Martin Luther King Jr.
Day Of Service
January 21, 2013
This year instead of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries sponsoring an inter-parish MLK day of service, we invite all those who do ministry with Middle School youth to sponsor your own parish MLK service day in your local community. We have some resources to help you in preparing and planning for this day.
Suggested Schedule - Reflection Questions / MLK Day of Service:
This information can be used to help in preparing for and processing the day's activities.
The journal can be used to help in preparing and processing the day’s activities. You will need to insert information about the local agency you are serving on the back page (a non PDF copy of the journal for additions and changes can be acquired by emailing a request for the file). You might also change the reflection questions based on the needs and dynamics of your group.
Possible Service Site Contacts:
ST. VINCENT de PAUL THRIFT STORE
Volunteer Contact Information
214-373-7837, ext. 107
3052 W. Northwest Highway
Dallas, TX 75220
More information about the agency can be found on their website at http://www.svdpthrift.org/
CATHOLIC CHARITIES (a variety of possible sites and locations)
Volunteer Coordinator:
214-520-6590
Main Office: 9461 LBJ Freeway
Suite 100
Dallas, Texas 75243
Additional Notes:
End your time together with a processing session on site from 2:30 - 3pm.
This is designed to be an easy service opportunity for parishes, on a day when some of your adults may already be off from work. More info about the program on the national level can be found at http://www.mlkday.gov/
If you need any help with modifying the journal, sample flier for the day or acquiring information about the service agency you will be working in, please contact Anne E. Keough (akeough@cathdal.org; 214.379.2855)