Churches are encouraged to send information about upcoming events and activities to the Associational Office. Please scroll down the page to see all of the events listed.
| The change to Daylight Saving Time on March 9 will provide a great service opportunity for youth groups and others to “Do a Good Turn” and make a difference in the lives of aging adults.Make plans nowto reach out to older adults in your church and community and give the gift of time.Offer to help change their clocks and devices on Saturday, March 8 before the time change on March 9. |
| Your acts of service may include: changing clocks checking for working smoke alarms installing new smoke alarms replacing burned out light bulbs cleaning gutters doing yard work enjoying fellowship |
The Salvation Army in Winston-Salem has winter coats available for all who need them (children to adult). There is no cost for these coats. If interested or know someone in need, please contact Joni Hunter at (336) 245-2083, email Joni.Hunter@uss.salvationarmy.org, website: salvationws.org for more information. Joni Hunter is also available for speaking engagements at your church or church group. We thank the Salvation Army for their generous work in our communities.
We’re thankful to the thousands of volunteers who have answered the call to help our neighbors in Western North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. With the initial response phase coming to a close we want to encourage you to keep in mind, our work of rebuilding homes will be ongoing for several years.
Renovations will soon be completed at our newest rebuild site in Spruce Pine where we look forward to housing volunteers working in Mitchell and surrounding counties.
Sites will also be established in Burnsville, East Flat Rock and possibly Black Mountain to accommodate volunteers as we begin the process of getting people back in their homes through the ERR (Essential Rapid Repairs) Program.
Would you encourage your church to sponsor a family? $15,000 purchases the supplies and materials to outfit a home with HVAC, new electrical and plumbing, a functioning kitchen and bathroom. The great news is, 110 homes have already been completed or are underway. 100% of all donations are used to help purchase the necessary materials.
Please encourage people you know to volunteer as this will be a long term rebuilding effort.
Baptist Children’s Homes of NC is looking for information that we can use to come alongside of your church and help you minister to a very specific community. BCH has 9 groups homes across the state that houses adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (adults with special needs).
We are looking for churches near our Mills Home Campus who have ministries for children or adults with special needs. If your church has any such ministry please reach out to me, Clay Leonard, cleonard@bchfamily.org (Director of Development, Greater Triad Region) or Martha Surratt, mysurratt@bchfamily.org (Director of IDD Ministries for BCH).
Thank you all so very much for being on mission together with us sharing hope and changing lives!