Be Neighbors!
Serve With Passion this year at Fox!
Interested in joining us? Fill out our .
And come visit our Service Partner's tables at the Serve Day'25 Fair: 3-5pm, Sept.10th!
Service opportunities abound at Fox to put your faith into action and become the neighbors Christ calls us to be. We recall that, in Luke's gospel (chapter 10), when the expert in the Law tried to stump Jesus with the question "... And who exactly is my neighbor", Jesus responded with a provocative story of a Samaritan who offered more concern and relief to a desperate person than both a Priest and a Levite who walked by without doing anything. Jesus then turned the questioned back to the expert: "Now which of these three do you think was a neighbor...?
At Fox, we can’t center our community on Christ without intentionally becoming merciful neighbors to those around us. So, take every opportunity you can to serve with the same passion as Christ!
Saturday Service
Whether building homes alongside future homeowners at Habitat for Humanity, or joining local Veterans to split, stack & deliver wood to warm the fireplaces of our disabled neighbors, or sharing time, meals and ministry with those being served by the Portland Rescue Mission & City Team ministries, Saturday Service gives students weekly (walkable & driveable) opportunitie to help nurture the holy habit of putting faith into action.
Kids Day Out & Foster Parents Night Out
KiDO & FPNO are monthly opportunities for students to offer respite care in the form of fun party-like celebrations for kiddos with various disabilities (KiDO) and for children and youth in the foster care system (FPNO)... All while their parents or caretakers get to take the night off and rejunvenate themselves!
Generation Connections
Generation Connections are monthly get togethers with our neighbors across the street in the Friendsview Retirement community. We get to spend quality time together in hopes of investing in mutually beneficial relationships between our students and our elder neighbors in retirement.
SpiL Trips
Whether as far as Romania and Philadelphia or as close as the Yakama Nation or Portland, Spiritual Life (SpiL) Trips offer students opportunities for cultural immersion and service-learning during fall, winter, spring and summer breaks. These experiences encourage us to encounter and to serve Christ through sharing the "Be Known" promise beyond our own comfort zones and beyond our borders!
Paid SpiL Internships
Each spiritual life internship is designed to help students engage in the dynamic intersection of spiritual formation, applied classroom concepts, preparation for long-term work using their strengths and skills, professional development, and collaborative interdisciplinary teamwork in a cross-cultural and ministry-minded workplace.
Let's get together!
Have an idea or connection for a new opportunity for students to serve in the community? Connect with us at Spirituallife@georgefox.edu