Dear Friends,
I don’t know the exact quotation, but I recall words very much like these: “Anyone can be great, because anyone can serve.” Whatever the specific words were, that message from Martin Luther King, Jr. is clear – each on of us has something to offer and through the service of that gift to others, we become greater than we are and the world becomes a little greater, too.
Just last week my children and I saw a bulletin board asking for people to train their family pets to visit the sick in our community hospital. This is not just an opportunity to serve but to teach our children the joy of serving and that even our tiny Bichon Frise has a purpose to fulfill in this world! And so tomorrow we will make that call and offer our time and our love to friends we haven’t met yet.
Please join me in making your own Declaration of Service this week. I am including a link to Steve Waldman’s message to all of us as well as a link to learn more and to make your own personal Declaration of Service. As we open a new chapter this week in America, I am looking for what I can do to be a positive part of it. Please, prayerfully consider your part, too! And please write in and share your ideas for volunteer opportunities!
Love to all,
Martha
Click here to sign the Declaration of Service