#FaithServes December

By Maddie Wiley, FaithCounts.com Contributor

The year is coming to an end and the holiday season is here! Take some time between present shopping and dinner making to do some service. As you hurry to get everything on your to-do list done, look around for someone who might need a helping hand or words of encouragement. Whether it’s big or small, every act of service counts this holiday season.

Let us know what service you see and do by tagging #FaithServes in posts and pictures! We hope to inspire everyone to serve this holiday season and your posts will help.

#FaithServes is a social media event to inspire people to serve their friends, families and communities. Pick service ideas from the following list to complete throughout the month of November and you can also follow @MyFaithCounts on Twitter for daily service reminders!

“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” –Ghandi

Service Ideas

Put wreaths up in a cemetery
Help someone carry their groceries
Donate cans to a food pantry
Hold a door and tell someone to have a nice day
Bring treats to a neighbor you haven’t met yet
Sit with someone who is eating alone
Email your boss/professor and say thank you for their time
Pass out hot chocolate
Leave a kind note for your mailman
Give up your seat on public transportation
Volunteer to walk your neighbor’s dog
Donate toys to those in need
Help a neighbor put up/take down holiday lights
Compliment a server to their manager
Bake holiday cookies for friends/neighbors
Help someone put up/take down a Christmas tree
Sing holiday songs to neighbors
Offer to babysit your neighbor’s children so they can go holiday shopping
Help clean an elderly neighbor’s gutters
Stuff warm socks with treats and pass them out to the homeless
Help a hospital or nursing home decorate for the holidays
Pay it forward by giving money to a Christmas tree farm to help pay for a needy family
Send holiday cards to soldiers overseas
Buy phone cards for soldiers so they can call their families
Cover pinecones with peanut butter and bird seeds for your backyard wildlife
Buy groceries for a friend or neighbor returning from a trip
Frame an inspiring quote and give it to a friend
Pay for someone’s dessert at a restaurant
Share your umbrella with someone
Help a single parent out in the airport security line
Trade your seat on the airplane so a family can sit together