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FLAME TEEN HANDOUT

Week 4 - Service

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. 1 Peter 4:10

What act of service that you’ve done are you most proud of?

Ever ask yourself “Why Volunteer?” You’re not the only one. Read this and find out how other’s have answered the question.

https://www.serviceleader.org/volunteers/why

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Key Ideas for this week

Why are FLAME teens are asked to

offer 20 hours of CS each year?

Read on for the two most compelling reasons. 1. God’s wants us to

If we are to be known as Christ’s disciples we must become servants to all. In other words CS is not optional; it is required of Christian disciples

The Gospel calls us each to the Christian responsibility to participate in acts of service, mercy, charity, justice and peace in our local and global communities.

“Faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:17).

Social Justice is a valued part of the Catholic faith as it is proclaimed and lived out within the Holy Family Catholic community

2. It is good for us

Service learning (or learning by doing service) helps learners: 1. Explore or cement one’s values and beliefs 2. Have opportunities to act on ones’s values and beliefs 3. Gain hands-on experience 4. Grow in one’s understanding of diverse cultures and

communities 5. Learn more about social issues and their root causes 6. Improve one’s ability to handle ambiguity and be open

to change; become more flexible 7. Develop or enhance one’s skills, especially in the areas

of communication, collaboration, and leadership 8. Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills

Participation in CS promotes:

positive self-esteem personal happiness increases the chance of being successful

Participation in CS is one of the most effective strategies for dealing with the impact of stress as well as anxiety and depression.

It is almost a requirement these days on a college resume

Is he taking or returning? Serving or being

served? Why?

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When I hear the word service this is what comes into my mind. . .

Read “Why is community service important to me? @

http://www.teenink.com/hot_topics/community_service/article/260358/Why-is-Community-Service-important-to-me

Ever think of virtual

volunteering?

check it out @ www.serviceleader.org

Service Leader.org The art and practice of

community engagment

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It’s Up to You

Next week you will have a chance to participate in 1 or 2 of the service options below. What interests you?

Writing letters or thank you notes to those in the armed service currently deployed across the world

Creating Birthday cards for the elderly or homebound within Holy Family

Making no-sew fleece blankets to be distributed to the homeless through Journeys

Putting together Activity Packets for children who are homeless to be distributed through Journeys

Putting together small first aid kits which will be distributed to the homeless at PADS

Test your skill on freerice.com. They’ll donate 10 grains of rice through the World Food Program for every answer you get right. Teens will need access to a smart phone or tablet.

Construct bird houses that will be installed throughout the HF campus

Assemble 400 card games to be distributed the following weekend to Faith classes in grades 1-6

Create placemats for Meals on Wheels or for the IGNITE retreat the following weekend

Service providers you will have a chance to talk with

Choose 2

WINGS

Palatine food pantry

PADS St. Leonard’s

The Boulevard

Archdiocesan prison

ministry

PHD

Habitat for Humanity

Journeys

Time to Pray. . .

Father,

Allow me to serve others with a joyful heart;

Never keeping score;

Always giving;

Never expecting to receive. Allow me to give of myself,

To give of my talents and of my goods,

To give of my time and of my energy,

To give of my heart and of my soul.

Help me understand the needs of others,

Never criticizing,

Never demeaning,

Never scolding,

You have been so gracious to me,

Always Loving,

Always forgiving

Always restoring;

Never gloating over my defeats, Even when I have been so wrong. Father, keep a condemning spirit Far from my heart and further from my lips.

Allow me to serve others as You serve,

With gentleness, compassion, and tenderness,

Never diminishing the worth of another,

Choosing to extend mercy to

the brokenhearted,

Like You have repeatedly

shown it to me,

Amen.

- by Jack Watts

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I Learned Statements – complete at least two of the sentences below

I discovered. . . I learned…

I was reminded that. . .

The question I have is. .

I was surprised by. . .