Opinion: As Latter-day Saints, we must take community service more seriously

At a recent community service event I helped organize, Latter-day Saints joined others in distributing hundreds of food boxes, including frozen ground venison that LDS young people processed from deer donated by hunters.

A frustrated missionary paused, trying to get someone — anyone — to listen to a message about Christ, and spent an hour teaching English, feeling buoyed up by an overwhelming sense of how much Jesus loves each person.

Community service. It’s a good idea when we get around to it. Except this: Until we take seriously the call to serve all God’s children, we can never become a Zion society. Personal benefits include “increased sense of purpose in life and reduced feelings of loneliness, depression and hopelessness,” said Dr. Eric S. Kim, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia.

Community service is also one of the best ways to retain youth and new converts, invite friends and fulfill many callings by bringing others along to the church.

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Opinion: As Latter-day Saints, we must take community service more seriously

Opinion: As Latter-day Saints, we must take community service more seriously

Opinion: As Latter-day Saints, we must take community service more seriously

Opinion: As Latter-day Saints, we must take community service more seriously

Opinion: As Latter-day Saints, we must take community service more seriously