Sacred Service Saturday 2012 Projects         Sign up now! 1. Hand-to-Hand  Hand to Hand Ministry provides a hot sit down meal every Saturday and most Holidays. Come join us as we nourish our guests with love and compassion! The quality of life for those who live on the streets will be raised up through your service. Ages 13 and up. Hand-to-Hand: (310) 348-1260 ext. 1531  2. Freedom Light Our Freedom Light Prison Ministry is hosting a "Healing & Revealing Service" at a Transition Home for men and/or women who are in recovery or recently released from a Government facility. There will be meditation, music, a speaker, Practitioners for prayer and holding vigil. Adults only. Freedom Light: (310) 348-1260 ext. 1521 3. Back to the Beach and Beyond  Pick up ~ Clean Up ~ Wake Up at Agape's Adopt-A-Beach Program. Learn and support Heal the Bay’s vital study of the origin of beach debris. And a surprise Ballona adventure too! You do make a difference! A great family project. Everyone welcomed!  Earth Spirit Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1518 4. Adopt the Learning Garden   Create the new Fiber Arts Garden Bed at The Learning Garden, Agape's adopted neighborhood botanical garden. Prepare and plant cotton, flax and other plants that provide natural dyes. The garden is located at nearby Venice High School. All ages welcomed.  Earth Spirit Agape (310) 348-1260 ext.1518 5. Agape Road Show Come to perform, pray or join in group songs at a hospital and a convalescent home. We will have lunch at the beach. Bring your love and joy to patients in need. All ages and levels of talent welcomed. Agape Road Show:(310) 348-1260 ext. 1528 6. Peace for Common Peace   We will be beautifying and energizing the new offices of Common Peace, Center for the Advancement of Nonviolence to assist them in their mission of spreading the teachings of King and Gandhi throughout our world. Some painting, organizing and moving stuff around. CP was born out of the first Season for Nonviolence LA Task Force founded by Agape and is a 501(c) 3 non-profit. 15 years and older. Peace Ministry (310) 348-1260 ext. 1524  7. People Who Care Youth Center   This local youth and family counseling and support center needs a new coat of paint. Help provide an uplifting atmosphere for family and community healing. Ages 12 and up. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 8. Safe Place for Youth  SPY finds, stabilizes and assists homeless youth under the age of 25. We will help put together food packets and maybe do some gardening as well. Ages 15 and up. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515   9. Alcoholism Center for Women  ACW’s mission is supporting the recovery from and prevention of alcoholism and other drug-related problems among all women at high risk for substance abuse. We will be doing some gardening projects at this wonderful safe haven and beacon of hope. 18 years and older. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 10. Art Share Los Angeles  Art Share provides a community based arts learning destination as well as an incubator for local and emerging artists by providing both safe shelter and a workplace to exhibit and perform. We will help commemorate the new beginning of this facility in a converted industrial building near downtown LA. General cleanup and more. 16 years and older. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515   11. A Place Called Home  APCH is a dynamic youth enrichment center founded in 1993. We will be painting, cleaning, decorating and preparing for their Summer Program, in partnership with young people who are served by APCH. All ages welcomed. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515  12. George Washington Carver Middle School Outdoor Classroom  Help nurture this brand new green education resource in mid city LA. We will assist with their fruit tree orchards and vegetable gardens. All ages. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext 1515  13. The Children’s Nature Institute  Since 1985, CNI has provided hands-on educational programs tailored specifically for the children of Los Angeles. These programs are designed to open young minds to the living world. We will be prepping materials for the Whale Tale summer camp. Arts, crafts, office organizing. 15 years and older. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515   14. Agape Spirit Foundation  This nonprofit (not part of Agape International Spiritual Center) is geared for change and change makers, housing Vets and ex-inmates. We will be planting flowers and trees, re-arranging the meditation area and giving away books and food. All ages welcomed. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515  15. Brother/Sister Church  We will return to June Cobb Church of Religious Science this year for general housekeeping and more. Our dear Rev. Dr. Clara Mosley is presiding Minister of this intimate community church. All Ages welcomed. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 16. Community Services Unlimited Inc. CSU is a 501©3 non-profit organization. Their mission is to foster communities that address the inequalities and barriers that make sustainable communities and self-reliant life-styles difficult. We will help maintain two local mini-urban farms that grow affordable, high quality produce in our community. All ages welcomed. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 17. Greater West Hollywood Food Coalition  Operating out of a rent free kitchen in West Hollywood, the Coalition provides hot nutritious fresh meals, seven days a week to the homeless and hungry of that part of our community. We will do some intensive cleaning of their service fleet and then do a neighborhood walkthrough to pick up litter and connect with the community. All ages welcomed. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515  18. Proyecto Jardin  Proyecto Jardin is communal garden in Boyle Heights where people find the inspiration and common ground necessary to build a healthy, peaceful community. We will be gardening, painting signs, and an array of landscaping tasks in this organic oasis on the eastside of Los Angeles. All ages welcomed. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 19. Home Sweet Home  Help lovingly beautify our own Agape International Spiritual Center. We will refresh, revitalize, reorganize and repaint the storage loft for Gracious Spaces of Agape and other activities to make our spiritual home more hospitable. All ages welcomed. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 20. Horsin’ Around  Compton Jr. Posse Youth Equestrians provides motivational experiences with horses for local disadvantaged young people. This will be a general cleanup day. Folks should know that they will be with animals so if they have allergies they should prepare appropriately. Children over 12 years old with parent or guardian OK. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 21. Serving Social Justice  The Southern California Library is a people’s library in South Los Angeles dedicated to preserving the histories of communities in pursuit of justice. We will go through community history archives and help the Library make one or more of its key collections more useable for education and research. We will also do some cleaning. All ages welcomed. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 22. Critter Crusade  We will be working at local shelters, enhancing the quality of life for our furry friends-in-need. We will be walking dogs, cuddling cats, cleaning compounds and more. All ages welcomed.  Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 23. SHARE! Self-Help and Recovery Exchange  SHARE! Supports people as they pursue growth and recovery in a non-judgmental environment. They provide meetings, housing and volunteer-to-job opportunities for the people they serve. We will be helping them with cleaning, painting and repairs to beautify SHARE at their two facilities. 18 years and older, please. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext.1515    24. Free Arts  Free Arts for Abused Children is a nonprofit organization that integrates the healing and therapeutic power of the arts into the lives of children and youth who have been abused, are homeless or at-risk of falling through the cracks of the system, as well as their families in need. We will be hosting a Free Arts Day, a hands-on, interactive day at a local facility served by FAAC. 18 years and older, please. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 25. The Blazers House Once again, we bring some loving attention to this wonderful facility that teaches life skills to children and young adults. We will help to create a Zen garden and more. All ages welcomed. Action Agape: (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 26. Westside Children’s Center  Westside Children's Center provides integrated family services for under-served young children and their families in West Los Angeles including early care and education, foster care and adoption, and family support services. We will be gardening , disinfecting and cleaning classrooms and playground equipment and organizing their storage area. 13 years and older. Action Agape: (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 27. Sol Adventurers Sol Adventurers empowers at risk youth globally to discover their gifts and share them with the world. They provide one on one mentorship and enrichment programs that includes: gardening, recycling, African drumming, dance, reggae, hip hop and capoeira. We will be helping out at Crenshaw Community Garden, where they facilitate local youth programs. All ages. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 28. Children’s Lifesaving Foundation   CLF provides recreation, education and housing for homeless and at-risk youth and their families throughout Los Angeles. We will help clean their new offices in the old Malibu City Hall. Ages 12 and up. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 29. St. Joseph Center   St. Joseph Center provides a vast variety of services for the working poor and homeless in the westside of Los Angeles and Santa Monica. We will be cleaning and organizing Bread and Roses Café which serves over 150 homeless men, women and children every day. 12 and older. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 30. Community Build Youth and Community Center Garden   Community Build, Inc. is a nonprofit community development corporation dedicated to the revitalization of South Los Angeles. We will be helping to install this community garden. 5 years and up. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 31. Community Build Storage Facility   See above. We will be cleaning and organizing their storage facility. Ages 10 and up. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 32. A New Way of Life   A New Way of Life provides re-entry and reunification services to women who are transitioning from prison to happy and satisfying lives. We will help to create some green space at their facility that staff and residents will maintain. 12 and up. Action Agape (310) 348-1260 ext. 1515 33. Surprise Are you willing to trust Spirit? Choose Surprise on your sign-up form and, we promise, you will be surprised. It could even be a project that came in after we went to print. This is your only choice, and a great one, if you register after June 10th. Click here to sign up now!

The best way to find yourself    is to lose yourself in the   service of others.                           — Gandhi   Love is, above all, the gift    of oneself.    — Jean Anouilh (1910 - 1987)    There is no higher religion   than human service. To work   for the common good is the   greatest creed.                  — Woodrow Wilson                     (1856 - 1924)    No act of kindness, no matter   how small, is ever wasted.        — Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC)          The Lion and the Mouse   Service … is love in action,   love “made flesh”; service is   the body, the incarnation of   love. Love is the impetus;   service the act, and   creativity the result with   many by-products.        — Sarah Patton Boyle,         U.S. civil rights activist         and author.  Never Doubt that a small  group of thoughtful,  committed citizens can  change the world; indeed, it's  the only thing that ever has.                — Margaret Mead    I expect to pass through this  world but once; any good  thing therefore that I can do,  or any kindness that I can  show to any fellow creature,  let me do it now; let me not  defer or neglect it, for I shall  not pass this way again.                      — Ettiene De Grellet   Love cannot remain by itself--  it has no meaning. Love has to  be put into action and that  action is service.                 — Mother Teresa    Love grows by service.      — Charlotte Perkins Gilman   I don't know what your destiny  will be, but one thing I do  know: the only ones among  you who will be really happy  are those who have sought  and found how to serve.             — Albert Schweitzer  If I have been of service, if I  have glimpsed more of the  nature and essence of  ultimate good, if I am inspired  to reach wider horizons of  thought and action, if I am at  peace with myself, it has been  a successful day.                  — Alex Noble