Thrive Peninsula has been serving our community since the 1970s when it was known as Denbign United Christian Outreach (DUCO). In 2024 alone, they served over 31,000 residents on the peninsula. We’re thankful to be able to partner with them and help stock their food pantry. Last year we put together 120 meal kits equally close to 870lbs of food! Can we surpass that this year?

How you can help: In the foyer is a table with Meal Kit Cards. Each card contains a list of foods that make up a meal for a family. Shop for the items on the card and bring it to the church by November 20th. It doesn’t just have to be what’s on the cards - if you’d like to bring in shelf stable food to be donated, you’re welcome to bring those in as well.

Angel Tree exists as a ministry of Prison Fellowship that aims to bring Christmas joy and hope to children whose parents are incarcerated. Each year we sponsor 50 kids in our community by purchasing gifts for them on behalf of their parent(s).

How you can help: On Sunday, November 8th we’ll have a table with Angel Tree gift tags that will contain the names of each child and gift ideas to purchase for them. Shop for their gifts and return them to the church wrapped or gift bagged by Sunday, December 6th.

How you can help: Join us on Friday, November 20th to sort through and put together meal kits to be delivered to Thrive Peninsula.

Help spread some cheer by writing an encouraging word or note that will be sent to our missionaries, as well as military personel and Veterans through the VA. On Sunday November 22nd and 29th we will have a table out with cards that you can use to write an encouraging word or note of Christmas cheer for one (or all three!) groups of people.

On Wednesday, December 9th, we’ll be opening up the church to all college students as a place to come study and get a free meal. We’ll have food, study spaces, coffee, WiFi, and plenty of electricity to plug into for those electronics.

How you can help: Come help setup, cook, bring a dish, write an encouraging notes, or simply hangout and spend time with our college students.

Make plans to join us for our Christmas service on December 20th. Invite your friends, family, neighbors, and coworkers, as we come together to worship our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

We’ll be taking a special offering to pay off our building loan, leaving our church completely debt free!

Bring the family, invite some friends and join us for our Christmas Eve Eve service on December 23rd at 5:30pm!

PORT or People Offering Resources Together is an emergency winter shelter with the intent to house the homeless on the coldest nights of the year, ensuring no one dies on the streets.

Starting in 1991 - now in its 34th year, PORT serves upwards of 120 people per night for a total of 20 weeks during the winter.

We’ll be partnering with other churches during the night of Saturday, December 26th and the morning of Sunday, December 27th to serve those being housed those days.

How you can help: We’ll have sign up sheets available several weeks in advance for both days we’re serving at PORT. You can sign up to serve one shift or both. Typically the evening shift helps with intake, ensuring the belongings of those staying the night are secure, providing them with a hot meal and warm bedding for the night. The morning shift returns belongings to those who stayed the night and gives out a meal bag to each person before they leave.