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Good Afternoon LuHi Parents and Students!
Please read to the end carefully and save this email for future reference.
This email should serve as a guideline and helpful reference regarding anything you need to know about service hours at LuHi. It will provide a framework and specific details of LuHi’s desire to disciple students into living out the salvation that God has accomplished in us through Jesus Christ.
Before you read on, please know you must use your LHSPARKER.ORG email account for entering service hours (See LuHi email sent for set up information) and make sure to type EVERYTHING correctly.
Why We Serve
God gives us His grace freely through Jesus, who willingly died on the cross to save us in our desperate need for love and forgiveness from sin. By this, He gives us meaning and hope in our lives. In this truth, God transforms us and gives us a new life in Him. “For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.” (2 Corinthians 5:14-15)
“In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16)
So daily, in our desperate need for forgiveness, love, meaning and hope, dwell on the new life Jesus has given us, we live out what God has done in us in service toward one another.
This is our basis for how we live and serve. We hope to disciple and encourage students to understand this by helping them build a pattern of service throughout their lives.
Minimum of 20 Hours Per Year Requirement
Every student at Lutheran High School is to fulfill a minimum of 20 hours of community service outside their home and family environment every year to graduate. All hours should be recorded ASAP after the time of service by documenting the required information in the MobileServe app. Directions on how to download and use the app are found below.
Guidelines for Service
1. A minimum of 20 hours for each year will be completed by May 1. Any additional service hours after May 1 will be counted for the next school year.
2. If a student completes more than 20 hours in one year, the excess does not count for the following year.
3. Non-completion of service hours will result in an incomplete on the report card, withholding report cards/transcripts/diploma until hours are completed and submitted.
4. Acceptable service hours are as follows:
a. Something other than for your immediate family.
b. Service is volunteer (not receiving pay or academic credit).
c. If there is a question about your plan for service, check with your Theology teacher.
Examples: Helping at your church; Vacation Bible School; childcare; helping with camps; soup kitchens and other homeless ministry; food banks; help with elderly or those with special needs; serving at any nonprofit, etc.
Service & Missions Opportunities
Service is how we refer to “done in a day” opportunities that are located throughout the Denver area.
Once a year “event-service” are opportunities we offer like Night to Shine (serving students with special needs) or Christmas Stocking Stuffers for the homeless.
We also have “ongoing service” opportunities that the LuHi community frequents on a consistent basis such as serving a breakfast for homeless teens at Sox Place, baking bread for people in recovery at Treasure House of Hope, or providing help and companionship for seniors at Legacy Village.
Missions is how we refer to “more than a day” opportunities that are located throughout the United States and abroad. You may be involved in a short-term mission project through your church or youth group. There are a handful of mission opportunities being offered this year through LuHi. Those locations and ministries will be announced at a “Missions Night'' event in the Fall. Mission trip participation counting towards student service hours are accounted for as 10 hours per day of actual service (not recreations days of the trip).
Once the school year begins, you can consider information on the above-mentioned opportunities, on your Canvas school page where you will find a class called “Service”. There you will find a wide variety of different “event” and “ongoing” service opportunities.
If you have any questions or ideas about service and mission opportunities, please email Bill Garner at bill.garner@lhsparker.org
How To Document Your Hours
As mentioned above, you will document your hours through the MobileServe app on your phone. MobileServe is available as a mobile app in the App store and Google Play and can be used on most smartphones and tablets. If you’d rather not use the mobile app, you can create and manage your MobileServe account from any internet-connected device at: app.mobileserve.com. Simply skip the download instructions below and start with Create Your Account.
Download the App
Go to the App Store or Google Play. Search “MobileServe”. Tap the Get or Install button next to MobileServe App.
Create your account by opening the app or go to app.mobileserve.com.
1.Select Sign Up.
2.Enter your name, birthday, and create a password. You must use your LHSPARKER.ORG email account (See LuHi email sent for set up information).
DO NOT USE YOUR PERSONAL EMAIL. You can skip the Employer/Organization box.
3.Select Next.
4.You can add a photo to your profile or skip it.
5.Select Next.
6.Enter the 6-digit code for your graduation year found below.
a. Freshmen (class of 2029) F5749D
b. Sophomores (class of 2028) 72C1C7
c. Juniors (class of 2027) BD3F78
d. Seniors (class of 2026) 30D5F5 (0 IS THE NUMBER ZERO)
7. When it pops up, select Join.
Logging Hours On Your Device
When you are going to serve, take your phone with you but keep it tucked away and build relationships joyfully until you are done serving.
a. Open the MobileServe App. and tap “LOG HOURS” at the bottom of the app.
b. Tap the box that says, “Total Hours” and enter the number of hours equal the number of hours you served. Then tap “DONE”.
c. You must then tap “Service Org” and type in the name of the church or organization you served.
d. You must then tap “Category” to indicate the general type of service.
e. Next, you MUST ANSWER TWO of the following prompts.
i. What responsibilities did you have?
ii. What skills did you develop?
iii. How was your faith shared?
f. Tap Next.. On this page YOU MUST...
g. REQUIRED: Enter the name of the person in charge of the work you did.
h. REQUIRED: Then type the email address of this person. It is very important for this to be accurate. This person will receive an email almost immediately so they can verify your service and the hours you completed.
i. Tap Submit Hours.
j. Optional: You can upload a photo to capture an example of your service and attach your location. This is a nice way to remember and verify your hours. You do not need a signature from your supervisor.
k. Tap “Submit Hours”.
Verification
At this point, your hours will still need to be verified by your supervisor through the email you provided for your supervisor.
Your teacher has access to your entry to see if you have completed the required information and whether your service qualifies as acceptable service. If there is a problem, the teacher will explain what still needs to be completed. These adjustments will need to be completed soon after receiving feedback from your teacher and before May 1.
Final Thoughts
Our service to God and others does not save us. It doesn’t make us better than anyone else. It does allow us to see how God is at work all around us. It helps us get an idea of the gifts and talents we have been given by God to love others. As we get out of our comfort zone and ourselves, we start to see more of the amazing God we serve. We also are put into situations where God can show us His mercy in new ways.
Questions
If you have any questions after reading this, please let me know. If, during the school year, questions come up, you can talk to your Theology teacher.
If questions come up specifically with the MobileServe App, you can tap the three bars in the top left corner of the app homepage. Then tap Support at the bottom of the list on the left side of the screen. From there you can chat with a customer support person and ask them your questions.
Thanks for reading through this and we hope you have a wonderful summer joyfully serving!
In Him,
Marty Kohlwey
Director of Campus Ministry