So here they are. The idea is to randomly choose one "service mission" for each week:
- Visit the elderly.
- Help a friend with housework.
- Smile at everyone you see this week.
- With your family or friends visit a nursing home.
- Do a secret act of service for every member of your family.
- Take cookies to a neighbor or a friend this week.
- Help an elderly widow with her shopping.
- Send a letter to a missionary.
- Show more patience with others this week.
- Mail an "I'm thinking of you" card to someone.
- Do something for your community this week.
- Bake something for someone.
- Secretly help someone with money or food.
- Only say nice things about others this week.
- Do something for a single parent in your neighborhood.
- Invite someone to your home for dinner.
- Invite a friend or neighbor to church.
- Take a rose to a woman who is struggling.
- Help tidy the chapel as you leave this week.
- Have a more positive attitude this week.
- Take a neighbor's can to the street on garbage day.
- Make dinner for a family in need.
- Volunteer at a local school this week.
- Read to a child.
- Get to know someone new in the neighborhood.
- Pray for someone.
- Show more love and compassion this week.
- Collect items for humanitarian aid.
- This week listen more and talk less.
- Give a mom (or a dad!) a break and babysit free of charge.
- Help a neighbor with yard work.
- Show more gratitude to others this week.
- Donate to your local library.
- Send a thank you card to someone.
There were some things in the jar that I didn't keep because they are things I feel I should already be doing everyday, things like opening doors for people, saying hello, and not gossiping. However I am going to write this one for the world to put in their jar: PUT YOUR SHOPPING CART AWAY.
There were also a few I left out because I do them when I can, like walking instead of driving places and donating to charities. Also there are some in my jar that are specific to my church that I am trying to do (visiting teaching, sharing the Gospel, things like that).
There are 34 things on the list above. I think it would be fun to think of 18 more and get it up to 52 for a year's worth. Any ideas?
Here's what I've got:
- Give as many compliments as you can this week.
- Forgive someone or ask forgiveness of someone.
- Donate to a food bank.
Now I'm off to make lemon cakes because what could be nicer than that?
2 comments:
Oh the pressure mentioning my name and my pinky! Ha! Actually I like sending encouraging notes/cards to people and I think you covered that with your letter to a missionary, a thank you card, and thinking of you cards.
I like your idea of having 52 ideas to last throughout the year too.
I am no help at all....
That's okay, Cindy. I haven't thought of any more either. If someone wanted to make a jar with 52 missions, they could just duplicate 15 of the best ones, right?
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