Find a location to volunteer with a search or submit a opportunity to do so here. Soup kitchens, animal shelters and more can be searched.
-When helping homeless simply giving items(especially money) is not effective in the long term. Time is needed. Time sitting down, breaking bread, seeing if they can actually be helped. Some confess with their mouths, but their actions tell a different story. The help they say they need is only help guiding themselves deeper in a well/pit. We can build them up, but without the Word they will fall back into old habits or thru the stability gained find worse ones. (Matthew 12:43-45
-There are many organizations in various sections of Mississippi that help those in need. One notable organization is https://www.centralmscoc.org/ many resources are available here. They also work with churches and others by allocating federal grants to fund operations.
***Please email Scott@MsHelpHub.com for stickers or other items to place in stores/windows/cars, free.
-Network with like-minded individuals at church or other social gatherings to organize community events based around everyone's skills & abilities.
-Bills/regulations often pass without the majorities knowledge. Take time to understand how your city hall works by sitting in town hall meetings and even scheduling time to speak about your concerns. A simple Google of your city + "city hall" will yield the information needed. The uninformed majority will always lose to the informed minority.
-Start a bible study. If you are already reading in the morning or at night invite a family member to do so with you. Use the phone, face time or messenger. 2belikechrist.com can also give a chapter by chapter template to work off of found in the 5 min bible study section.
-Schedule a time to speak at a library. Have a knack for gardening, personal finance or even simply reading to children? Show others how! See the library search below or Google.
"Our Christian habit is to bewail the world’s deteriorating standards with an air of rather self-righteous dismay. We criticize its violence, dishonesty, immorality, disregard for human life, and materialistic greed.
‘The world is going down the drain,’ we say with a shrug. But whose fault is it? Who is to blame? Let me put it like this. If the house is dark when nightfall comes, there is no sense in blaming the house; that is what happens when the sun goes down. The question to ask is, ’Where is the light?’
Similarly, if the meat goes bad and becomes inedible, there is no sense in blaming the meat; this is what happens when bacteria are left alone to breed. The question to ask is, ’Where is the salt?’
Just so, if society deteriorates and its standards decline until it becomes like a dark night or a stinking fish, there is no sense in blaming society; that is what happens when fallen men and women are left to themselves, and human selfishness is unchecked.
The question to ask is, ‘Where is the Church? Why are the salt and light of Jesus Christ not permeating and changing our society?"
John Stott