CHURCH ON THE ROCK

Drop off - Second Sunday of April

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When we first heard about the Green Bag Project, we knew we wanted to be a part of it! Once a year we do a large collection for the North County Food Bank. In the weeks leading up to the collection, you can pick up green bags from the welcome center. The goal is to fill a bag with non-perishable food items and also to hand out a few bags to neighbors and friends and invite them participate as well.

We are able to bless countless people in our community that need some help in this practical way. Since we got involved with GBP in July 2020, we've donated approximately 20,000 lbs of food to the food bank.

Families in need of a few gifts for their kiddos sign up through our website/link. We then allow our church body to select tags with needs from our Giving Tree and purchase the gifts. We collect all the purchased gifts, send pictures to the parents so they know what they will giving their kids and we wrap them and deliver them to the families. Many families and children that join the tree are from our local schools and community.

First Friday Monthly

May - September  |  5pm - 7pm

Join the Church in the Streets Community Outreach team to serve and evangelize to the youth and community at the Battle Ground skate park. We will be offering hot dogs, chips, water, and lemonade as we worship and pray over the youth and other individuals in the park.

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The elderly residents of St. Helens Manor in Battle Ground have been supplementing their food shortage due to fixed income by visiting the North County food bank. LIA decided to step in and get them items they need that are harder to come by at the food bank. Many of the residents do not drive and almost all of them long for visitors. We grocery shop, meal prep for some who need a bit of extra help and deliver their requests. We often find ways to celebrate holidays with them and host a special dinner for the residents most months.

COTR Men’s Group and Love In Action have been hosting church in the streets in Vancouver. We offer a meal, a short message and hand out essential supplies. Occasionally, we are offering showers and other blessings to go along with everything else we do! Join us on the last Saturday of every month!

Every year we ask the church body to gather and donate supplies that are helpful for those in need in our community. The local Family Resource Center disperses these donations to local students, families both directly and through individual school resource rooms and counseling teams. We collect everything from food, easy grab and go snacks to hygiene products to laundry soap to clothing. Since August 2022 the resource center has served and supplied approximately 300 families or individual students with basic supplies/necessities to live/function.

Over the past few months, we have had the honor of gifting the teacher's lounges at Maple Grove & River HomeLink with furniture, coffee, a coffee machine, snacks, and even a fridge. It was touching to see how grateful and excited they were! They were shocked and clearly felt so loved. One of the principals teared up and said, "I can't believe the church cares." That is why this project is so important! The church does care and we want to show it! Partner with us so that we can bless all the schools in our area in this way!