Serve Our Neighbors

The focus of Hope’s Mercy Ministry is to bring glory to God by non-verbally proclaiming His heart by becoming a community of people characterized by selfless service and bold engagement. Jesus didn’t merely tell people the truth about God, He lived it out by serving them, and now He invites us to join Him by proclaiming Christ as our Lord and ourselves as servants for His sake (2 Corinthians 4:5). 

Just like the original disciples, we seek to eradicate poverty and injustice within Hope and alleviate poverty and injustice in our city (Acts 4:33-35) by dedicating 4.5% of all the money donated to Hope to go towards mercy needs both inside and outside of our church. This fund is administered by our Deacons, who actively pursue those within the congregation in need of assistance and identify ministries outside of our congregation for our people to partner with both as donors and volunteers. 

God’s heart is passionate about both mercy and justice for those oppressed by sin and its consequences. When rightly understood, the Gospel naturally produces a desire to show to others the same mercy and deliverance that we have received from God in Christ Jesus (Galatians 2:10). The great commandment calls us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Jesus modeled being a neighbor for us by leaving heaven and entering our misery to rescue us. We are to non-verbally proclaim this in our city by meeting our neighbor’s needs in a self-sacrificial fashion.

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CONGREGATIONS FOR KIDS – As the colder months are approaching, our Children’s Ministry will be collecting new children’s pajamas for Congregations for Kids. We will collect on Sundays beginning 11/12 and running through 12/3. Our hope is that you would let your children be a part of this! We recommend helping your kids shop for PJs in THEIR sizes. Collection bins will be near the Children’s Ministry check-in. Thank you!

SOUTH END SITE

(Please have all items purchased by December 8th.)

BEDS FOR KIDS – Beds for Kids is a nonprofit furniture bank with a mission to provide beds and essential furniture to children and families in need. Every child should have a bed of their own and they strive to serve each family with dignity. Their most needed furniture items for the holiday season can be found here.
CONTACT: Rachel Groetheer | 919.624.1127 (text) rgrotheer@bedsforkids.org

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THE CHRISTMAS COMMUNITY SHOP, which allows less fortunate families to shop 90% discounted clothes, toys, and meals for Christmas, will be held December 1st-2nd at Good Shepherd Church. Volunteers are needed that weekend to help with setting up, running the shop, and tearing it down. Donations are also needed for coats, gloves, and hats in all sizes, as well as toys and other gifts for children ranging from ages 1-18. For more information about how to sign up as a volunteer or donate please contact Holliday Grow (704-999-2386 or hollidaycgrow@gmail.com)