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Love in Action

During the month of February, we are putting our love into action by highlighting ways to serve both within the church and out in the community. Each serving opportunity highlighted will help meet the needs of hunger, healthcare, the unhoused, and address education and/or the needs of children and youth in our community.

We encourage you to look at these opportunities and prayerfully discern where God may be inviting you and your family to be Christ's hands and feet, living out our call to serve our neighbors. If you would like help discerning your 2022 missional service, please contact Rev. Shelby Slowey for a spiritual direction consultation.

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If you feel led to address hunger in our community

  • The Branch of Nashville

    Building community where everyone can thrive

    From the foundations of Christian values, The Branch supports those in our community facing the challenge of food insecurity. They provide food through their pantry, as well as English classes for their community.

    Some of their volunteer opportunities include food deliveries and helping sort, stock and package food. Use the button below to learn more and sign up.

    Volunteer

  • GraceWorks Ministries

    Neighbor serving Neighbor, by the power of God’s grace

    GraceWorks Ministries began when a group of concerned Williamson County citizens joined together to seek a comprehensive solution to the complex issue of poverty.

    If you are interested in volunteering with the GraceWorks Ministries' mobile food pantry, click the button below to learn more.

    Volunteer

Hope Clinic for Women

Caring and serving women in our community

If you feel led to address healthcare needs in our community

  • Community Resource Center

    Nashville's lead agency in times of crisis

    For 35 years, the Community Resource Center of Nashville has been a supply line to the front lines of poverty. Their mission is to empower their partner agencies to maintain their focus on providing critical services to Middle Tennessee’s most vulnerable populations by relieving them of the burden of securing basic essential products.

    To learn more about their individual and group volunteer opportunities, click the button below. 

    Volunteer

  • Hope Clinic for Women

    Caring for women with a merciful, non-judgmental approach

    For over 36 years, Hope Clinic has been at the forefront of care for women facing the toughest choices combining practical care with a merciful, non-judgmental approach. They put the client first, equip her, and help all individuals involved choose health. 

    Hope Clinic is offering safe and socially-distanced volunteer opportunities, both virtual and in-clinic. If you are interested in learning more about their volunteer opportunities, click the button below.

    Volunteer

Harvest Hands

Holistic Community Development

If you feel led to address the needs of the unhoused in our community

  • Community Care Fellowship

    Radical hospitality, transformational change

    The mission of Community Care Fellowship is to serve Christ by offering hope, love and resources to our neighbors experiencing housing insecurity.

    Their current volunteer opportunities include volunteering in their kitchen, at their front desk, or with their hygiene service. To learn more about volunteering and to sign up, click the button below. 

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  • Nashville Launch Pad

    Creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ youth

    Nashville Launch Pad is a volunteer-based initiative striving to provide street-free sleep to displaced youths in Davidson County between the ages of 18-24 with a focus on being affirming and welcoming to LGBTQIA+ youth.

    They have many volunteer opportunities including serving on their breakfast or evening shift, providing meals, or volunteering with their laundry service. They also have one-time serving projects. To learn more and sign up to volunteer, click the button below. 

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Community Care Fellowship

The mission of Community Care Fellowship is to serve Christ by offering hope, love and resources to our neighbors experiencing housing insecurity.

"Everyone who enters the door at CCF is treated with dignity and respect. Whether a guest is seeking a shower, a meal, or just somewhere to rest their head, we meet their basic needs no questions asked. From there we have the opportunity to build a relationship and guide them towards transformation."

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If you feel led to address education and/or the needs of children and youth

  • BUMC Student Ministry

    Fostering community, discipleship, and missional living

    Our Student Ministry has three core values: community, discipleship, and missional living. They strive to create a space where students go from “I don't belong” to knowing they belong and are loved; show students they are loved by Christ through teaching and interacting with scripture; create opportunities for students to realize that the love of Christ they feel sends them into action in the Kingdom.

    If you are interested in serving with our Student Ministry, contact Rosanne Schenck.

     
     

  • BUMC Kids

    Guiding children in their growth as disciples

    Our Children's Ministry aims to create a safe and loving environment where each child can discover who God is and learn that they are made in the image of a wonderful God.

    BUMC Kids is in need of Sunday school volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering with our Children's Ministry, contact Ellen Garrett. 

  • Cosecha Community Development

    Gathering neighbors together to foster community

    Cosecha Community Development exists to gather neighbors together to foster community. They do this by focusing on health & wholeness, literacy, and mentorship in their neighborhood along the Nolensville Pike corridor of South Nashville. 

    Cosecha is starting a new program this semester in partnership with Wright Middle School. They are in need of volunteers to help with their new before school program each week, Monday-Thursday, 7-8:30 a.m. Volunteers and Cosecha staff will facilitate supplemental learning and enhance life skills of the middle school students in their community. 

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  • Dream Streets

    Empowering individuals living in distress

    Dream Streets exists to protect and empower individuals living in distress. They provide supplemental groceries and family-strengthening tools. In addition, they foster positive community relations at their physical locations, mobile ministry sites, and the streets they serve in West and North Nashville. 

    They have several serving opportunities including picking up food donations and bringing them to ministry sites, cooking meals for their community mom group, and volunteering as a mentor for their student ministry. Learn more using the button below. 

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  • Harvest Hands

    Catalyst for Christ-centered, holistic community development

    Harvest Hands is recruiting people to provide snacks for their after-school program this semester. Sign up for their snack train through the end of the school year.

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  • TN Alliance for Kids

    Meets the emergent & ongoing needs of children in foster care

    The Tennessee Alliance for Kids engages the community to meet the emergent and ongoing needs of children in foster care, those at risk of coming into foster care, and those aging out.

    If you are interested in volunteering with TAK, use the button below to fill out their interest form and receive information about volunteer opportunities via email. 

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COVID-Safe Service Opportunities

We understand that during the pandemic you may feel more comfortable with a COVID-safe serving opportunity. See below for more information.

  • Catholic Charities

    Wish List for Afghan Refugees

    Catholic Charities aims to be a living example of Christ by recognizing the dignity of all people and serving their neighbors.

    They are currently collecting items used to furnish houses for newly arrived refugees. You can shop their Amazon wish list using the button below.

    Shop the Wish List

  • Harvest Hands

    Bring a snack for their after-school program

    Harvest Hands is recruiting people to provide snacks for their after-school program this semester. Sign up for their snack train through the end of the school year.

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  • Open Table Nashville

    Amazon Wish List

    Open Table Nashville is a non-profit, interfaith community that disrupts cycles of poverty, journeys with the marginalized and provides education about issues of homelessness.

    They are currently accepting donations of hats, gloves, and other cold-weather gear for unhoused neighbors. You can also view their in-kind donation wish list here.

    Amazon Wish List

  • Village at Glencliff

    Amazon Wish List

    The Village at Glencliff is a new community created to give people experiencing homelessness a dignified, loving, and hospitable place of rest after hospitalization. They focus on meeting each individual's most basic needs so that they are empowered to focus on healing and permanent supportive housing. 

    The Village at Glencliff is asking for donations to help support the individuals they serve. You can shop their Amazon wish list using the button below.

    Shop the Wish List

A Prayer for Discernment:

Lord, you have searched me and know me. You have equipped me with gifts and graces for the work of serving my neighbors. Please guide me to the neighbors you would have me to love. Help me discern where to share my time and resources this year. In the grace-filled name of Christ, whom I desire to strive to become more like, I pray. Amen.