Join us for a week of intentionally serving in our community! During the week of July 12 - 19, we will be providing several organized service projects as well as lots of ideas for you to serve on your own. Check out the list and suggestions below and fill out the form to let us know which project(s) you are interested in. We may add more projects to the list if these fill up.

If you know of a need or have an idea, contact Amy Anthony at [email protected].

These are organized projects with others from Calvary. Each projects was planned with safety in mind. If you are in a high risk category for COVID, group projects might not be the best option for you. Fill out the form below and let us know which projects you would like more information about.

Details on projects are still being worked out. More information will be mailed to those who sign up.

Blood Drive

Give blood. Save lives.

Thursday July 16th from 2 - 7 pm

Calvary Side Auditorium

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Burnett Creek Elementary Playground

This group will touch up the painted games that we did last year and add another 4 square. We will also do some weeding around the building. We may replace the basketball nets.

Date & time will be set once we have a group signed up. Work can also be done individually on your own schedule.

Westside Elementary School Nature Center

This group will work on cleaning up (weeding, trimming) the nature center on the school property

Date & time will be set once we have a group signed up. Work can also be done individually on your own schedule.

Klondike Elementary School

This group will be painting multiple games on the playground at Klondike as well as doing some weeding around the building.

Date & time will be set once we have a group signed up. Work can also be done individually on your own schedule.

LTHC Meal Prep & Serving

This group will bring in food (or prepare at LTHC) and serve dinner for the clients at Lafayette Transitional Housing.

Monday July 13th or Wednesday July 15th from 4:30 - 6 pm

Volunteers could also prep food but not come serve if they prefer.

Sno Cones for Kids at a Local Park

This group will help Gibson Ice serve free sno cones at a local park.

Time and location TBD.

These are projects that you can do entirely on your own. Several of them involve picking up or dropping things off at the church. Please fill out the form below so that we know which projects you are interested in.

Check out our PINTEREST page for more ideas or instructions for various acts of kindness ideas.

Drive Thru Food Drive for Lafayette Transitional Housing

Drop off non perishable food or basic items (top needs are listed below) for the families living at Lafayette Transitional Housing.

You can bring your donations on Sunday July 12th or 19th before or after services. We will also have volunteers out front of the church to get donations from your car if you drive up on Thursday, July 16 from 4 - 6 pm.

List of Top Needs: Spaghetti Sauce, Spaghetti/Pasta, Boxes of Mac and Cheese, Individual packets of Oatmeal, Cereal, Canned Soup, New Boxers for Men (all sizes), New Underwear for Women (all sizes). New Socks

Sidewalk Chalk Encouragement (25)

We have kits ready to be picked up. Each kit has sidewalk chalk and an idea sheet. We will send pick up instructions to everyone who signs up for this project on the form below.

Yard Signs of Encouragement (90)

We have bright yellow blank yard signs with stakes that can be picked up so that you can make a homemade sign of encouragement to put up at a high traffic area around town to encourage people driving or walking by. Each sign comes with instructions and a list of encouraging phrases to choose from. We will send pick up instructions to everyone who signs up for this project on the form below.

Fun Kits for Kids (48)

We have plastic shoe boxes that can be picked up and filled with craft and school items such as colored pencils, small craft kits, playdough etc. Filled boxes can be returned to the church and we are giving them to organizations in town like The Cary House who work with kids at risk. We will send pick up instructions to everyone who signs up for this project on the form below.

Prayer Walk

We have designed 4 different prayer walks for you to use as a guide during the week. Choose one or do all four! Click on the cards at the bottom of this page to see each guide.

Here are some other ideas for serving during the week. If you need help with funds for a project, or if you have other ideas to share, contact Amy Anthony at [email protected]

1. Build a little free library in a local neighborhood (see Pinterest board)
2. Do some weeding in a public space (with permission if needed) like the entrance to a neighborhood
3. Have a garage sale or lemonade stand to raise money for a local organization like Matrix, LTHC or one of our global partners like Living Water or Project House of Hope.
4. Find a stretch of road and pick up trash.
5. Take fresh cookies to a fire station or nurses station.
6. Leave an encouraging note on someone's car.
7. Take a day to make some personal phone calls to check on people.
8. Pay for the person in line behind you in the drive through.
9. Send an encouraging card to the staff of another local church.