Love in Action: Community Road Clean-up
After a month-long missions focus, the youth of the Soul Clinic Church of the Nazarene in the Soul Clinic Community near Monrovia, Liberia, met on the 28th of June 2025 to be the hands and feet of Jesus in a practical way in their community. This idea was born out of discussions in the youth Bible study about, “The Missionary Heart of God”. One youth said, “Let’s not just talk about mission—let’s do one!”
The community has suffered in recent years from the deterioration of infrastructure, but the Missions Month focussed on practical missions outreach they entitled: “Love in Action: Community Road Clean-up”. The goal was to move from just teaching to doing and showing their community the heart of God through service. With prayer and planning, they identified a need in their own backyard: the blocked community road. The young people organised tools, mobilised youth, informed community leaders and, with boldness, worked joyfully—clearing bush, levelling the path and transforming what was once avoided into a usable road again. There was no outside funding or help, but it was all done by the local church and local youth.
The idea was birthed out of a deep desire to live out the Gospel in a practical way. They wanted to restore dignity to the community by trying to restore the road to the community that had been abandoned. The youth also wanted to inspire hope and reflect Christ through humble service while mobilising the youth into real-life missions. The purpose was simple but profound: to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the community, to serve where no one else would and to declare God’s love through action.
The community was overwhelmed with joy. Many stopped to ask, “What kind of people are you?” This simple question gave the youth the opportunity to share: “We are followers of Christ, and this is how we love our neighbours.” They didn’t just clean a road. They opened hearts. Many community members have since expressed a desire to visit the church and learn more about this, “Jesus kind of love.”
The youth who participated said it was life-changing and want to plan more community-based missions.
