Who we Are Community Presbyterian Church Believing we are called by God

Mission at Community Presbyterian Church

Hands-on Mission Opportunities

Bridges-Kinship Mentoring

Ongoing 4-6 hours a month

Do good! Mentor a child! Bring a friend to a child or youth, age 5-17, can be the most rewarding experience for both you and the child. Can you commit at least 4-6 hours a month for a year? Mentor as an individual, a couple, or a family. Make a difference in another's life. Mentor! Call Nancy Roth at 326-4700.

Habitat for Humanity - Grand Rapids

Anytime June - September: 2-3 hours

You can volunteer any amount of time to work at the house that will be built during the summer. We may try to gather a group which will spend a day cleaning the house just before it is turned over to the family in September.

Youth for Christ Ground Floor Chaperones

Evenings 3-4 hours

Volunteers can chaperone at The Ground Floor, help at other YFC events or work with the Board of Directors to provide oversight and financial support for this program. The Executive Director is Duane Geisler.

Second Harvest Food Bank At the Food Bank

Anytime 2 hours

You may help re-package goods, assemble the Christmas baskets, work with our youth when they volunteer at the Food Bank, or even work with the Board of Directors. The youth groups organize several visits annually.

CROP Walk

April - 4 hour

The annual CROP Walk is in April. The walk seeks to help remind people of the reality of hunger for many people in the world and to raise money to address the problems. Twenty- five percent of what is raised through pledges goes to the local Food Bank and the rest is used around the world. You can walk or sponsor a walker. Jaci David is CPC's coordinator.

Bloodmobile At CPC

TBA - 1 hour

On TBA, the Bloodmobile will visit Community Presbyterian Church. If you want to give blood, other opportunities will be available in the community. Let us know if you can help make phone calls, greet people who come to donate blood, or give blood yourself next year.

Special Cares In People's Homes

Anytime 1-2 hours a time

The Deacons invite volunteers to shop, drive or help those who are shut-in, have a new baby, are just home from the hospital, or experiencing long term illness. They also provide long-termfriendships for those who are homebound.

Community Cafe Itasca Resource Center

Second Tuesday of the Month 2-4 hours

You are invited to help out at the Community Cafe as cook, wait staff, or with clean-up. Work starts in the mid afternoon and everyone is done before 7:30 p.m. The Cafe serves those who are hungry or eat alone in Grand Rapids.

Mission Giving Opportunities

SERRV

We purchase crafts on consignment made by people in developing nations and then sell these products, return the proceeds to the people who made them. We also need another person to help run the store.

Grand Rapids Food Shelf

Fourth Sundays

We ask people to bring food or make contributions on the fourth Sunday of the month. These donations go to the local Food Shelf.

Transient Fund

Anytime

The Grand Rapids Ministerial Association provides lodging, gas, and money for a meal to people in need passing through town.

One Great Hour of Sharing

Lent

This offering received during Lent supports three programs, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Hunger Program, and Self Development of People Program.

Peacemaking Offering

First Sunday in October

Received on World Communion Sunday, gifts are used to help in international and national peacemaking programs and 25% remains in Grand Rapids for our own efforts.

Christmas Joy Offering

December

The Christmas Joy Offering is taken in December and is split between support for minority education and retired church workers.

Heifer Project

January

The Heifer Project is a program of the Sunday School Classes. Proceeds from the children's gifts are used to buy animals which are given to people in Developing Nations.

Presbyterian Women

The Rummage Sale takes place in May and October. The Thank Offering is received at Thanksgiving and the Birthday and Least Coin Offerings are taken at the time of your birthday.

Gingerbread Tree

December

In December you are invited to pick up an gingerbread child from our tree, buy a present for the child listed, and return unwrapped to be included with the Holiday Food Baskets.