# How to serve as a Christian

Some people simply aren't experienced or [creative](mind-creativity.md) enough to see where people are hurting.

For that reason, here's a concise list to get the thoughts rolling.

- Statistically, your [gifts](christian-gifts.md) and [personality](personality.md) make you best-suited for *some* sort of ministry on this list.

Most healthy churches have plenty of volunteers, and they'll usually pick people who have served before.

- Many people within a church can be motivated towards self-interested purposes, so it can get complicated.
- Look *beyond* official church meetings for the greatest needs, such as community services and parachurch organizations.

## Types of People

[Family](people-family.md) members

Poverty-stricken and involuntarily homeless

Inexperienced people

- New parents
- Foreigners
- Teenagers and children
- New people in a group you're in

Disabled people

- Blind
- Deaf
- Mentally disabled
- Elderly
- Chronically sick and infirm

Abandoned people

- Antisocial people
- Widows
- Shut-ins/home bound
- Stay-at-home mothers
- Nursing home tenants

Organizations that serve suffering people

- Church ministries that specifically serve people
- Non-church charitable organizations

The volunteers themselves

## Things to Try

[Pray](christian-prayer.md) steadily

- For the needs of the people themselves
- For individuals' [souls and spirits](humanity.md)
- That the workers have what they need
- For blessings to the workers

Create systems and events

- After-school programs (e.g., sports)
- Volunteer/need referral service
- Hotline/website for meeting needs
- Public service events
- Holiday events

Request money/resources

- Charity events (e.g., races)
- Car wash
- Food drive
- Supplies/clothes

Visit people

- Become a [friend/mentor](people-4_friends.md) to someone
- Send cards (e.g., birthdays)
- Babysitting/childcare

Busywork

- Do [chores](home-housekeeping.md) and clean things up
- Admin and office work
- Run errands

Creating

- [Art](values-quality.md)
- [Software design](programming-basics.md)
- [Engineering](engineering.md)
- Performance arts/music
- Knit/crochet/quilt
- Decorate
- Photography
- Web design
- Write letters

Teaching

- [Spiritual discipleship](christian-discipleship.md)
- Tutoring
- Job training
- Read to others

## Across the World

Advertise the [persecution](christian-persecution.md) rampant across the world, or get involved with a group that does already (e.g., [Voice of the Martyrs](https://www.persecution.com/)).

Cambodia has been a hellscape of a country for *decades*.

Large cities in the USA (e.g., Portland, Seattle, San Francisco) have a deluge of lifestyle transients that have destroyed its society.