Sunday, November 23, 2014

Post-It Note Project

The results of our post-it note project... When did we see you? When did we serve you? When did we reveal Jesus through our words and actions? Teaching confirmation class * clearing my neighbor's driveway of snow * I helped grandpa with his parade float * listening to kids and helping them feel loved * gave to charity * I serve each week in the hospital surgery waiting room, helping people through difficult times * advised a new father on his responsibility * cook supper * put money in Salvation Army red bucket * I made people laugh * compare health plans for family * free lunch treats * visited friend in nursing home * helped my parents prepare their house for winter * I helped a stranger up when they fell * helped to do another's chores when they couldn't because of health * provided food for family members in need * provided care for kids * donation of funds to Christmas Servant services * providing rides to those in need * taught a driving class for seniors * help an elderly friend who is poor and in need * teaching * One Child Matters contribution * playing violin at Hospice House * gave to organization for research for the blind * sewing gifts * music to entertain * made cookies to share at work * prayed for family & friends * visited my mom over weekend in assisted living * Angel Tree * brought food to Servant Event * listen to people who are suffering with physical & emotional issues * talked with a man regarding his health * giving money * gave away stereo system * helped someone figure a way out of a bad financial situation * I gave my husband's winter coats to the homeless after he passed away * helped grandkids in church activities * church committee volunteer * helped daughter * collected turkeys for the Salvation Army *table at dessert auction for Love Inc. * I teach kids * give a smile and greeting to all I meet * take paper to elderly lady next door and help deliver senior newspaper * rescued a stray dog * changed a tire for a stranger on the road * Christmas Adopt a Family * volunteered to teach respect, responsibility & character and basketball to 5th grade girls * served at the mission * gave money to Boy's Club * help distribute food weekly to the needy * helped someone with homework * I serve by helping at the Cornerstone Mission once in awhile with my mom & sisters * help people see * serve in fellowship & count offering at our church * volunteer at homeless shelter * helping others when they fall * be kind & show love to people in need * giving to Love Inc. to partner with those who want to transform their lives * inviting people to Thanksgiving who need a place to go * helped a couple in trouble * donated warm coats * I helped move a friend * helped carry stuff for a lady * purchased clothing & toys for our Christmas family * Kids Against Hunger * baked pies for fundraiser * visited the sick * worked at Quilters * hauled food * worked at Quilters * called shut-in * sent cards to shut-ins * got food for mission * I serve my family by cooking, driving kids to activities & helping with homework * gave a shut-in a ride out in the country & breakfast * wrote letters of encouragement * adoption * help a friend * Kids Against Hunger * $ & usher * given food to the hungry * supported Suzie Cappa Center * gave someone my time * being an acolyte * having a positive attitude * being a confidant for students * being a good citizen * helpful * made quilt to give away * encouraged a kid * small group confirmation leader * helped students with their school projects after school * prayed for needy * I helped a kid find his parents * food drive * shoveling snow & ice * purchased Angel Tree gifts * helped a son pay his house payment * encouraged a man to care carefully for his invalid son * train to help widowed persons * helped with the election * cooked chili & gave message at Cornerstone Thursday * brought T.P. today * make quilts for needy * loving each of my children for who they are individually * gave food to the hungry * work - listen, assess, treat, reassure * caregiver for my husband * prayers of comfort & healing * tutoring dyslexic students after school to read * volunteered to tutor * teach special education students & share my passion with others * supported a friend in need * gave money to a homeless man * shoveled sidewalks * compliment those who work in stores who help me *regular church giving * go out of my way to tell bosses good things about an employee * helped remove ice for some ladies * held a door for some strangers * regular church giving * made a wall hanging for a friend in Vermont * buying breakfast for three elderly women & they never knew who it was * picking neighbor up at airport * praying for two boys with brain tumors * giving financially to people in need * warm coats, hats & gloves to the homeless * baked for Love Inc. dessert auction fundraiser * give gifts to poor families at Xmas * coached youth soccer * encouraged patients * adopted a family of incarcerated mother for Christmas gifts * I helped pack meals for Kids Against Hunger * packed meals for the hungry * packed care packages for college students * played with someone who did not have friends * prayed for a sick friend * attended Black Hills Works Gala fundraising event * donate time to sew quilts for the needy in Third World countries * helped handicapped children & adults escape from abuse * brought food for the food cart * gathered & packed food for the hungry * made dinner for a number of friends * helped a poor person with food * put $ in the Salvation Army bucket * visited family & friends not seen in awhile * encouraged a child who was hungry to try to eat all her lunch even if she didn't like it - brought her a snack the next day * I have several times said hello to complete strangers * cared for Parkinson's patients * food donations * prayer shawl * pray for others * red kettle donation * gave a friend help & in spirit * pray more for our country & its defenders * talked & visited with bereaved spouses of recent deaths * prayers for friends * donations * Kids Against Hunger * I donated my time * I will work to show others Christ * bring food for the meals basket * a girl at my school asks what the point in going to church was - I sat her down for 20 minutes telling her why it was important * I have loved, but I have failed so often & so much - I will keep trying ... to serve Him in any way He wants * Christmas decorating in the church's basement * sewing * give more time for church * bringing food for Christmas families * being a good listener for someone in trouble * helped an elderly lady friend find her car in a parking lot * turkey bingo charitable event * we are helping to provide Christmas to kids whose mothers are in jail * try to help friends when they're in a bind & feed the hungry by packing food or bring food to be distributed * donate the charitable causes (Habitat for Humanity) * help pack food * shop for food items for the food pantry, Love Inc., etc. * supported the blind * love & pray for all our servicemen, giving their time & lives for me & all America * Lutheran World Relief * prayers for people in need * invited a sister-in-law to the church brunch * cleaned snow off several neighbors' driveways & walkways * help set up a home for a man injured in an accident - bring him the paper & coffee & show him I care * work with Habitat for Humanity * give to Salvation Army, United Way, Cornerstone Mission * volunteer at Chapel in the Hills in the summer * bring food to church for needy * serve at Cornerstone Mission 8-10 times a year * look for ways to help anyone each & every day - I noticed a down-and-out person yesterday looking for cans so I helped him * brought flowers to a hospitalized child * clothes to the center * baking a pie for the Love Inc. dessert auction * visited at the nursing home *brought food for Christmas families * I serve by helping my family & also other kids who need help in my classes * by helping at the Cornerstone Mission & at church as well * gave support for Christmas Tree project * gave coats to coat drive * Lutheran World Relief * help others in need * mentor * donated money to Angel Tree * I spend my day with 167 students * gave clothes & shoes & other items to the Cornerstone Mission * helped a sad child at school * in process of making bracelets & selling (giving money to shelter) * I say good morning & feed 503 children each day * donation of food * I help my teacher clean up after school * sewed quilts for families through Piecemakers * taken food * given $ * donated to United Way * served confirmands on Confirmation Sunday * gave money to Feeding South Dakota * Free Lunch Friday * encourage my managers to "praise" their workers, their families, their friends * helped with church mailing * brought food & TP for the basket * donated to Care & Share Food Drive * I love others * I have been nice * acolyte at church * donated food * helped at United Way with a mailing * pray for my brother * be more often open to others' needs * Boy Scouts * sponsoring Valary to go to school in Kenya * serve my wife * be nice * morning & evening prayers for those sick & departed * serve the family * help our children * adopting a family for the servant event * helped a neighbor clean snow off drive * contributed to Christmas Servant Event * I stayed one night with a friend who was dying - love was there for everyone * prayed for an ill neighbor * donated to needy family * gave a ride to a person in need * worked to fix Wednesday evening meal * prayed for people * Altar Guild * Meals on Wheels gifts * Hospice gifts * picking up mail * found $20 in a parking lot and put it in the Salvation Army bucket to help those with less * befriended a child * help a family in need * I taught Sunday school for several years * helped with Wednesday evening meal * shopped for 'Adopt a Family' * bananas for Thursday Cornerstone meal * visited Pat at nursing home * helped at a funeral giving the Scripture where there would have been none * have singles in for meal & friendship * serve & smile at Cornerstone monthly * donated to United Way * I help someone in need at a nursing home * visit someone in hospital * being kind to strangers * welcoming * being friendly to strangers * pray for the homeless * monthly meal for the hungry * fed the one who asked for money to buy food * confirmation * bought a goat * helped family in need * food cart * I serve at the Cornerstone Mission * Kids Against Hunger * donated food to local food bank * gathered food for needy families of our school for Thanksgiving * Free Lunch Friday * helping Taylor * gave donation to World Hunger * did the dishes * I let my dogs out * helped at work * through the Rapid City Woodworkers Association we have made 2,100 wooden tops to give to several agencies & to Youth & Family Services to be given away to many underprivileged children for Christmas * give $ to buy coats & warm clothes or donate to agencies * donate to the church * help clean up at school with the shampoo cleaner* donated to the church food drive * I will play with people who are left out * I will clean the earth * I donated to charity * helped prepare & make part of a meal for the Wednesday Thanksgiving meal for church * caring for ill & injured * cooking at church * giving time to SDSM&T students to teach entrepreneurship * helping my parents move to a senior living home to be closer to family * offering encouragement & advice to those in distress * I will be nice to people * I make sure the birds in our neighborhood have plenty of food & water all year long because they are also God's creation & need our love * Christmas Service Event * I want to make a puppet show stage for our church to help bring messages, learning & joy to the children * explained Christianity to youth * say prayers with patients in need * adopt a family for Christmas * money to fund college scholarships * made eggs for breakfast * I will stand up for people * gave my neighbor a hug who has cancer * give rides to Urgent Care * listening * lunch with a lonely friend * volunteer at Cornerstone * prayer & food * I make people happy * sharing * I donated to charity & by going to church * teach children * gather clothes & food to give to others * served food at the homeless shelter * provide leadership for Community Services Connection of the Black Hills * contribute to United Way * donated to the Mission Store * gave a well to those with no water * helped a family of 6 for Christmas * I will be good for my mom and dad * helped my next-door neighbor * washed my husband's clothes * gave food * to be considerate * met new person at SCLC last week & then visited this week - this was reaching out to a stranger * Kids Against Hunger - sending meals to undernourished & hungry people at home & around the world * gave to the Humane Society * give to Black Hills Works * assisted a friend * help with Habitat for Humanity * provide pain relief at hospital for those that are hurting * serve meals at Cornerstone Mission * volunteered at Women & Children's Center - prepared a meal * donate to bell ringers * donate to Salvation Army, food for hungry * changing diapers * having neighbor over for supper * calling Linda * work through Rotary to end polio * gave to the Salvation Army * build Habitat houses * give food away & clothes * adopt a family for Christmas * meet each person with a smile, listen when they speak, pray for those in need * visit widow * I welcomed a new person & gave them a feeling of being welcome * homeless meals for Thanksgiving donation * shovel for disabled neighbor * were there for my friends and family every day * provide unconditional support without asking for anything in return * packing hope at school * help with meals for people in need * I give money to the paralyzed, etc. * missionary in Sierra Leone * gave a waitress a very large tip as she was leaving to go back to her family * Kids Against Hunger * provide offering to the church * compliment someone who maybe would not get many compliments * smile to as many people as possible * Scouting for Food on Dec. 6 & 13 * I am a confirmation guide to 8th graders at SCLC * will shop for Adopt-a Family in a couple of weeks * try to be friendly to people I don't know * I have smiled at & prayed for those who seem lost - also words of encouragement * a big brother to a special needs boy * help kids at school with mittens, coats, hats, scarf, meals * help children & families at hospital * help elderly at hospital * carpool kids in area * help get gifts for the Angel Tree * make & give away quilts * the holidays are coming up and, like usual, I will participate in Toys for Tots by taking a tag off a tree at my school * baking desserts for Love Inc. fundraiser * LeRoy * befriend LeRoy, Lex, Ethan, Brady, Ben * help keep home running * volunteer as a Black Hills Habitat Family * support committee members * being a caring friend * Kids Against Hunger * shop at Cornerstone store * giving rides for those who may need them * telling little ones in my public school about Jesus * Feeding South Dakota donation * Club for Boys donation * Altar Guild * serve funerals * when people at school fall I help them up * help dig their car out of a ditch * I take time to talk & listen to everyone * support the food bank * I give freely of time & resources to my neighbors * tithe & special $ offerings * volunteer * help people assess their need for medical drug insurance - they are always thankful as they don't use computers or are confused * I serve by leading women's forums - laying the path for women to grow themselves personally & professionally * talked with a man regarding his health * giving money * made sandwiches for funerals * gift for the needy * helped with Traci * helped Joyce * worked on a parade float * spent time with Kathy in the nursing home * bought food for the food pantry * I wished everyone I came in contact with a Happy Thanksgiving * made Thanksgiving meal * I share a smile & a good word to most people I meet * I volunteered at the KOTA Care & Share Food Drive * I will volunteer more * my daughter is moving in with me & with my eyesight fading this is so good * quilting (Piecemakers) * food donation (Ellsworth Air Force Base) * we don't buy gifts for each other - we pick a needy event & donate $500 to them as our Christmas gift to each other - this year we picked a cancer victim, another year we picked a veteran * teaching Dave Ramsey classes * I assist in planning to make healthy, safe alternatives for troubled youth * we bring Toys for Tots * give someone a pencil at school * bought a turkey for poor * $10 to Salvation Army * changing diapers * serve at the mission * befriended Ella * donate more to the blind & weak & deaf * pray * Servant Event * taking cart back to store for a woman * we give to Salvation Army * my son took in a dog from the reservation * I teach * improve my health *sewed a quilt top for Africa * helping cook Wednesday meals at church * providing dessert to Love Inc. * positive thinking re. others * adopt a family in need * giving Christmas gifts * serve on a board for organization that educates, feeds & clothes youth at risk * KAH birthday party * Kids Against Hunger * make quilts for the needy * food for hungry * I've helped homeless by I try to give them money so they can buy food & other stuff they need to live * random act of kindness - passed out flowers to strangers who had less and said 'have a good day' - some were very grateful * gave to United Way * feed the elderly * help all the military & church * Christmas Servant Event * help with church Wednesday meals & student meals on Friday * helping a needy family in Haiti * gave a turkey to the homeless * feed free breakfast & lunch to all children at school * give time to church * listen * Christmas event when going & giving food gifts when can't afford it so they don't not get no presents * write to a prisoner * toilet paper for Stepping Stones * clothes & gifts for teens * write to those who are on prayer list * help with teaching Sunday school * work in helping people with injuries daily for my job, welcoming them as they hurt, giving them comfort * helping a family in need * groceries * I've helped my friend when she was down * 100 Mile Club - Fuel Up Play - 60 initiatives * clean my room * helped a poor college student * gave to Cornerstone Mission * gave cash for gas to people who have asked * prayed for people everywhere that they realize the season we are coming into is a time for being so thankful for all of our blessings * I help that are hurt * contribute to Love Inc., Cornerstone Mission, Boys Club * I protect children from abusive parents * Finley - I help her * high school baseball * sent a shoebox to Operation Christmas Child this week * give bike to someone who needs one * we donate jammies for kids * pray for my wife * visited with a stranger at Walmart ... made him smile * thank people at the stores * smile at everyone * share the word of God * bought poster boards for kids who couldn't afford them for their school projects *

God Revealed Through Us

Sunday, November 9, 2014