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Page 1: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

The Value of Civic Renaissance

Ephraim Palmero MD FACPE FRCP FACEP

Executive Director

Adventist Community Services of Alaska Inc

The Value of Civic Renaissance

Community Development Track Series

Civic Engagement amp Volunteerism

ldquoThe Extreme Volunteerrdquo

The God of heaven has revealed his self-denying self-sacrificing love in giving his only begotten Sonrdquo We are to be representatives of Jesus in the family in the workshop in our place of business in social gatherings--everywhere on every occasion

WM 1952p174 EGW

Learning Objectives

Create a framework for understanding volunteering as it

leads to civic involvement

Celebrate and learn about ways amp strategies to

reconnect with others

Deepen the civic commitment of volunteers through

reflection

Challenges Opportunities and Recommendations for

volunteerism and civic engagement

A Terms of Reference

Volunteerism (n) (Sociology)- the principle of donating time and energy for the benefit of other people in the community as a social responsibilityrather than for any financial reward

USA is a ldquonation of joinersrdquo

(A Tocqueville-1831)

B Terms of Reference

ldquoCivic engagementrdquo refers to individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern

Civic Engagement Involvement= CitizenshipCenter for Democracy amp Governance

C Terms of Reference

ldquoSocial Capitalldquo to describe the intangible value-laden benefits of a strong network of community relationships

(Putnam Bowling Alone The Collapse amp Revival of American Community 2000 )

Central Premise

bull Social networks have value

bull Social capital refers to the collective value of all social networks [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other [norms of reciprocity]

Why Whatrsquos up

bull Status Civic Depression

bull Warning national stockpile of social capital is seriously depleted

bull We have a public that is withdrawing from communal life choosing to live alone and play alone

httpwwwbettertogetherorg

Far too few of our members are

engaged in any way in the

community how are we going to

reach people if we do not bother

to step into their world

Letrsquos Talk 09292009 Jan Paulsen

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 2: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

The Value of Civic Renaissance

Community Development Track Series

Civic Engagement amp Volunteerism

ldquoThe Extreme Volunteerrdquo

The God of heaven has revealed his self-denying self-sacrificing love in giving his only begotten Sonrdquo We are to be representatives of Jesus in the family in the workshop in our place of business in social gatherings--everywhere on every occasion

WM 1952p174 EGW

Learning Objectives

Create a framework for understanding volunteering as it

leads to civic involvement

Celebrate and learn about ways amp strategies to

reconnect with others

Deepen the civic commitment of volunteers through

reflection

Challenges Opportunities and Recommendations for

volunteerism and civic engagement

A Terms of Reference

Volunteerism (n) (Sociology)- the principle of donating time and energy for the benefit of other people in the community as a social responsibilityrather than for any financial reward

USA is a ldquonation of joinersrdquo

(A Tocqueville-1831)

B Terms of Reference

ldquoCivic engagementrdquo refers to individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern

Civic Engagement Involvement= CitizenshipCenter for Democracy amp Governance

C Terms of Reference

ldquoSocial Capitalldquo to describe the intangible value-laden benefits of a strong network of community relationships

(Putnam Bowling Alone The Collapse amp Revival of American Community 2000 )

Central Premise

bull Social networks have value

bull Social capital refers to the collective value of all social networks [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other [norms of reciprocity]

Why Whatrsquos up

bull Status Civic Depression

bull Warning national stockpile of social capital is seriously depleted

bull We have a public that is withdrawing from communal life choosing to live alone and play alone

httpwwwbettertogetherorg

Far too few of our members are

engaged in any way in the

community how are we going to

reach people if we do not bother

to step into their world

Letrsquos Talk 09292009 Jan Paulsen

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 3: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

ldquoThe Extreme Volunteerrdquo

The God of heaven has revealed his self-denying self-sacrificing love in giving his only begotten Sonrdquo We are to be representatives of Jesus in the family in the workshop in our place of business in social gatherings--everywhere on every occasion

WM 1952p174 EGW

Learning Objectives

Create a framework for understanding volunteering as it

leads to civic involvement

Celebrate and learn about ways amp strategies to

reconnect with others

Deepen the civic commitment of volunteers through

reflection

Challenges Opportunities and Recommendations for

volunteerism and civic engagement

A Terms of Reference

Volunteerism (n) (Sociology)- the principle of donating time and energy for the benefit of other people in the community as a social responsibilityrather than for any financial reward

USA is a ldquonation of joinersrdquo

(A Tocqueville-1831)

B Terms of Reference

ldquoCivic engagementrdquo refers to individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern

Civic Engagement Involvement= CitizenshipCenter for Democracy amp Governance

C Terms of Reference

ldquoSocial Capitalldquo to describe the intangible value-laden benefits of a strong network of community relationships

(Putnam Bowling Alone The Collapse amp Revival of American Community 2000 )

Central Premise

bull Social networks have value

bull Social capital refers to the collective value of all social networks [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other [norms of reciprocity]

Why Whatrsquos up

bull Status Civic Depression

bull Warning national stockpile of social capital is seriously depleted

bull We have a public that is withdrawing from communal life choosing to live alone and play alone

httpwwwbettertogetherorg

Far too few of our members are

engaged in any way in the

community how are we going to

reach people if we do not bother

to step into their world

Letrsquos Talk 09292009 Jan Paulsen

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 4: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Learning Objectives

Create a framework for understanding volunteering as it

leads to civic involvement

Celebrate and learn about ways amp strategies to

reconnect with others

Deepen the civic commitment of volunteers through

reflection

Challenges Opportunities and Recommendations for

volunteerism and civic engagement

A Terms of Reference

Volunteerism (n) (Sociology)- the principle of donating time and energy for the benefit of other people in the community as a social responsibilityrather than for any financial reward

USA is a ldquonation of joinersrdquo

(A Tocqueville-1831)

B Terms of Reference

ldquoCivic engagementrdquo refers to individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern

Civic Engagement Involvement= CitizenshipCenter for Democracy amp Governance

C Terms of Reference

ldquoSocial Capitalldquo to describe the intangible value-laden benefits of a strong network of community relationships

(Putnam Bowling Alone The Collapse amp Revival of American Community 2000 )

Central Premise

bull Social networks have value

bull Social capital refers to the collective value of all social networks [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other [norms of reciprocity]

Why Whatrsquos up

bull Status Civic Depression

bull Warning national stockpile of social capital is seriously depleted

bull We have a public that is withdrawing from communal life choosing to live alone and play alone

httpwwwbettertogetherorg

Far too few of our members are

engaged in any way in the

community how are we going to

reach people if we do not bother

to step into their world

Letrsquos Talk 09292009 Jan Paulsen

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 5: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

A Terms of Reference

Volunteerism (n) (Sociology)- the principle of donating time and energy for the benefit of other people in the community as a social responsibilityrather than for any financial reward

USA is a ldquonation of joinersrdquo

(A Tocqueville-1831)

B Terms of Reference

ldquoCivic engagementrdquo refers to individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern

Civic Engagement Involvement= CitizenshipCenter for Democracy amp Governance

C Terms of Reference

ldquoSocial Capitalldquo to describe the intangible value-laden benefits of a strong network of community relationships

(Putnam Bowling Alone The Collapse amp Revival of American Community 2000 )

Central Premise

bull Social networks have value

bull Social capital refers to the collective value of all social networks [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other [norms of reciprocity]

Why Whatrsquos up

bull Status Civic Depression

bull Warning national stockpile of social capital is seriously depleted

bull We have a public that is withdrawing from communal life choosing to live alone and play alone

httpwwwbettertogetherorg

Far too few of our members are

engaged in any way in the

community how are we going to

reach people if we do not bother

to step into their world

Letrsquos Talk 09292009 Jan Paulsen

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 6: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

B Terms of Reference

ldquoCivic engagementrdquo refers to individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern

Civic Engagement Involvement= CitizenshipCenter for Democracy amp Governance

C Terms of Reference

ldquoSocial Capitalldquo to describe the intangible value-laden benefits of a strong network of community relationships

(Putnam Bowling Alone The Collapse amp Revival of American Community 2000 )

Central Premise

bull Social networks have value

bull Social capital refers to the collective value of all social networks [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other [norms of reciprocity]

Why Whatrsquos up

bull Status Civic Depression

bull Warning national stockpile of social capital is seriously depleted

bull We have a public that is withdrawing from communal life choosing to live alone and play alone

httpwwwbettertogetherorg

Far too few of our members are

engaged in any way in the

community how are we going to

reach people if we do not bother

to step into their world

Letrsquos Talk 09292009 Jan Paulsen

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 7: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

C Terms of Reference

ldquoSocial Capitalldquo to describe the intangible value-laden benefits of a strong network of community relationships

(Putnam Bowling Alone The Collapse amp Revival of American Community 2000 )

Central Premise

bull Social networks have value

bull Social capital refers to the collective value of all social networks [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other [norms of reciprocity]

Why Whatrsquos up

bull Status Civic Depression

bull Warning national stockpile of social capital is seriously depleted

bull We have a public that is withdrawing from communal life choosing to live alone and play alone

httpwwwbettertogetherorg

Far too few of our members are

engaged in any way in the

community how are we going to

reach people if we do not bother

to step into their world

Letrsquos Talk 09292009 Jan Paulsen

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 8: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Central Premise

bull Social networks have value

bull Social capital refers to the collective value of all social networks [who people know] and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other [norms of reciprocity]

Why Whatrsquos up

bull Status Civic Depression

bull Warning national stockpile of social capital is seriously depleted

bull We have a public that is withdrawing from communal life choosing to live alone and play alone

httpwwwbettertogetherorg

Far too few of our members are

engaged in any way in the

community how are we going to

reach people if we do not bother

to step into their world

Letrsquos Talk 09292009 Jan Paulsen

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 9: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Why Whatrsquos up

bull Status Civic Depression

bull Warning national stockpile of social capital is seriously depleted

bull We have a public that is withdrawing from communal life choosing to live alone and play alone

httpwwwbettertogetherorg

Far too few of our members are

engaged in any way in the

community how are we going to

reach people if we do not bother

to step into their world

Letrsquos Talk 09292009 Jan Paulsen

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 10: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Far too few of our members are

engaged in any way in the

community how are we going to

reach people if we do not bother

to step into their world

Letrsquos Talk 09292009 Jan Paulsen

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 11: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Bear one anotherrsquos burdens

amp so fulfill the law of Christrdquo

Gal 6 2

ldquoDemonstration of serving

experiences that are

sacrificially agonizingrdquo

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 12: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Hartford Study FACT

ldquoCongregations with strong

commitment to social

justice amp w direct

participation in community

outreach ministries are

more likely to be growing

than other fellowshipsrdquo

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 13: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

ldquoWe must learn to view the world through a social capital lens We need to look at front porches as crime fighting tools treat picnics as public health efforts and see choral groups as occasions of democracy We will become a better place when assessing social capital impact becomes a standard part of decision makingldquo (Lew Feldstein)

httpwwwhksharvardedusaguaro

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 14: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

The Path to Greater Civic Engagement

ldquoENGAGEMENT IN CONTINUUMrdquo the ideal service response

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 15: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Initial Response Volunteerism

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 16: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

ACS Convention is a Reflection1 The Command on the Parable of Great Supperhellip

ldquoCOME for all things are readyrdquoOur Response EXCUSES

2 Angry Order ldquoGo out QUICKLY into the streets and lanes of the city and invite the suffering folkshellip

Our response Bring some and leave the rest

3rd Command ldquoGo out to the highways and hedges and COMPEL them to come in that My House may be filledrdquo - Luke 14 17-23

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 17: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Further Civic Action

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 18: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Continuing Civic Action amp Advocacy

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 19: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

ldquoStudy Finds that God Friends and Facebook are Important Factors for Fostering Civic Engagementrdquo

David Smith (NCoC)

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 20: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Perhaps the fastest growing form of community organizing today is congregation-based organizing it mobilizes existing stocks of social capital in church networks and generates new stocks across denominations and (sometimes) across ethnic and racial lines

httpwwwcpnorgtoolsdictionarycapitalhtml

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 21: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

EDWARD M KENNEDY SERVE AMERICA ACT

bull April 21 2009 The US Congress passed the historic Civic Engagement Legislation for President Obama to Sign the Edward M Kennedy Serve America Act

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 22: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

What to do 150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

httpwwwbettertogetherorg150wayshtm

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 23: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Americarsquos Civic Health Index for 2009

ldquothey are participating less and thus our overall civic capacity or cumulative social capital has significantly decreasedrdquo

Civic Health Index Finds America in the Midst of Civic Foreclosuremdash

Weiser NCoC

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 24: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

The Value of Volunteering

In practice you will learn teamwork leadership responsibility and other essential skills that will help you for the rest of your life And you will gain the personal satisfaction of taking on challenges and seeing results

Social Innovation Conversations (Stanford)

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 25: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

The Contribution Capital Letting Volunteers Build Your Mission

bull (Value) diams CONTRIBUTE

bull For resources to help you put your stakeholders to work with ldquocontribution systemsrdquo (VOLUNTEERISM) in transforming communities responding to disasters and advocating change in the society thru community development

Scott Cook HBR Oct2008

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 26: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

2 Types of ldquoContribution systemsrdquo (volunteerism)

1 Responder contribution system-agent comes from the community of responders or its supporters

2 Beneficiary (client) contribution system- agent belongs to the target population

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 27: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Tribal Native contribution

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 28: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

ldquoInter-species Coordination rdquo

Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

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Top Reasons to Volunteer Connect with your community

bull Conserve funds by contributing your time

bull Share your skills and gain new ones

bull Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

bull Meet new people from all walks of life

bull Inspire others to join your mission

bull Promote a worthwhile activity

bull Learn something new

Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

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Value 1

Connecting with the community

ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

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ACS Kodiak Fishers of Men

Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

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Value 2

Contributed time means fund conservation

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 33: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Homeless support feeding of Samoan ACS

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 34: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Value 3

Share your skills and gain new ones

ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

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ACS Valdez and LEPC

ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

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ACS Valdez

Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

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Value 4

Develop self-esteem and self-confidence

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 38: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Value 5 Meet new people

Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

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Value 6 Inspire others to join your mission

Civil Aviation Patrol Fairbanks

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 40: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

ACS VOAD CAP Warehouse

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 41: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Value 6 Promote something worthwhile

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 42: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Value 8

Experience something new

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 43: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Adventist Community Service is not a trash collection agency it is the bridge where victims can cross to their liberation their bullhorn that protects the economically oppressed and the voice of physically marginalized

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 44: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Let the gospel ring to ALL calling them to

UNIVERSAL ACTION Let the members have

increased faith gaining zeal from heavenly

allies from a knowledge of their

EXHAUSTLESS RESOURCES amp from the

greatness of the (social) enterprise in wc

they are engaged Being under Gods

control they will no longer stand in

impotency

With the armor of heaven they will go

to warfare willing to do amp DARE for

God knowing that His omnipotence

will supply their needs

CS p77 EGW

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 45: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

ldquoGod never told the world to go to the church but He told the church to GO to the worldrdquo

Skip Johnson Adventist Review 118

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 46: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Positive Effect on Social Outcomes

1048708 Reducing stereotypes1048708 Facilitating cultural and racialunderstanding1048708 Social responsibility and citizenship skills1048708 Commitment to service1048708 Sustained Involvement in community service after volunteerism

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)

Page 47: Civic Engagement for the End Time Church

Positive Effect on Personal Outcomes

1048708 Efficacy identity spiritual growth andmoral development

1048708 Interpersonal development ability to work with others leadership and communication skills

(Eyler and Giles 2001)