The Gathering hearts Serve Day!

As a church family we value making the presence of Christ known in our city. Despite the brokenness that we may come across every day, God has given us at Grace the opportunity to meet some of those broken areas by the partnerships that we have established with HfLB in our city. We have strong and well-rooted relationships with 15 ‘mercy and justice delivering’ organizations in our city, and twice a year we come together unified as a church family in order to show those organizations how much we care about them by serving them. We do this because our presence in the city matters, and through days like Serve Day, relationships are established that point others toward the reality that God has not abandoned our city. God has allowed us to be stewards, cultivators and shalom-bringers, within our neighborhoods, because that is how much He desires for our city to recognize him. 13 organizations have requested our help, and on July 28th we have the opportunity to serve them...

Here are the details..

At this point we have 115 volunteers signed up, and we still need approximately 250-300 more.


As an ABF, if we rally together to support 1 or 2 projects, we could probably occupy 75 of those spots.

One of the biggest areas of need is for a project called "Fun with the Franklins" at Franklin Middle School... This is one of our biggest projects, with the greatest amount of need. We will be partnering with Franklin Middle School to host a carnival for the students at Franklin as an "end of the Summer School" celebration, and it will also be open to the surrounding community. The students will be showcasing their work, their parents will be offered resources, and there will be games, sports tournaments, food, and more. We need about 60 volunteers in order to pull this event off. This is our first time partnering with Franklin Middle school, and it may provide tremendous opportunity for us to become more involved in being advocates within particular low-income schools.

You can either sign up online at www.serveday.org, or you can sign up at the Information Center on Sunday.

Email Kira Williams with any questions: kwilliams@gracelb.org-

Labels: Gathering, Grace Brethren Long Beach, Serve Day

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