Servolution – How to get involved.
This is a question that I sent to Pastor Dino Rizzo of Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Pastor Dino just released his book “Servolution.” It is a great resource for all Christians and local churches. Enjoy.
Dino, the book has really inspired me to get involved more on a local basis. What can you say to people like me that travel a great deal? How can we do more?
Billy – thanks for being a part of this tour and for your part in ARC – leading as you do to help us plant churches all over the nation. You’ve done so much for the Kingdom on a large scale. That makes me see this question here as such a great question.
It is important for each of us to remember that servolution – serving others – isn’t an event – it is a culture of the heart. So whether you’re on an airplane and someone’s struggling to lift a bag to the overhead storage, or someone is short on their tab at the coffee shop, or the hotel desk attendant is having a bad day, we have an opportunity to serve just by showing kindness. All we have to do is place someone else’s needs above our own comfort. Servolution happens everywhere – in the airport, in the restaurant, in the store, at the office, on the road…. Needy people are around us all the time.
Starting locally actually starts even closer in than some think. It starts in our hearts, and it reaches first to our spouse and household. We need to serve them most. It reaches to our neighbors and our community – those we encounter every day. We simply need to make the choice to engage them every day and be willing to do whatever it takes to help someone in need.
It is a heart-culture that makes us willing to set aside our own comfort and desires in order to help someone else wherever I am, wherever they are.
Dino Rizzo – Author “Servolution”
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Comments
Melanie Stone
I remember feeling guilt as a teenager because I thought I was terrible at cold call witnessing techniques. I love Servolution because I think it makes demonstrating the unconditional love of God simple and easy. Giving to someone else opens the door to genuinely share what God has done for us and what He can offer others.
Our church participated in the “Seven Days of Servolution”. Now we are offering a special small group at our church this summer. People will read a couple chapters of the “Servolution” book a week, and then the group will plan and discuss ways to serve the people in our community. People want to share their faith, and this is a great way to provide the way they can do that.
Billy
Melanie, serving is the best witness there is. I guess I have knocked on hundreds of doors in my life with the intention of sharing the Gospel with the person that opened the door….I was never comfortable with it once! Serving has never made me nervous….Thanks for your comments.
Guy Walker
Billy,
Dino’s answer made me think of a time I was traveling with an ARC church planter and he witnessed to the lady behind the desk at our hotel. She had just been laid off and was working the night shift at this hotel so she could feed her family. Instead of being a “demanding customer” he took time to pray and council her. She told us her story and about her faith in Christ. After listening he was able to encourage her and remind her of a few scriptures. I was really tired but I learned that just taking time to stop and make someones day better, can be a great way to serve.
David Insell
Our people are starting to catch the passion of Servolution. I believe it will transform our church. We have a big car wash coming up in June to kick off OnePrayer. We are washing cars, Feeding, Cutting Kids hair and offering nitrogen for the bikers tires.
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