• Serve somewhere. Look through website pages on serving, and the weekly eHydePark newsletter for opportunities and try something out.

• Take the Spiritual Gifts Assessment to learn how God has prepared you to serve. Then find a place to serve based on where you are gifted.
• Talk with a Connector — a member who serves by helping others find their place to serve, learn and grow at Hyde Park. Contact Justin LaRosa, director of discipleship ministries for more information.

• Help to organize a one-time local mission project for your small group, serving at a local mission agency.
• Go on a mission trip — we have adult teams traveling to Cuba, Nicaragua, and South Africa each year. High school youth have traveled to Nicaragua also; middle school youth travel within the United States on mission trips.
• Commit to serving based on where you are gifted on a regular, ongoing basis.

• Live out the call to be a servant in your daily life, as Jesus taught, giving generously of yourself to help others always
• Continue to serve based on where you are gifted, while always listening prayerfully and responding to God's call to you to serve in new ways.

Websites

• Spiritual Gifts assessment

Books

• "Becoming the Answer to Prayer", by Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
• "They Will Know Us by Our Love- Service Ideas for Small Groups"
• "200 Pomegranates and an Audience of One: Creating a Life of Meaning and Influence", by Shawn Wood
• "Listening to the Groans- A Spirituality for Ministry and Mission", by Trever Hudson
• "Not Just a One-Night Stand- Ministry with the Homeless", by John Flowers and Karen Vannoy
• "Practical Justice: Living Off-Center in a Self-Centered World", by Kevin Blue
• "Serve God, Save the Planet", by J. Matthew Sleeth