DSW Project Spotlight
How we asked…
- We met with city and venue officials to ask how we could help restore the Starlight Bowl Amphitheatre.
- Starlight Bowl officials told us they estimated restoration costs to be $100,000.
- We asked officials if we could provide the materials and the labor, and complete the project in 1 day!
Ask
Service is never performed in a vacuum. It's potential and its ultimate effects are felt like ripples across the entire community. Community leaders, local politicians, teachers and volunteers are serving in your community everyday and they can be both a partner in and recipient of your service.
Once you have surveyed the community by Counting and Walking, engage your community's leaders. Ask them about the needs they encounter and struggle to overcome everyday.
Then be careful to listen to their answers. You may expect to hear from the Director of your local soup kitchen that they need volunteers to serve meals. Instead, you may hear that what is in fact needed is someone to repair or replace the bathroom fixtures in their facility. Take notes and organize and distribute them to your leadership team to pray over and discuss. If you are led, go back and ask follow-up questions. Asking will sharpen your focus and begin to illuminate the data you gathered when you Counted and Walked.
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View other steps in the process
Count
The foundation of effective service is built on an informed understanding of the need. The first step of the DSW process is to survey your community by literally counting the areas of need. Make a list, be specific. Read More
Walk
Community Service is a full-contact activity. After you have Counted, it's time to literally walk amongst the needs and the needy you've discovered, visiting and praying for those you hope to serve. Read More
Ask
Community leaders, local politicians, teachers and volunteers are already engaged and serving in your community everyday. Asking them about the needs they encounter will help distill the data you've gathered. Read More
Love
Love is an action, and Love is the final step of the DSW process. After you have identified and understood the needs, you now have the great joy of working with others to meet those needs in tangible and meaningful ways. Read More
