Souper Bowl of Caring

The Souper Bowl of Caring collection began as a simple prayer: “Lord, even as we enjoy the Super Bowl football game, help us be mindful of those who are without a bowl of soup to eat” is inspiring a youth-led movement to help hungry and hurting people around the world....

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Family Promise – January 2017

Volunteers from our church again supported the Flushing Presbyterian Church as they hosted 3 families for one week.  Family Promise provides counseling, housing and support for homeless families in crisis and assists them in re-gaining their independence.  One family was a young mother with two young sons.  One family was...

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Salvation Army Bell Ringing

5 youth, 3 Club 45er’s  and 6 adults had a great time singing Christmas songs, ringing bells for the Salvation Army, and greeting customers at the Fenton VG’s on Silver Parkway from noon-2 p.m. on Saturday, December 10. Other adults from our church filled in the rest of the day...

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December 2016 Blood Drive

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We hosted another very successful Red Cross blood drive at our church!  Our goal continued to be 39 pints, but we had 65 appointments and collected 53 pints!  We want to thank the blood donors, the Boy Scouts for assisting in setting up and packing up the equipment, and the...

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Food Bank 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The Food Bank of Eastern Michigan helps provide food to the hungry in 22 counties in the eastern half of Michigan.  Over 19% of the people in eastern Michigan are food insecure.  There are 400 partner agencies in these 22 counties that work daily to distribute this food.  98%...

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Adopt-a-Pet 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]On Saturday, September 24, a group of volunteers from our church had a wonderful time assisting Adopt-a-Pet.  We socialized their animals, painted a shed and benches, picked up trash, and built storage shelves.  Since 2006, Adopt-a-Pet has found homes for over 3000 cats and dogs and funded veterinary care...

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Empty Bowls 2016

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]On Thursday, September 22, twelve of our members went together to the Empty Bowls fund raiser for the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.  For $20.00, each person selected a ceramic bowl to take home that was made by local artisans as well as enjoyed numerous bowls of soups and...

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Habitat House 2016

The Genesee County Habitat for Humanity is building 6 new homes in the Flint area this year.  A group of 10 volunteers from our church assisted on Saturday, September 10, 2016.  Our group painted the stairway walls and ceiling, laid a wood floor in one bedroom, leveled part of the...

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Youth helping the Back-to-School Project

Four youth went shopping to purchase school supplies and clothes for our Deacon’s Back-to-School project. They choose five children to shop for with money donated by some of our church members. These youth were very good stewards of the money they were allotted, and bought fashionable and quality items. The...

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2016 North End Soup Kitchen

Ten volunteers from our church traveled to the North End Soup Kitchen in Flint on Saturday, June 25, to prepare and serve a lunch to people in crisis.  We served about 70 lunches.  Everyone was very appreciative and we enjoyed our time together.

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