Service and Spirituality. The connection is at the heart of what we do at Restoring the Soul. Our July 22 forum, “Service and Spirituality: Exploring the Connections,” will look at local leaders’ perspectives on service and spirituality.
Need some prompts for thinking about the connection between faith and service? Check out our study guides for Buddhist, Jewish, and Christian traditions.
Some facts about the correlation between religion and volunteering:
A survey of Americans’ donating and volunteering patterns demonstrates that individuals who donate or volunteer with religious organizations donate and volunteer more with secular organizations.
“Fifty-four percent of those who regularly attend religious services volunteer, while only 32 percent of the non-attendees volunteer.”
Check out the Independent Sector study. (“Faith and Philanthropy: The Connection Between Charitable Behavior and Giving to Religion,” Independent Sector, 2002.)
The correlation between religious service attendance and volunteering is seen in youth, as well. (National Study of Youth and Religion.)
The Heritage Foundation’s Top Ten Facts about Religion and Volunteering “My Brother’s Keeper: How Religiosity Is Related to Charity and Volunteering”
Colorado is below the national average for percent of people who say religion is very important in their lives.
Eboo Patel’s, founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, recent column “Repairing the World”
How do you see the connections between service and your place in the community? Between service and spirituality?
Posted by Julie Bir.
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