bags for people in need
1,280 peanut butter & honey sandwiches prepared for hungry guests at the Pantry
6,880 letters and notes of affirmation written to students, the homeless, and men and women in the United States Armed Forces
Countless prayers over these 6 days
and so, so much more, including…
117 awesome project leaders with 1,154 volunteers serving 2,453 hours all because of the love they have for ONE God!

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"You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind." This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself"

(Matthew 22:37-39).

When Jesus is asked to name the greatest commandment, he responds by naming these two commandments: love God with everything that is in you, and love the people around you. He reminds us that if we love God, we'll also begin to grow in our love for our neighbors. Our most authentic expressions of love for others are rooted in the knowledge of God's perfect love for us. One flows naturally into the other.

This is the motivation behind Serve.Everybody. Serving is an essential part of who we are as Christians, as much a part of us as worship, study, and prayer. God designed us to need each other, and reaching out to people in love stretches us in ways that cause us to depend more fully on God.

Through Serve.Everybody., we are reminded of the numerous ways in which each of us can demonstrate God’s love by service to others on a continuing, year-round basis.