What's included in the Service Expectation? - 8 hours (minimum) of approved service activity per semester
- Pass/ Fail grade (appears on your transcript)
- A required part of all Bible Classes (except electives)
- 3 Forms are required as part of the pass/fail grade
A NOTE ABOUT SUMMER SERVICE HOURS: Hours a student served during the summer (Vacation Bible School, etc.) may be applied to the 8-hour fall service expectation. However, summer activities will not roll over to spring semester. Be sure to turn in Form 1 for summer service hours to find out if your project is approved.
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For more information about the Service Expectation or any of the following organizations contact: Eileen Hoffman
CVCA Service Coordinator
330.929.0575 Ext. 607 |
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First Step - Get involved in serving at your local church.
- Once you have done this, please consider reaching out through other organizations listed below: (You can meet with representatives from many of these groups at the SERVICE FAIR on SEPTEMBER 10th in the Library.
| * = CVCA group projects | Groups respresented at Service Fair | | Serving the Hungry or Homeless | Akron Canton Regional Foodbank
(helping in the warehouse)
* Harvest Home—Diakonos (a CVCA school club) visits once per month (for ladies only)
* Care on the Square
(CVCA group project feeding the homeless in downtown Cleveland one Saturday per month)
Haven of Rest
(baking cookies or helping at the facility). | | Serving Students and Women in Family Planning | Akron Pregnancy Services
* CATS- Concerned about Teen Sexuality
(a CVCA club visiting schools to talk about abstinence)
| | Serving the Physically Challenged | Hattie Larlham | | Serving the Elderly | Aurora Manor Care Center
(Gift Shop volunteers)
Cardinal Retirement Village
* Country Place
(CVCA’s Diakonos club visits Bingo night once per month at a nursing home facility) | | Serving Inner City Students | * Urban Vision
(CVCA group helps tutor elementary students in inner city Akron on weekdays or Saturdays) | | Serving Outdoors in the Community (7th & 8th Grade) | * Metroparks Clean-up
October 24th (Make a Difference Day)
* Neighborhood Leaf Raking
October 24th (Make a Difference Day) | | Serving Those in Transition | CORE
(Community Outreach Resource Exchange, helping provide household items for the needy in Cuyahoga Falls) | | | | | Other Pre-approved Organizations | MISCELLANEOUS Boys & Girls Clubs of Summit County
Community Pregnancy Center-Barberton
FAMICOS- Cleveland (community clean up)
Habitat for Humanity (construction/ painting)
Lion Players (skits/ sexual purity & lifestyle choice)
Margaret Park Seeds of Change- Akron
Youth in Action- Akron (visits, phone calls, fundraising) Akron General Hospital (service/ candystriping)
Asera Care Hospice (visits, making cards, blankets, gifts) Barberton Citizens Hospital Centers for Dialysis Care (activities, visits, office)
Open M
Western Reserve Hospice (visiting, cooking, baking)
Whole Child Therapy (cleaning)
Muscular Dystrophy Association (camp counselors)
Society for Handicapped Citizens of Medina County
Special Olympics
Valley Riding, Inc.- Brecksville & Rocky River
Victory Gallop Therapeutic Riding Stables
Hudson Elms (visiting, activities)
The Merriman Nursing Home
Traditions at Bath Road
Twin Pines Retreat Care Center
Wayside Farm Nursing & Rehab Center
Camp Cheerful - after school, weekends (age 14+)
Ambassadors in Sport
| | | SERVING STUDENTS Asian Services in Action- Akron
Chagrin Falls Park Community Center
Esperanza- Cleveland
FAMICOS- Cleveland
HM Life Opportunity Services (Northfield, Wed. 4-6pm)
Margaret Park Seeds of Change- Akron
Project Learn | | | SERVING THE HOMELESS OR NEEDY Access, Inc - Solon (fundraising)
American Red Cross
Genesaret
Care on the Square (make meals and deliver in Cleveland) | | | SERVING AT CVCA Grounds
Special Events (must be pre-approved)
CATS (a club that does abstinence outreach)
Diakonos (a club that does service activities) | | | SERVING CHILDREN & FAMILIES Access, Inc.
Laura’s Home - W. Cleveland
Riverfront Community YMCA (gymnastics, cheer-
leading, dance coaches)
Ronald McDonald House - Cleveland |
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"Make a Difference Day"
Junior High Service Project
October 23, 2010
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Why Serve? | “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:8-10
 There is no substitute for God’s grace that brings salvation. This salvation has not been given to us merely for the purpose attaining eternal life ourselves, but rather we are called to be God’s vessels of love to the world around us. Jesus, just hours before His arrest and eventual crucifixion, tells His disciples to “Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:12-13) These words apply also to us, not only to His followers 2000 years ago. It is with this in mind that CVCA has complemented our Bible curriculum with a Service expectation. We ask our students to serve in the local community, the nation and the world in which they live. They are encouraged to find appropriate opportunities within their churches, here at the school as well as with outside organizations, both para-church and secular, that meet both the physical and spiritual needs of a lost and dying world.
CVCA’s mission is to Educate and Cultivate servants for Christ. We believe that the coupling of this Service expectation with our Bible curriculum is foundational to enable our students to grow into fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. |
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