101 Ways to Serve at Saturn Road . . . and Have Fun, too!

1. Pray for our Elders
2. Teach a Class
3. Help with Vacation Bible School – Teach, Teachers aid, registration, musical, cookies, etc…..
4. Pray for our Ministers
5. Helping Hands Volunteer –Teachers aids assistance (meets every Wed night in Supply Room)
6. Volunteer at the Saturn Rd. offices
7. Pray for our Deacons
8. Send a Sympathy Card
9. Attend a Wedding Shower
10. Pray for our Missionaries
11. Write an encouragement/thank you note to one of your child’s or your Bible School teachers
12. Send a Memorial gift to a Christian charity
13. Attend a baby shower
14. Send a Get Well card
15. Make a hospital visit
16. Write an encouragement note to one of the ministers
17. Visit a shut-in
18. Work on Ladies Retreat Committee
19. Pray for our Bible Class Teachers
20. Contribute clothing/household items to Medina’s Thrift Store. Call: 214-703-0454 for home pickup
21. Visit a Senior Citizen at a Nursing Home
22. Donate school supplies to Caldwell Elementary or a Children’s Home
23. Volunteer at Charity events
24. Participate in the “Change” programs for Medina & Boles Children’s Home–MCH in Spring, Boles in Fall
25. Write an encouragement note to an elder (repeat until all elders receive a note)
26. Serve or provide food for a bereaved family following funeral
27. Be on a Visitation team – Teams meet on Tuesday evening. Contact Sue Yarbrough to sign up.
28. Give your church contribution regularly
29. Host a Youth activity
30. Be an email buddy to a missionary
31. Volunteer at CPR during the summer
32. Assist a child financially to attend camp
33. Donate hotel shampoo, soaps, lotions for Parkland patients in need
34. Work in the Dorcas ministry with cutting and sewing projects for area hospitals. Meets Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays at the Dorcas House.
35. Send cards/letters to a soldier overseas.
36. Volunteer in the kitchen for a Saturn Rd. event
37. Send a Birthday card to a 49’er.
38. Donate used magazines to area Hospital waiting rooms – Don’t forget to remove your mailing label!
39. Invite a neighbor to church
40. Attend a funeral
41. Donate for a Christmas project–Caldwell Elementary, Medina Children’s Home, or Boles Children’s Home
42. Mentor a new sister in Christ from the Nexus program
43. Attend the Teachers Appreciation Banquet and honor a teacher!
44. Clean the home of someone who just had surgery
45. Volunteer in the church kitchen during the Saturn Rd. event
46. Provide a meal to a new baby’s family
47. Contribute to Harvest Sunday!
48. Volunteer at a Christian camp
49. Call someone you’ve missed seeing at church
50. Attend the Jr./Sr. Banquet and honor our many seniors!
51. Deliver food to a bereaved family
52. Send a care package to a college student
53. Assist a family that is struggling financially with a Grocery Store gift card.
54. Clip hose for the Dorcas Ministry (it’s used for stuffing for pillows)
55. Volunteer at a hospital
56. Be a Secret Prayer Sister
57. Volunteer at Christian Care Center
58. Attend worship services regularly …. Look for a visitor to meet!
59. Participate in your One in Heart group.
60. Write an encouragement note to another one of our ministers
61. Support a local gospel meeting
62. Send a Thinking of You note to a recent widow(er).
63. Sing at a funeral (if you have that talent)
64. Be a LTC coach (Leadership Training for Christ for our children and teens)
65. Give blood and save a life! (Register as a Bone Marrow Donor, too!) See John Baker.
66. Work at a Saturn Rd. “Work” Day
67. Attend a 50th/60th Anniversary Party
68. Honor a veteran….especially our WWII vets!
69. Attend Ladies Bible Class / Monthly Ladies Devo
70. Donate an item to the auction for the Medina Children’s Home Benefit dinner
71. Relieve an Alzheimer’s patient caregiver for an afternoon/night out
72. Invite a 49er for lunch with your family
73. Be an assistant in a children’s classroom; get Safe Place trained.
74. Volunteer at your community school
75. Put together a missionary care package
76. Volunteer for the ESL program (English as a Second Language)
77. Grade World Bible School correspondence course lessons
78. Donate an item to the Christian Care Center Fall Bazaar
79. Be a pen pal with an African missionary
80. Buy sermon tapes/CDs and share with non-Christians
81. Use email to communicate & encourage others with a daily devotional thought
82. Take a shut-in shopping or do their shopping for them
83. Become a grief counselor at Christian Works – Grief Works
84. Work with the Prison Ministry – visit the prisons, answer prisoner’s notes for prayer requests
85. Visit a children’s home and volunteer on their campus
86. Create and produce a bulletin board for a teacher
87. Donate an auction item to the Boles Home Benefit Dinner Auction
88. Volunteer at North Texas Food Bank / Central Dallas Ministries
89. Host a fellowship at your home for new members
90. Donate a used cell phone
91. Recycle a printer cartridge at Office Depot and donate the Free paper to the church
92. Donate groceries / supplies for Boles/ Medina during their Food Drives at Saturn Rd.
93. Attend the “Homes for the Holidays” Holiday program benefiting Medina/Boles
94. Pray for our school students
95. Bake a prayer pie – Pray for the lucky recipient who will receive your baked item
96. Send an encouragement note to a new Christian
97. Attend/Donate an item to the Christmas shop for the New Friends/New Life Holiday Open House
98. Work in the nursery during worship services
99. Bake cookies and deliver to Williams Funeral Home in Garland for a bereaved family’s visitation time
100. Volunteer for the 13th Annual North Texas Equipping the Saints Workshop
101. Take care of yourself by studying the Word daily!


Compiled by: Linda Cause