Member Angela writes:

Here are a few of the service projects we have done:

Winter coat collection - give to local shelters or Salvation Army.

Birthday Bag Bash - we collect cake mixes/frosting/candles/small gender-neutral toys. We fill brightly colored gift bags with one of each of the items,and donate to a local food pantry or shelter. These are great, sometimes families have to choose between bills, groceries, other needs, and a family member has to do without a birthday cake. The local food pantry we donated these too were also able to pass them out to mothers for Mother's Day last year.

Snack Sacks- we fill small lunch bags with healthy snack items such as pudding, granola bars, fruit snacks, a juice pouch, and a napkin/spoon. These are also given to local shelters/food pantries.

With each of these, the church was invited to help donate supplies, and we always received a wonderful response.

One that I use with younger students (3-5th grade) - we walk together up/down a couple blocks in the neighborhood, collecting canned goods and prayer requests. Theis age of kids is not afraid to ask for prayer requests! As always, use the most care in going door-to-door. Our's is a small neighborhood that is very aware of our church programming.