Serve Our Neighbors

Focus, Philosophy & Goals

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.

CHRISTMAS GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

ALL SITES

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 KIDSBeds 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

 

ROOF ABOVEThe Rise on Clanton (TROC, pronounced T-Rock), a new Roof Above facility and Charlotte’s first adaptive reuse housing solution located less than one mile away from Hope South End. TROC provides permanent supportive housing with 88 studio apartments for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness. Help serve community dinners hosted to grow relationships with our neighbors, and participate in bingo nights where we will gather essential household items to give away as prizes. At our next Bingo Night, we will give away 60+ prizes – here is a list of needed items.
CONTACTS:
Ben Moody | 843.323.7730
Brad Daniel | 704.774.9243

 

ASHLEY PARKAshley Park is a PreK-8 school in West Charlotte. We have the privilege of building relationships with their staff and student body as well as serving both on an individual and school-wide level. Throughout the school year, students earn Dojo points for positive behavior, kindness, being helpful, etc. Each quarter the school hosts an auction where students can bid on prizes with their earned Dojo dollars. Counselors and teachers have been purchasing prizes with their own money, and we want to take that burden off of them by providing the prizes. Help us support the students and teachers in an incentive program that brings excitement about school and has helped improve behavior and classroom performance year over year! You can find their wishlist link here.
CONTACTS:
Jill Hudson | 704.451.2440
Danny Guelzow | 901.606.7574
Bryn Post | 803.447.0533
Hannah Krueger | 704.962.7861
Katie Calton | 843.3382307
Dalton Malaby | daltonmalaby@gmail.com

 

OP SITE

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)

 

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

SOUTH END SITE

BEDS FOR KIDSBeds 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. Join Beds for Kids by volunteering with deliveries M-F. Come by yourself or bring your work team! Our most needed furniture items are kitchen tables and chairs, sofas, lamps, new pillows, and new twin sheet sets.
CONTACT: Rachel Groetheer | 919.624.1127 (text) rgrotheer@bedsforkids.org

 

YOUNGLIVESYoungLives is a ministry serving teen moms & dads by introducing them to Jesus and helping them grow in their faith. Serve through childcare, mentoring, and providing meals for Club and Campaigners nights, which are hosted at Hope SE. One specific need we have for them is volunteers to help with the set up and break down of tables and chairs for Club each week. This is a great opportunity for friends, couples, community group members to serve our city alongside one another! Sign up for that here. You can also SIGN UP HERE to help serve with childcare at their meetings, or SIGN UP HERE to help with meals at their meetings.
CONTACTS:
John Hardin Morris | 334.333.7635
Katie Morris | 704.706.5858

 

ROOF ABOVEThe Rise on Clanton (TROC, pronounced T-Rock), a new Roof Above facility and Charlotte’s first adaptive reuse housing solution located less than one mile away from Hope SE. TROC provides permanent supportive housing with 88 studio apartments for individuals experiencing chronic homelessness. Participate in community dinners hosted to grow relationships with our neighbors, attend other future events, and partner in opportunities to serve the residents.
CONTACTS:
Ben Moody | 843.323.7730
Brad Daniel | 704.774.9243

 

MOMS MOVING FORWARDFreedom Communities is focused on family- centered community transformation, including affordable housing, family stability and early education in West Charlotte. FC serves as the connective tissue, bringing together those who live, work and play along the Freedom Drive Corridor. Mom’s Moving Forward is designed to provide a network of support for single moms to share milestones, successes and challenges of being a mom and parent. Join us to serve meals, mentor and encourage moms, and upgrade their homes. We’re specifically looking for 3 volunteers to help serve dinner on Thursday, November 9th, or Thursday, December 14th. Both dates from 6-8pm.
CONTACT: Lauren Patterson | 704.574.1310 lauren.patterson1@gmail.com

 

ASHLEY PARKAshley Park is a PreK-8 school in West Charlotte. We have the privilege of building relationships with their staff and student body as well as serving both on an individual and school-wide level. Participation in this work looks like lunches for teachers, repainting the halls, planting a garden, mentoring, organizing drives, tutoring, attending open houses, participating at career day, being a lunch buddy, or serving ice cream at celebratory events. We’d love for you to join us!
CONTACTS:
Jill Hudson | 704.451.2440
Danny Guelzow | 901.606.7574
Bryn Post | 803.447.0533
Hannah Krueger | 704.962.7861
Katie Calton | 843.3382307
Dalton Malaby | daltonmalaby@gmail.com

 

URBAN PROMISEThe heart of the Social Capital Collective is to build and foster greater social capital between our UrbanPromise Alumni and the broader community of professionals in Charlotte who are committed to helping our Fellows thrive in their budding careers. We’d love for you to join us by hosting Fellows at your workplace, advising them on a career path, or hiring a Fellow for an internship or full-time.
CONTACT: Matt Hultquist | 704.574.5659 mhultquist@gmail.com

 

SERVICE BANKShare your unique giftings! We’d love to hear about the ways your heart gravitates towards meeting the needs of others in our church and across the city of Charlotte. Here are some past examples to spark ideas: cooking/ baking, yardwork, handyman, child care, hospitality, transportation, organizational skills, offering your professional network, or encouragement through notes and gifts.
CONTACT:
Michael Baughman | 704.654.0343 michaelbaughman@hopecommunity.com
Atlee Lenes | 843.670.9605

 

COTSWOLD SITE

IAM 24/7 – IAM 24/7 has two partnership opportunities this fall for community groups or individuals looking to serve their neighbors.  Interested parties can either provide meals for IAM 24/7’s middle and high school programs on Tuesday evenings or sign up to tutor elementary schoolers on Wednesday afternoons.  Please email Sink Kimmel (704-582-1672) for more information.

 

The Cotswold Mercy team wants to hear from you!  Do you enjoy baking, yard work, organizing, soccer, or building and repairing things?  Do you have a pickup truck for use, a flexible work schedule, or get excited about hosting events?  These are just a few examples – we are hoping to learn more about any and all skills within our community. Our hope is to then identify ways you can use these gifts to serve our city.  Fill out this form to let us know more about ways we can use your gifts to help serve our city together.

Mercy Ministry Partners

Brookstone Schools

 

 

 

UrbanPromise

 

young life