“From [Christ] the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”

— Eph. 4:14-16

At Anchor Bay, we believe that we each have a role to play in the body of Christ. Serve Weekends are an opportunity to put that idea into practice. Every Serve Weekend, we cancel our regular worship services and worship in a different way - by practicing love for our neighbors with service projects all over the North Shore. We'd love for you to consider which service opportunity speaks to your heart, mind, and gifting and plug in there!

Kids, we would love for you to serve! Your hands, feet, brains, ideas, and creativity matter to God and to the community. 

Parents & Caregivers of kids under 3, we will be providing childcare for our littlest members in the nursery at Anchor Bay during our Sunday, 9am-11am projects. Just indicate that you'd like childcare when you're prompted in the registration.

Saturday Service Opportunities:

• HELP A LOCAL FARM (Ipswich)

  Three Sisters - is a local non-profit farm that works to make fresh, local produce accessible to all. We are the North Shore’s only production-scale farm with a food access mission.

  • The Opportunity: Work with the farmers to help make their space more accessible for free farmers markets for people who have been impacted by the reduction in SNAP benefits. We will be raking, painting, and moving things!

    • Kid Friendly! (ages 11+)

  • Time: 10am-12pm, Saturday August 29th

  • Location: 2 Washington St., Ipswich MA 01938

  You might love this project if you love: 

  • Care about Food Insecurity

  • Love the outdoors

  • Love painting

  • Love yardwork

  • Don’t mind rolling your sleeves up and getting a bit dirty!

• LOCAL GARDEN UPKEEP (Marblehead)

  SPUR: Food insecurity and houselessness is a growing issue in Beverly and Salem. SPUR helps by growing a veggie garden and donating the food to food pantries around the North Shore

  • The Opportunity: We will be doing gardening and weeding projects for their local garden!

    • Kid Friendly!

  • Time: Saturday, August 29th from 9 -10:30am

  • Location: SPUR Community Roots Garden at St. Andrews, 135 Lafayette St, Marblehead, MA 01945

  You might love this project if you:

  • Have a heart for people who are struggling with food insecurity or houselessness

  • Love to get your hands dirty + garden!

  • Live in Salem

  • Are a kid, age 8+

Sunday Service Opportunities:

• ABC TLC (Beverly)

  The Opportunity: Anchor Bay Church is a beautiful building, but it requires a little TLC every now and then!  Join us in some light cleaning and/or organizing of a couple of spaces that could use some love.

  1. Kid-Friendly!

  Time: Sunday, August 20th from 10am-12pm

  Location: Anchor Bay Church (meet in the Dining Hall)

  You might love this project if you: 

  • Love organizing and cleaning

  • Are strong!

  • Have lots of energy!

• CLEAN & ORGANIZE A WOODSHOP USED BY POST-INCARCERATED YOUTH (Gloucester)

  Cornerstone Creative: An after-school youth mentorship woodworking and craftsmanship program that serves incarcerated and post-incarcerated youth. They exist to be a place of safety, hope and learning. They strive to create a space where personal growth can take place by building something new, restoring something old, creating something from nothing, dreaming big and working hard - both internally and externally; physically and emotionally. 

  • The Opportunity: We will be cleaning and organizing the woodshop that the youth at Cornerstone Creative use! We’ll divide tasks up within the group, but the big needs are sweeping, cleaning, sorting and organizing supplies/equipment, and a little bit of painting!

    • Kid Ages 12+

  • Time: 10-12pm on Sunday, August 30

  • Location: Cornerstone Creative - 2 Beach Ct., Gloucester MA 01930

  You might love this project if you: 

  1. Love mentoring youth

  2. Care about rehabilitation of incarcerated individuals 

  3. Are a racial justice advocate

  4. Enjoy woodworking or painting

• COOK FREEZER MEALS FOR OUR NOURISH + NURTURE MINISTRY (Beverly)

  • The Opportunity: Make a supply of homemade freezer meals for those in the church and community in need of extra care - whether it's foster families, difficult transitions, individuals recovering from surgery, or anyone going through a challenging season. With love in every dish, we’ll remind our community that no one walks alone.

    • Kid Friendly!

  • Time: Sunday, August 30th at 10am

  • Location: ABC Kitchen

  You might love this project if you love: 

  • Supporting people going through a difficult situation

  • Kids

  • Cooking

  • Are a kid

• TRASH PICK UP AROUND DOWNTOWN (Beverly)

  • The Opportunity:  Let’s serve the city by being good stewards of creation and picking up trash!

    • Kid-Friendly!

  • Time: 10am-12pm Sunday, August 30th

  • Location: Dane St Beach 

  You might love this project if you: 

  1. Love walking

  2. Care about our planet and taking care of creation

  3. Enjoy being outside

• SERVE ON THE HOSPITALITY TEAM (Beverly)

  • The Opportunity: We'd love to have a team of people who can make sure everyone who is serving has what they need (snacks, coffee, water), welcome folks who didn't get the memo about Serve Sunday and help them plug into a project at the church, take photos to share later as we tell the stories of God's faithfulness. 

    • Kid-friendly!

  • Time: Sunday, 9:45am - 12:15pm on Sunday, August 30th

  • Location: Anchor Bay Church

  You might love this project if you love: 

  1. Welcoming others

  2. Encouraging others