CSP
Christian Stewardship Project
CSP
Christian Stewardship Project
For questions about CSP, contact Austin Krause at akrause@sjathunder.org.
Christian Stewardship Project
Summer CSP Projects are approved through x2vol only. CSPs are NOT approved via email
1. Individual CSP
The first option is to do 30 hours with one agency that is a social service agency or a non-profit organization that follows the current guidelines for CSP (see “CSP GUIDELINES” below).
2. Family Service Projects
This option will involve planning a project (or multiple) while serving alongside your immediate family! You will have a family meeting to set up and document your service projects. You will be required to do 20 hours of service together (that is 20 individual hours NOT 5 people serving 4 hours together). You can serve up to four different social service/nonprofit organizations. The project will need to be titled Family CSP in x2vol with a comprehensive description of the work done at that location. The “supervisor” field will need to be someone from the agency where you worked. This is a change starting with the 2025-2026 school year. Please log your service into x2vol as you go (freshmen and transfers your accounts will be set up soon, so just keep a log of your experiences and you can log the hours in later) (see “CSP GUIDELINES” below).
Family CSP during the Junior and Senior year must choose organizations that allow them to work and interact directly with the population in need per the Junior/Senior Guidelines (link this). If a student does Family CSP two years in a row at the same organizations, they still need to demonstrate a step-up in leadership.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR 2026-27
Summer Pre-Approval Dates
Friday, June 12th, 2026
Pre-Approval Entry Due
September 24th (A-day) or September 25th (B-day) 2026
30 Completed Hours Due*
Sunday, March 21st, 2027 (logged into x2Vol and verified by coordinating supervisor)
Senior CSP Essential Question Discussion
Thursday, March 25th, 2027, you will sign up for these during the spring semester of your senior year.
CONSEQUENCES FOR DELAYED CSP COMPLETION
- Starting March 22nd, 2027, students who do not have all their CSP hours completed, submitted and verified on x2Vol will be required to come to Wednesday morning detentions from 8am-9am.
- They will be expected to come every Wednesday morning from 8am-9am the rest of the semester until their hours are complete.
- If they do not show or work out their absence with Mr. Muehlberger, then they will have a Saturday detention scheduled.
- If they are not completed by March 31st, 2027, then they will also lose their finals waiver.
CSP GUIDELINES
GENERAL GUIDELINES
- Student(s) must complete 1 of the 2 options listed above each year.
- Unless otherwise approved, students will complete service with four different service organizations over the course of four years. The service needs to be aimed at helping those who are most in need of help.
- Pre-Approval, Change of Agency, and Hours will be logged and approved through the x2Vol website.
- Service will be approved by Theology teacher at the given due date of Pre-Approvals.
- Approval will be due the first semester as a checkpoint for their progress. There will be two other checkpoints throughout the first semester that if students have not met the criteria of expectation, they will be required to attend a morning detention on a previously scheduled late start Wednesday.
- Hours should be logged into x2Vol as they are completed. When logged, x2Vol will automatically send a confirmation email to the coordinating supervisor and they will confirm that the work has been done.
- All hours are due by Sunday, March 21st, 2027
- At the end of the year students will initiate a Essential Questions Discussion. Freshmen-Juniors will have their discussion with their house mentor teachers. Seniors will have their discussion in front of a select panel on Holy Thursday.
- Summer CSP: Students may perform their CSP during the summer for the next school year’s credit. You will need to turn in a Pre-Approval notice through x2Vol and it will be confirmed by Mr. Krause. If you wish to do a summer CSP it is suggested you read the requirements for your grade, posted on the school website, in order to be certain that it meets the requirements of your grade level or else hours may not be counted for CSP.
- If a change of agency is required, you must fill out a new Pre-Approval entry on x2Vol and the service from the previous agency will not count toward your yearly 30 hours. This is why it is extremely important that you communicate with your agency at the time of Pre-Approval.
- For sophomore through senior year, the March for Life in Washington, D.C. will count for 20 hours and the remaining 10 hours need to be done with a Pro-Life agency. The 10 hours need to be Pre-Approved by the normal Pre-Approval date. You cannot be Pre-Approved for the March for Life only.
- SJA Team camps do not count for CSP.
- Students will not be excused during school hours to work on their CSP. Any CSP hours worked during school hours will not be counted toward their required hours.
- Parents or other close family members should not be the coordinating supervisor for your Individual or Family CSP.
For all questions, contact your theology teacher or Austin Krause at akrause@sjathunder.org
FRESHMEN GUIDELINES
- Students will follow all CSP general guidelines.
- Service must be aimed at helping those who are in need.
- Service should not take place in a business/corporate setting.
- Parents or other close family members should not be the coordinating supervisor for your Individual CSP.
- Students will not be excused during school hours to work on their CSP. Any CSP hours worked during school hours will not be counted toward their required CSP hours.
SOPHOMORE GUIDELINES
- Students will follow all CSP general guidelines.
- Service must be aimed at helping those who are in need.
- Service should not take place in a business/corporate setting.
- Parents or other close family members should not be the coordinating supervisor for your Individual CSP.
- If you choose the same agency as freshman year, you are required to demonstrate that you have an increased role or responsibility. A short, detailed explanation of this needs to be disclosed in the “description” box in your Pre-Approval entry in x2Vol.
- Students will not be excused during school hours to work on their CSP. Any CSP hours worked during school hours will not be counted toward their required CSP hours.
JUNIOR GUIDELINES
- Must follow all CSP general guidelines.
- Service should not take place in a business/corporate setting.
- Parents or other close family members should not be the coordinating supervisor for your Individual CSP.
- Your project must directly affect and serve people outside the SJA community, preferably people who are poor, lonely, have disabilities, and/or are disenfranchised. If your agency does not serve these groups of people, you must talk to your Theology teacher before approval.
- You must have direct contact with the people you are serving. Thrift stores, food pantries, animal shelters and other labor jobs that do not directly deal with people in need are not allowed.
- If you choose the same agency as freshman or sophomore year, you are required to demonstrate that you have an increased role or responsibility. A short, detailed explanation of this needs to be disclosed in the “description” box in your Pre-Approval entry in x2Vol
- Domestic and International SJA Mission trips are applicable for CSP. You must have this confirmed with Campus Ministry prior to Pre-Approval.
- Students will not be excused during school hours to work on their CSP. Any CSP hours worked during school hours will not be counted toward their required CSP hours.
SENIOR GUIDELINES
- Must follow all CSP general guidelines.
- Service should not take place in a business/corporate setting.
- Parents or other close family members should not be the coordinating supervisor for your Individual CSP.
- If you choose the same agency as freshman, sophomore or junior year, you are required to demonstrate that you have an increased role or responsibility. A short, detailed explanation of this needs to be disclosed in the “description” box in your Pre-Approval entry in x2Vol.
- The project must directly affect and serve people outside the SJA community, preferably people who are poor, lonely, have disabilities, and/or are disenfranchised. If your agency does not serve these groups of people, you must talk to your Theology teacher before approval.
- You must have direct contact with the people who you are serving. Thrift stores, food pantries, animal shelters and other labor jobs that do not directly deal with the people in need are not allowed.
- Domestic and International SJA Mission Trips are applicable for CSP, although if a student has done that for Junior year, they must increase in their responsibilities. This must be worked out ahead of time with Campus Ministry.
- Regardless of the agency, seniors should show leadership in this year of service.
- If the hours and essential question discussion are not completed, you will not be able to receive your transcript.
- Students will not be excused during school hours to work on their CSP. Any CSP hours worked during school hours will not be counted toward their required CSP hours.
CSP RESOURCES
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