Community Service Hours
Portland Christian High School
Requirements
All Portland Christian High School students are
required to complete a minimum of 10 hours of
service each year. National Honor Society
members are required to complete a minimum
of 20 hours per year.
Community Service is defined as any
volunteer activity that benefits the
community without compensation (no
pay or credit involved).
Helping relatives, family, and friends
is important but should be
considered an act of love, not for
school credit unless given prior approval.
Definition
Choosing What to Do
"Finding what you were meant to do is about
finding where your Gifts and your Passions
intersect with what is needed." - Dave Pollard
Think outside the box! Find something that
will allow you to grow, serve, and learn.
People-Based Brainstorming:
Passionate about homeless people?
Night Strike ❉ Union Gospel Mission ❉ Portland Rescue Mission
Passionate about children?
Foster Parents’ Night Out ❉ Kids Ministries Programs in Church
Passionate about elderly people?
Hawthorne Gardens Senior Living ❉ Russellville Park ❉ ETC!
Skill-Based Brainstorming:
Skilled in Technology?
Run Sound at your Local Church ❉ Free Geek Non-Profit
Skilled in Office Work?
Africa New Life ❉ Pregnancy Resource Center
Skilled in Event Planning?
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Skilled in Music?
Assisted Living Facilities ❉ Worship Team for Youth Group
Organization Brainstorming:
Other Opportunities:
❉ American Red Cross
❉ Hospitals
❉ Local Library
❉ Local Radio Station
❉ Mission Trips
❉ PCS
❉ Portland Children’s Museum
❉ Portland Zoo
❉ Vacation Bible School
❉ Worship Team
❉ Wyldlife [YoungLife]
❉ . . . and MUCH MORE!
Tracking Your Hours
❖ Keep careful track of your hours on your own.
❖ Fill out a Service Form found online:
➢ Go to PCSCHOOLS.org
➢ Click on the “Academics” tab and select “Forms and
Resources”
➢ Click on the “Community Service” Form
❖ Submit Service Form to your Bible Teachers by May 31st!
Due by
May 31st!
Summer Completion
If you are interested in serving during the summer
(helping with a VBS, going on a mission trip, etc.),
you must be pre-approved by your Bible teacher or
you will not receive credit.
***Your hours must be turned in by the end of the
summer.***
The Perks
Community Service (CS) is worth the same as a test grade
in your Bible class.
Note: Failure to complete CS hours results in Behavior Probation.
CS looks GREAT for scholarships, college applications, and
job applications.
CS gives you an opportunity to try something new and
explore future possibilities.
The Real Why:
You spend SEVERAL hours a week in Bible classes. We
learn a lot of head knowledge here, but head knowledge
without heart knowledge means nothing.
Here’s your opportunity to put it into practice:
to reach out and serve because Jesus served us first,
and to reach
out and love because Jesus loved us first.
1 John 4:19a The Message
We, though, are going to love—
love and be loved. First we were
loved, now we love.
How will you invest your time?