Service Resources
Resources For A Life Of Service
Few things in life are as meaningful as opening yourself to mutual transformation as you serve another person. Yet serving well requires equipping yourself with the attitudes and principles of global citizenship. We have designed this section to serve as a companion both for those who lead young adults as they serve and process service, but also for passionate young people who are considering taking an important step toward a volunteer term. We offer resources, articles, tip sheets, and links to service organizations, as well as Krista Foundation specific resources.
The resources and organizations will continue to grow over the next few months as we bring this website more fully to life!
Ready To Serve?
You're considering taking a big step. Considering a volunteer term of 9 months to 3 years. You've been wrestling with questions about who you are and what really matters in the world. Your life is ahead of you, but you're on the verge of taking the plunge--pushing back against the voices of convention and making a statement about who you want to be in the world.
We are here to help you in your journey. As a mentoring community of young adults committed to service, we want to both honor the uniqueness of your own quest, but also equip you with a few time-tested ideas to navigate choosing a good fit organization, and preparing your mind and body for intercultural immersion.
Frequently Asked Questions
FEATURED QUESTION: Can I volunteer if I owe on college loans?
Many college loans can be deferred while a young adult works for a volunteer organization. Many agencies that are involved with using volunteers in certain domestic projects in America also have an agreement with AmeriCorps that allows for an ...
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Service Organizations
FEATURED ORGANIZATION
Jesuit Volunteer Corps
The Jesuit Volunteer Corps offers women and men an opportunity to work full-time for justice and peace. Jesuit Volunteers are called to the mission of serving the poor directly, working for structural change in the United States, and accompanying people in developing countries.
The challenge to Jesuit Volunteers is to integrate Christian faith by working and living among the poor and marginalized, by living simply and in community with other Jesuit Volunteers, and by examining the causes of social injustice.
Since 1956 the Jesuit Volunteer Corps has worked in collaboration with Jesuits, whose spirituality the volunteers incorporate in their work, community, and prayer life. The Jesuit Volunteer Corps offers the volunteers a year or more of experience that will open their minds and hearts to live always conscious of the poor, committed to the Church’s mission of promoting justice in the service of faith.
503-335-8202, info@jvcnorthwest.org
View the web site.
Find Krista Colleagues who have served with Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
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Quotations
Featured Quote
Jean Vanier (founder of L'Arche)
Communities which start by serving the poor must gradually discover the gifts brought by those they serve. The communities start in generosity; they must grow in the ability to listen. In the end, the most important thing is not to do things for people who are poor and in distress, but to enter into relationship with them, to be with them and help them find confidence in themselves and discover their own gifts. It isn't a question of arriving in a slum with the money to build a dispensary and a school. It is more a question of spending time with the people who live in the slum to help them discover their own needs and then together building what they want. Perhaps these buildings won't be as beautiful. But they will be more used and loved, because they will belong to everyone and not just to a foreigner who means well. It will take a long time. But all service which is really human takes time. The promise of Jesus is to help us discover that the poor are a source of life and not just objects of our charity. If we are close to them we will be renewed in love and in faith.
Tools: Articles, Books, etc.
Featured Tool
FOOD AND FAITH:
Justice, Joy and Daily Bread
By Michael Schut (editor)
This is a compilation of articles from well known authors and theologians. It highlights a broad array of topics related to our food. From the challenges of industrialized food, to the sacredness of a shared meal. Krista Colleagues recently formed a group and read and discussed this book chapter by chapter. The study/discussion guide in the back of the book is particularly helpful. Here's to 'justice, joy, and daily bread.'
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Krista Foundation Services
In our increasingly complex and interconnected world, the Krista Foundation provides intentional spaces and resources for young leaders to think and act globally and locally. Over the past decade we have seen how our strategic support and development has empowered creative young American leaders to 'live the questions' of global citizenship as they engage and navigate these questions in their personal choices and faith traditions, their professional vocations, and their broader community activism.
As our capacity grows, we will have greater ability to take advantage of opportunities to partner with universities, service organizations, and other community groups promote the resources and intentional spaces for healthy service, healthy debriefing, and developing a lifelong ethic of service.
The Global Citizen Journal
Volume 5: 10-Year Celebration Edition
The 10th Anniversary Celebration edition includes new and 'best-of' articles, designed with curriculum questions for small groups, classrooms, and service volunteer community discussions.
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