By Michael C. Mack
In May, Northeast Christian Church, Louisville, Kentucky, canceled weekend church services, opting instead to serve an urban community of the city where the church has a campus. Nearly 2,000 church members rode buses to Clifton, where they were mobilized for more than 4,000 hours of service.
How does a church plan a serving event of this scale? Randy Gordon, “Go and Do”ย minister at Northeast, suggested that church leaders “establish points of contact in the community to identify the legitimate needs.”ย Northeast staff and volunteers visited schools, businesses, government leaders, community ministries, and a bar owner simply to ask “What does the community need most?”ย Then the church planned serving projects based on the responses. For more information, contact Randy at Ra**********@*******ch.org.
Author: Michael C. Mack
Michael C. Mack is editor of Christian Standard. He has served in churches in Ohio, Indiana, Idaho, and Kentucky. He has written more than 25 books and discussion guides as well as hundreds of magazine, newspaper, and web-based articles.
