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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Blood Drive 2016

We had another very successful blood drive at our church this June.  Most of the donors used the new Rapid Pass system very successfully.  After a very busy start at 9 am, the arriving donors were processed very promptly the rest of the day.  We had 43 people come to...

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Christmas In Action 2016

Tri-County Christmas In Action performed significant home repairs to a Fenton Township house owned by a senior with disabilities on Saturday, April 30, 2016.  Ten adults and eight youth volunteers from our church worked at the house on Main Road.  Our team helped to paint the outside of the home,...

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Shelter of Flint – 2016 Report

On Saturday, February 27, ten volunteers from our church traveled to the Shelter of Flint to help prepare an apartment for transitional housing as well as to sort donated clothing and new toys for the guests there.  The apartment needed the walls, ceilings, floors, refrigerator and stove washed.  In addition,...

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Clothing Collections

The Mission and Stewardship committee would like to thank the many members who so quickly contributed 4 large bags of very nice clothes into the box in fellowship hall.  The clothes went to the clothing closet at Carriage Town Ministries in downtown Flint this past week.  More good news is...

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2015 Salvation Army Bell Ringing

On a balmy winter day, our members shared their Christmas Joy with the community and helped the Salvation Army raise some money so that more local families could enjoy Christmas.  Our members smiled, sang Christmas carols and greeted shoppers at VG’s on Silver Lake Parkway as well as at WalMart...

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Youth Group Helping Salvation Army

7 youth and 2 adults had a great time singing songs, ringing bells for the Salvation Army, and greeting customers at the Fenton Walmart from 1-2 p.m. on Saturday, December 12.  Some customers challenged us to sing super loud for a donation, and one bought us cookies and gave us the...

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