Verses on serving.
J217 is named for one verse. These are some of the others standing behind it, on serving one another and on serving God.
Serving one another
What we owe each other.
You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.Galatians 5:13
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.Mark 10:45
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.1 Peter 4:10
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.Philippians 2:3–4
Serving God
Who the work is for.
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.Colossians 3:23–24
Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.Romans 12:11
But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve … But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.Joshua 24:15
None of it is meant to stay on the page.
That is the whole idea behind the name. James says faith without action is dead, so the board exists to make the action findable.