Are you seeing stars?  

Children's Stories Service Project
Choose ye this day (could be adapted for another type of activity)

Got Fish??
Service Auction
Stars of Service
Thoughtful T's - Recognizing children’s thoughtfulness and good deeds towards others by giving out a “Thoughtful T” shaped in the form of a T-shirt made of paper. 



Gum Wrapper - Choose this day whom we will serve
Thanks for your 'M' Azing service



Family Home Evening Lesson on Service by Deseret Book
I can help! by dapirich



Handout Ideas on Service
You could make fortune cookies and you could insert these service ideas into the fortune cookies.  Then pass them out and then use the ideas about how selfless service makes you feel.



Especially for children: Tell the children that they are going to learn an important sentence. Ask them to follow the actions with you, and then you will all repeat the sentence together. “Love (raise one hand) and serve (raise the other hand) go hand in hand (clasp hands together).” You may want to wear gloves labeled “love” and “serve.” Explain to the children that when we love people we want to serve them, and when we serve people we come to love them. Before Primary prepare six handprints labeled with the following scriptures: Deut. 10:12; Josh. 22:5; Gal. 5:13; Mosiah 4:15; Moro. 7:13; D&C 20:19. Place the handprints around the room. Have the children take turns choosing a handprint and looking up the scripture. Invite the children to raise one hand when they hear the word love and then the other hand when they hear the word serve. Sing “When We’re Helping” (p.198) and “Love One Another” (p. 136) in a round.  Have the children help each other trace their handprints onto pieces of paper. Label the hands “love” and “serve.” For younger children: Ask the children to draw a picture on each hand of how they can love and serve. Have the children fold the paper in half so that their hands can go “hand in hand.” For older children: Have the children write something they can do to love and serve others on each finger. Ask them to choose one of the things they have written to do that day. [This idea is from the October 2006 Friend Sharing Time Suggestion]
I am planning to make cookies,  I'll turn to one side of the room, be all sweet and lovely and tell them how much I enjoyed baking for them, what a pleasure it was to serve them.... to the other side I will hand them the cookies and complain about how long it took and what I wanted to be doing, what an inconvenience it was... Then I want to get feed back on the difference, and how we can try to be more selfless and less selfish when we serve others, and how much greater the blessings are when we serve with a smile. (Shared by Heather May / 04092007)
Pratt's Service Lesson Helps
Salt of the Earth
Selfless Service
What is REAL: Christ-like Service - Service comes in many forms and many ways and all are worthy. All service leads us to be more like the Savior, to be at one with Him and our Heavenly Father.  We will grow most when we include the Holy Ghost in our service and he will teach us and guide us to serve in a more Christ like way.  As we are influenced by inspiration from Him who knows each of us intimately, who knows specifically our needs at the moment that we need them, then we will have access to the perfect way to serve.  The beauty of Christ-like service, or inspired service is, as King Solomon said, "None is so great that he needs no help, and none so small that he cannot give it." (Women's Conference 2006)
Why do we serve??



I have two willing hands
May I Serve Thee? March 2004, Ensign



Get Lost
Merit Badge



Last week, a young man in our ward spoke in sacrament meeting on service.  As he gave his talk, he removed his jacket, loosened his tie and took it off, started unbuttoning his shirt, took off his belt, and took off his shoes.  All the while he just gave his talk without any mention of what he was doing until the very end, and then he said, "You probably won't remember a word I said by the time you get home, but you will never forget what I did.  Actions speak louder than words." 
Using popcorn kernels, demonstrate how we can be hard when we do not serve others, but when "popped" or filled with air, we are light and fluffy.

50 ways to serve your brother
A Service a Day Keeps the Blues Away - I challenged each member of my family to jot down their daily acts of service either in a small notebook or on a daily calendar.
Ideas for serving those in a rest home at Christmas time
Seasons of Service with Little Ones
Serving One Another

 

A little part of me
All you can by John Wesley
Everybody, Somebody, Anybody & Nobody
I Have Wept in the Night



A lady came to our RS recently to talk about service we can give in the community and passed on an idea of hers. She suggested that when women get a new purse that they take their old purse and fill it with some small cosmetics that they might have left over--like hotel shampoos, lotions, or free samples or gifts they have never used, and put them in the purse and take them to the local women's shelter. She checked with them and they were thrilled with the idea. They said that oftentimes the women and children come there with nothing but what they are wearing. I guess for a Primary service project the children could ask their mother or grandmother for a purse and small goodies to
put in it and then at the activity they could write little notes to tuck inside that have fun messages on them. (Idea by Jan Blake)
For Children
Freezing Our Compassionate Service
Serving Others Together
Simple service ideas from The Idea Door
TONS of patterns for service projects from the Humanitarian Center - ABC books, bears and more!

One Liners
Quick Quotes

As I serve others, I serve Jesus Christ and show my love for Him
I can serve others
I will serve in my family
I will serve others by treating them kindly and sharing what I have
Jesus Christ taught us to serve others
Prophets teach me that blessings are promised when I love and serve others 
 

A glass of milk 
Everyday Heroes (Article from the Salt Lake Tribune Newspaper, April 6, 1998)
Growing award winning corn
Make Me A Spoon (Anonymous)

No Hands But Ours
Parable of the Spoon
Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea
The Night Watch
The starfish (Can be applied to service)
Tin Pot, taken from the Friend

  Check your church library to see if they have any of these videos...

Essentials of Welfare - Serving Others with Love. A touching account of the interaction between a small child in a refugee holding camp in Thailand and a Church representative who is visiting there. 7 min. (Video Clip 4)
In the the service of your God - This video features two segments about the Church’s welfare efforts.