Service + Ministry
May Serve | Community Services | Serve Trips | Urban Services | Little Bruins | Missions | Questions?
May Serve
May Serve is a three- to four-week-long ministry, missions and awareness trip in the month of May, during which students work with the people and culture of a specific country. May Serve is specifically designed for a team of students both individually and corporately to experience and understand Christ and his kingdom from a perspective outside their home culture of the United States.
Visit the May Serve information page to learn more information about this service opportunity.
Community Services
Community Services includes a variety of different opportunities to serve Newberg and the surrounding community. James Project is a weekly service event that sends groups of students into the community to perform a wide variety tasks for people who are in need. Adopt-A-Grandparent partners with Friendsview to connect students with a resident for one hour each week.
Please contact Toni Snyder at tsnyder09@georgefox.edu for more information on how to serve the local community.
Serve Trips
Serve trips provide a great way for students to get involved with short-term missions through weeklong ministry trips at the end of Christmas break and during spring break. Trips include inner-city missions, work projects, VBS, etc. Serve teams are challenged and stretched as they grow together as a team, and they always have a deep and meaningful impact on those they serve.
Please contact Christa Branham at cbranham08@georgefox.edu for information on upcoming trips.
Urban Services
Urban Services meets every Friday evening to send students into Portland and Salem to meet and build relationships with members of the homeless population. Time is spent serving food, distributing clothes, praying, and hanging out.
Please contact Mary Owen (Portland) at mowen10@georgefox.edu or Heather Mabry (Salem) at hmabry07@georgefox.edu to get involved.
Little Bruins
Little Bruins is a big brother/big sister program that matches students with a student of a local elementary or middle school. Students spend one hour each week with their little bruin as well as opportunities to attend various events with them. This is a great way to invest in the life of a child who needs extra support and encouragement.
Please contact Lauren Barnhart at lbarnhart08@georgefox.edu to be paired with a Little Bruin.
Missions
New to the Christian Service Committee this year, the Missions Committee seeks to connect students interested in global missions with information on how to participate with different mission organizations. The missions coordinator exists to encourage an interest and passion for global mission.
Please contact Pieper Wise at pwise09@georgefox.edu for more information.
Young Life
George Fox is one of only two Christian universities in the West to offer a direct partnership with the ministry Young Life. Incoming students with Young Life backgrounds can receive a renewable four-year scholarship, take a Young Life training course for academic credit, and receive further credit for ministry internships with Young Life. Currently, George Fox students are doing ministry with high school and middle school students, teen parents and students with disabilities.
Learn more by contacting Steve Sherwood at ssherwood@georgefox.edu.
Questions?
Contact the coordinator or the Christian Service Director, Lauren Johnson (johnsonl09@georgefox.edu), or stop by our office in the SUB. We appreciate your thoughts and questions, and we are very excited to serve with you this year.