Service Opportunities

Click on "Service Opportunities" link below to see how you can spend yourself on behalf of others.

At the heart of MidAmerica Nazarene University is a passion to serve and to be servent leaders. We encourage our students to get involved and as you can see with our "Passion to Serve Projects" are all student led and come from a passion to do something bigger than themselves. If you click on our service opportunities page you can see all the ways our students or you as a student can get involved today!

CONTACT US:

Questions about Mission Trips? Need to sign up for a local service opportunity? Just wanna chat?
Come and visit any time! We are located in the Campus Center, directly across from the mailboxes.

Raelyn Koop 913.971.3542. {ml0}
Amanda Stolba 913.971.3541. {ml1}

Mission Trip Fundraisers & Donations

Pizza Street Fundraiser
Support those traveling to Peru and Paraguay with Nazarene Extreme by
purchasing a Pizza Street punch card.  For $10, you will receive 10 free
buffets.  When you visit one of their 8 locations and purchase a buffet and
two drinks, you will receive one free buffet!

If you are interested contact the ServiceCorps Office at
{ml1} or ext. 3541.  You may also reach out to one of the
following students: Rachel Robinette, Logan Austin, Kadie Danaher, Lynsey
Gustafson, Ryley Thornton, Ben Atwell or Rachael Brunton.

Krispy Kreme Donuts
The gentlemen traveling to Australia this summer are still selling Krispy
Kreme Donuts before and after student led chapel on Thursday mornings, so
remember to bring $1 if you want a warm, sweet treat!  You can also purchase
a dozen donuts for $8 for your office, class or dorm. This offer includes
delivery!

Donations-Here are some additional ways you can support our student-led
mission trips:

VBS Kits
The gentlemen traveling to Australia are in need of a VBS kit that includes
a DVD component.  If you or your church has a kit to donate, please let us
know.

Gently used or new items for Peru
o 20 NVI Bibles (Nueva Versión Internacional. This is a Spanish translation of the NIV)
o 6 boxes of Cereal Bars (box of 8-12)
o 5 bags of ground Coffee (12 oz. bag)
o 16 Jars Peanut Butter
o 2 Soccer ball (for use on concrete court)
o 2 Soccer Scrimmage Pennies - 1 dozen adult (2 different colors)
o 2 Soccer Scrimmage Pennies - 1 dozen youth (2 different colors)
o 20 Toys - for boys (micro machines, action figures, etc.)
o 20 Toys - for girls (dolls, stuffed animals, etc.)
o 2 Volleyballs

Any of the above donations can be brought to the ServiceCorps Office. If you
have any questions please contact our office by emailing
{ml1} or calling ext. 3541.

Passion to Serve Projects

Urban Youth Ministries Project

2011-2012 Project

Three hundred students, ages 0 – 18, live in the apartment complex. Each week students are turned away and added to a waiting list because there is not sufficient room for them in program. The youth center could more positively and effectively serve the youth of Rosedale Ridge if we had updated and expanded spaces. MNU students have a passion to serve and have comitted to raising $40,000 and have been volunteering at the Urban Youth Center...

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Kenya Orphan Care Project

2010-2011 Project > Raised $35,000

MNU is partnering with Nazarene district superintendent, Peter Okinyo, to reach Kiberia, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Our connection with Rev. Okinyo occurred when an MNU ministry student spent a summer in that region and witnessed the overwhelming need to assist vulnerable children. Many of these children survive day-to-day in Kiberia living in precarious situations without basic necessities and protection...

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The Guatemala Project

2009-2010 Project > Surpasses $50,000 goal in less than a year

MNU’s “What If” campaign was based on the premise that “if” the 1,000 faculty, staff, and students each donated $25 per semester, giving only $2 a week, than at the end of the current school year the amount raised would total more than $50,000. The clinic is in the process of being built by professional workers and volunteers from the community of Patanatic...

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