In a fast-paced world where our focus often gets pulled from one thing to the next, it can be easy to miss what’s happening beyond the walls of our churches and homes. But what if strategic service is one of the best ways to change the lives of those inside and outside our ministries? On this episode of The Pod, Brooklyn Lindsey unpacks what it looks like to unleash a love of serving in the kids, students, and parents in your ministry. Then Darren Kizer joins us to discuss Orange’s For Our Neighbors initiative and share ideas for how churches can look for ways to serve their communities.
Welcome to Episode 59 of the Think Orange Podcast.
Topic Timeline
Brooklyn Lindsey talks about leveraging strategic service as a discipleship opportunity (7:27)
A love for serving is forged in meaningful relationships (9:13)
Unleashing a love for serving requires consistent coaching (11:11)
Providing easily accessible service opportunities for families and friends to serve together (13:03)
It doesn’t matter how you start serving, it’s just important that you do (16:43)
Interview with Darren Kizer (18:41)
Being for our neighbors is about elevating strategic service, giving families opportunities to serve together, and helping underserved communities (19:41)
A local church can be for its neighbors by thinking beyond what happens onsite over the weekends and looking for ways to help outside their walls (20:23)
Watching for themes of where needs may be in a community (22:51)
Explanation of the nonprofit For Our Neighbors and High School Exchange (25:01)
Serving increases self-awareness (29:11)
Dave and Ashley’s final thoughts (32:07)
