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There's a special place in heaven for volunteers
Many may be shocked to find, when the Day of Judgment nears,
that there's a special place in Heaven set aside for Volunteers.
Furnished with big recliners, satin couches and footstools;
When there's no committee chairman, no group leaders or car pools.
No eager team that needs a coach, no bazaar and no bake sale;
There will be nothing to staple, not one thing to fold or mail.
Telephone lists will be outlawed, but a finger-snap will bring,
Cool drinks and gourmet dinners and rare treats fit for a King.
You ask, who'll serve these privileged few and work for all they're worth?
All those who reaped the benefits, and not once volunteered on Earth
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Prayer of Volunteer MinistersThe Prayer of
Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; and it is in dying
that we are born to eternal life.
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