Serve
Service as an Ongoing Lifestyle
"Service in RUF" starts with daily service where God has placed you: So, in view of how Christ serves us, we need to FIRST serve others right where we are…
- Do the dishes for your roommates without expecting reciprocation
- Pay for a friend's lunch
- Be an agent of the gospel breaking down the fragmentation between male/female, black/white, rich/poor, etc.
- Offer free babysitting to a family in a local church
- Listen to a friend with genuine compassion
- Speak lovingly / boldly with friends who don't know Jesus
- Spend time with "that" person who others ignore
- Speak kind words when others are gossiping
- etc...
More Formal Service / Service Events
That said, there are other organized ways to serve together through RUF: you could go on one of our mission trips, help lead one of our small groups, be a part of the RUF Ministry Team (see the attached document), or serve locally at places like:- Hope Lodge (temporary living for those recovering from cancer treatments)
- Christians Concerned for the Community (building wheelchair ramps for people who are disabled)
- Women's Resource Center (Doing yard work for a counseling ministry to pregnant women)
- Christian Study Center (Doing yard work for a group that serves the academic community of UF)
- Gainesville Community Ministries (primarily a ministry showing people the way out of the cycle of poverty)
- Parents Night Out (offering free babysitting to local churches)
- Missions Trips (we've been both in the states and out of the states: Belize, Honduras, Mexico, etc)
- Others
We do about 10 small-scale service opportunities like these per semester. To get connected with how we will UF and the community - see the calendar on the home page or contact Kerry Jensen (813-451-4724) for ways to serve.
