ServeTheCity-Bremen: Infoabend am 2.2.2011 in der Kantine5. Präsentation von Carlton Deal aus Brüssel.

1. Serve the City

2. Serve the City
My City
Our Movement

3. Serve the City

4. What
The City
•Culturally diverse
•Densely populated
•Needs are evident
•Resources are available
•People are disconnected

5. What
A few options
•Hate the city
•Fear the city
•Avoid the city
•Consume the city
•Serve the city

6. What
Serve the City is...
We are the connection between the good
intentions of people wh0 could serve and a
meaningful opportunity to make a
difference.

7. What
Serve the City is...
Many people doing small things together
makes a big difference

8. What
Serve the City is...
We know them by their needs.
What if we knew them by name?

9. City of Joy
We were not just helping disabled
children eat…
We were announcing to the world that
people with special needs deserve special
care.

10. Viktor du Pre
We were not just giving manicures to
abused and abandoned women…
We were declaring that women living
in fear can re-imagine beauty and
trust.

11. Our ‘friends on the street’
We were not just collecting socks for
the homeless…
We were declaring that people of
compassion pay attention to the
smallest of needs for the most
forgotten of people

12. Stop the Traffik
We were not just gathering petition
signatures for Stop the Traffik…
We were proclaiming that slavery and
forced prostitution goes against
everything true about the purpose for
life and how people are to be treated.

13. Missionaries of Charity
We were not just painting a soup
kitchen for nuns…
We were declaring that people who
give their entire lives to care for those
in need are deeply cherished by their
Heavenly Father.

14. What
When you put on a Serve the City t-shirt
•You put on compassion
•You put on respect
•You put on humility
•You put on courage
•You put on hope

15. WHO
Who we serve
•Homeless
•Asylum seekers
•Disabled
•Elderly
•Children in need
•Victims of abuse

16. How
How we serve
•Sports
•Arts
•Meals
•Beauty
•Social
•Practical

17. When
When we serve
•Annual – Big volunteer week in July
•Quarterly – Big volunteer days in
December, March, and May
•Monthly – Focus Days (on other
months)
•Team building events and
volunteer placement

18. When
A Serve the City event
•Prayer (0ptional)
•Orientation for all volunteers
•Multiple and diverse projects with
many opportunities to serve
•A celebration to debrief and share
stories

19. How

20. Serve the City Manifesto
There’s a line in every city that
separates the rich from the poor, the
strong from the weak,
the haves from the have-nots.
It’s a street, the train tracks,
the river, a sidewalk.

21. Serve the City Manifesto
On one side there is safety,
on the other there is danger.
On one side there is security,
on the other, fear.

22. Serve the City Manifesto
On one side kids go to college, work
pays well, needs are hidden behind
drawn curtains
and consumable goods.
On the other life is pretty raw.

23. Serve the City Manifesto
It’s time to cross the line.

24. Serve the City Manifesto
Serve the City sends volunteers
to show kindness in practical ways
to people in need.
We partner with homeless shelters,
refugee centers, orphanages, and other
associations, and invite volunteers to offer
practical help and support.

25. Serve the City Manifesto
Serve the City projects are often simple:
sports, music, arts and crafts,
language courses, games with children,
serving food, and cutting hair.
We are the connection between the
good intentions of people who could
serve and a meaningful opportunity to
make a difference

26. Serve the City Manifesto
And that’s where it starts.
We cross the line from where we are
and serve.
But that’s not where it stops.

27. Serve the City Manifesto
The dream of Serve the City is everyone
serving.
As quickly as possible we invite those
we have served
To join us in serving the next time.

28. Serve the City Manifesto
Serve the City is for everyone.
It’s a revolution, a serving revolution.
And it’s going to change the world.
We know them by their needs.
What if we knew them by name?

29. Serve the City Manifesto
Cross the line.
Serve the City.

30. Serve the City