{"id":903,"date":"2009-06-20T17:31:38","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T21:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=903"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:23:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T00:23:52","slug":"obama-unveils-united-we-serve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/obama-unveils-united-we-serve\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Unveils &#8220;United We Serve&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>LTRP Note:<\/strong> The following is a follow-up to previous articles (see links below) Lighthouse Trails has posted regarding possible mandatory service enforced by the new administration and the support of such efforts by Christian leaders like Rick Warren.<\/p>\n<p>NATIONAL SERVICE &#8211; In a video message released on Wednesday, President Obama unveiled United We Serve &#8211; a sustained effort to expand the size and impact of volunteer efforts in addressing tough challenges facing the nation.<\/p>\n<p><embed width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/jGkUoBDYnrg&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The initiative, which will be led by the Corporation for National and Community Service, officially kicks off on June 22, during the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, and runs for 81 days through a new National Day of Service and Remembrance on September 11.<\/p>\n<p>To make it easy to get involved, the President is urging Americans to visit the Corporation&#8217;s web site, http:\/\/www.Serve.gov &#8211; where visitors can search for local volunteer opportunities, recruit volunteers by posting their organization&#8217;s projects, or get ideas for creating their own projects with friends, families, and neighbors. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20230321075917\/http:\/\/servicewire.org\/content\/20090619\/nsb\/Stories-Field\/United-We-Serve\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Click here to read this entire article.<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/index.php?p=1236&amp;more=1&amp;c=1\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Is This Our Future: Mandatory Community Service, a Three-Legged Purpose Driven Plan, and a Brave New World? <\/span><\/strong><\/a>by Kjos Ministries<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/index.php?p=1290&amp;more=1&amp;c=1\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Rick Warren, Readers Digest Join Forces for New Publication <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/departmentofpeace.htm\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">The New (Age) Department of Peace<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 LTRP Note: The following&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-signs-of-the-times","wpcat-45-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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