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“Westside Outside” Service Program
Westside Outside is a unique Westside Christian program designed to help students develop a heart of compassion. It exposes our students to what God wants to do through them and encourages them to serve outside the school for an “open-heart” encounter with the poor, oppressed, and hurting people in our community and around the world.
Our core values include:
- Compassion: We are courageous, finding new ways to show Christ’s compassion.
- Humility: We serve as we live from a position of humility.
- Collaboration: We develop community in a spirit of collaboration.
- Restoration: We are creative in our expression with the purpose of restoration.
- Justice: We are provoked to engage where justice and relief are absent or repressed
This program is a voluntary program designed to encourage student stewardship of their God-given gifts in service. Those who participate and reach the suggested minimum goal of 100 hours of community service during their time at Westside Christian receive recognition at our Annual Awards Ceremony in the spring. Seniors who serve a set number of hours over their four years at Westside receive a medallion to be worn during graduation. The wearing of this medallion demonstrates to all school family members in attendance that the student believes service is important and encourages others to participate.