Summer Serve Bingo: I Want To Go Deeper

The opportunities here are designed to deepen your understanding of the systems, histories, and experiences that shape people’s lives. The goal is to grow in humility, ask better questions, and see the bigger picture.

  1. Attend a “Dementia 101” presentation.
    • Please complete this form to let us know you’re interested in this opportunity. Once we have a group of interested participants, we’ll reach out with next steps and coordinate dates and times that work best.
  2. Tour an organization who supports the same population as one of our partners. Ask them how they contribute to the thriving of neighbors.
  3. Attend a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) presentation.
    • Please complete this form to let us know you’re interested in this opportunity. Once we have a group of interested participants, we’ll reach out with next steps and coordinate dates and times that work best.
  4. Attend a Shelter Tour.
    • Please complete this form to let us know you’re interested in this opportunity. Once we have a group of interested participants, we’ll reach out with next steps and coordinate dates and times that work best.
  5. Attend a Tepe Park Neighborhood Tour. Learn about Asset Based Development.
    • Please complete this form to let us know you’re interested in this opportunity. Once we have a group of interested participants, we’ll reach out with next steps and coordinate dates and times that work best.
  6. Tour the Evansville African American Museum. How did racial injustices help create pockets of poverty in our city?
    • 579 S Garvin St, Evansville, IN 47713 / Hours of Operation: Wednesday-Friday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Saturday Noon- 4:00 PM
    • Please complete this form to let us know you’re interested in this opportunity. Once we have a group of interested participants, we’ll reach out with next steps and coordinate dates and times that work best.
  7. Attend a Tepe Park neighborhood association meeting and just listen.
    • Neighborhood meetings take place at 1212 S Garvin St, Evansville, IN 47713 from 6:30-7:30 PM.
    • Upcoming Neighborhood Meetings:
      1. Monday, June 15
      2. Monday, July 20
      3. Monday, August 17
  8. Meet with an Advocacy Team Leader and learn more about why they chose to focus their time in that area.
    • To schedule a meeting with one of our Advocacy Team Leaders, please contact Kristin Moseley at 812-518-1462 or kmoseley@cccgo.com.
  9. Visit Hope Gallery and learn more about an artist’s story.
    • 1109 S Green River Rd, Evansville, IN 47715 / Hours of Operation: Monday & Tuesday 12:00-4:00 PM, Wednesday-Friday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
  10. Talk with a board member of Potter’s Wheel or Community One about what it’s like.
  11. Read When Helping Hurts.
  12. Visit the Dollar General on the Southside of Evansville and think through how you’d plan for meals with just what’s in this store.
    • 2131 A Weinbach Ave, Evansville, IN 47714 / Hours of Operation: Monday-Sunday 8:00 AM-9:00 PM
  13. Tour the Bedford Collab, a food centered business incubator in Tepe Park.
    • Please complete this form to let us know you’re interested in this opportunity. Once we have a group of interested participants, we’ll reach out with next steps and coordinate dates and times that work best.
  14. Epiphany Church and BOLD Church are two churches in the United States that Crossroads helped plant. Find a recent sermon from their lead pastor and hear them share from a different cultural perspective and ministry context.
  15. Have lunch with Participants in the Easterseals Connect Hub at Crossroads.
    • Please complete this form to let us know you’re interested in this opportunity. Once we have a group of interested participants, we’ll reach out with next steps and coordinate dates and times that work best.
  16. Tour Easterseals Early Childhood Learning Center.
    • Please complete this form to let us know you’re interested in this opportunity. Once we have a group of interested participants, we’ll reach out with next steps and coordinate dates and times that work best.
  17. Visit our website and click “Let’s Learn”. Learn more about global missions at Crossroads by choosing one resource to read or listen to.
  18. Attend Salvation Army’s Pathway of Hope Information Meeting to learn how this opportunity serves families in Warrick County.
    • Class details: Monday, July 14, 9:00-11:00 AM at Hope Central (4205 IN-62, Boonville, IN 47601)
    • For more information, visit the Salvation Army website.
  19. Compare two neighborhoods in Evansville (housing, food access, transportation). What differences do you notice?
  20. Look up eviction rates or poverty data for Vanderburgh or Warrick County. What surprised you?
  21. Attend (or watch online) a city council meeting or school board meeting near you. What issues are being discussed?
  22. Read the book, "9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations".
  23. Visit a grocery store in a lower-income area and compare prices and options to where you normally shop.
  24. Ask God about this question: “What gifts or skills do I have that could help others thrive?” Write one next step you might take to more fully give of yourself and share it with a friend.
  25. Read the book, "The Art of Neighboring".