Category: Lent Resources
How Important Is It to Serve?
Only days before His crucifixion, Christ spoke the familiar words: “I was hungry and you gave Me food. I was thirsty and you gave Me drink” (Matt. 25:35).
Did You Miss Something?
Throughout this Lent season, IOCC has brought you weekly staff reflections on service and special Lenten recipes. If you missed ...
How Do You Put Your Faith into Action?
Service can be a smile, a favor, a hygiene kit, a hot meal, advice—I feel inclined to serve others because the word itself cannot be defined by one single thing. A simple thank you ...
“I Will Show You My Faith by My Works”
In my years at IOCC, I’ve personally met scores of people whose world has fallen apart—through natural disasters and through disasters made by man. Family, home, job, savings, ...
A Practical & Concrete Way to Serve
Growing up, I was involved in every aspect of Church life—youth groups, choir, oratorical contests—but it wasn’t until I was 16 and attended an Orthodox summer camp in Greece ...
“I Dreamed of A Career Helping People”
I was living abroad in the mid-1980s, when there was a terrible famine in my home country, Ethiopia. My dad worked for the UN’s World Food Program, and we lived in Haiti and Jamaica while I was in high school. During ...