5th Sunday Serve
On the 5th Sunday of the month, we reach out to serve our neighbors. We call it 5th Sunday Serve, and this month, we've got lots of outdoor and indoor neighbor needs available!
Blood Drive
9am-2pm on Sunday, August 31
Sign-Up Link: HERE
Indigo Encouragers and Singers
Indigo are our neighbors next door east of our church parking lot. It is a memory care center. As a group, you would go in and sing some songs, eat some food, and generally encourage the residents 25 Needed
Elim Hope Packs
Elim is a Christian School designed to support children and adults with disabilities in leading their fullest lives. This project involves packing school supplies alongside the Elim residents. Elim will distribute these school supplies in under-resourced schools to provide hope and help for students in and around Chicago. 35 Needed
Children’s Hunger Fund
This organization has served over 750 meals to people who are experiencing food scarcity. During this project, you will pack food boxes that will be distributed in and around our local community. We get to determine where we would like this food to go. Some people might show up to get their food pack during the serve project, and others will receive it during the week.
15 Needed
Bethshan Christian Services
Bethshan stands alongside mentally disabled adults. They have several group homes. Those residents love to interact and hang out with “regular” people. If you sign up for this project, you will be hanging out with the residents, playing some games and serving and eating lunch. 20 Needed
Jubilee Furniture
Jubilee Furniture is an ongoing ministry of ECRC. The store earns money for Timothy Christian School and Outreach York in Lombard.
Two needs here – 1. Some simple landscaping – trimming bushes, whacking some weeds, cleaning up trash. 2. Sorting clothing that has been donated so that it can get out into the store for sale. Unlimited
By the Hand Club
By the Hand is a Christ-centered, after-school program that takes kids by the hand and walks with them from kindergarten through college, loving and nurturing them—mind, body and soul. By the Hand has reached out to see if we can help with school supplies for some of their students. This project will involve packing up those supplies so that we can deliver them to the students who need them. 10 Needed
Stevenson Elementary School Community Garden
Stevenson School serves K–2nd grade students, many of whom live in the Brandywine Community. The school is working to rebuild its community garden. As the principal shared, “They removed the old one and would like help getting the new one up and running.”If you enjoy gardening and would like to support the school in this effort, sign up to join this team. 15 Needed
Exodus World Services
Local Refugee families continue to need household supplies as they acclimate to life in the US. This group will pack “Household Care Packs” for 10 families. There will be an educational component to this project that teaches you what it is like to be a refugee. In addition, there will be an opportunity to deliver the care pack to a family either Sunday, the following Monday, or Tuesday. Great project for a family with kids to do together. 15 Needed