“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.”
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: (coming soon!)
Sunday Service Opportunities:
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COOK FREEZER MEALS FOR OUR PRAYER, CARE, SHARE MINISTRY
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, new parents, 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: TBD
Location: ABC Kitchen
You might love this project if you love:
Supporting foster families
Kids
Cooking
Are a kid
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SPUR: Food insecurity and houselessness is a growing issue in Beverly and Salem. SPUR helps by making meals to serve at the Lifebridge homeless shelter on a regular basis.The Opportunity: We will meet in the kitchen at ABC to cook a meal for the 25-30 residents of Lifebridge! The meal will be served for lunch a few hours later.
Kid Friendly!
Time: Sunday, 6/29, 9am-11am
Location: Anchor Bay Church (Kitchen)
You might love this project if you:
Have a heart for people who are struggling with food insecurity or houselessness
Love to cook
Live in Salem
Are a kid, age 8+
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SPUR: Food insecurity and houselessness is a growing issue in Beverly and Salem. SPUR helps by making meals to serve at the Lifebridge homeless shelter on a regular basis.
The Opportunity: We will serve the meal we made in the kitchen at ABC to the 25-30 residents of Lifebridge!
Kid Friendly!
Time: Sunday, 6/29, 3-4:30pm
Location: Lifebridge
You might love this project if you:
Have a heart for people who are struggling with food insecurity or houselessness
Love to serve food
Live in Salem
Are a kid, age 8+
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The Opportunity: Some kids might be a little too little to help with our other projects, so we’re looking for volunteers to be with our younger kids aged 3 and younger in the nursery during Serve Sunday! This helps older siblings, parents, and caregivers serve our community in other ways.
All volunteers will be CORI-checked (a background check) by Anchor Bay Church to ensure a safe space for our kids!
Time: Sunday, 6/29, 8:45am -11:15am
Location: Anchor Bay Church (Nursery)
You might love this project if you love:
Kids & babies!
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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, 6/29, 8:45am-11:15pm
Location: Anchor Bay Church
You might love this project if you love:
Welcoming others
Encouraging others
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Arts Ministry: Art is a gift all by itself. It is first and foremost about helping people to practice seeing. We wanted to set apart time and space for people in our community (kids too!) to create for the sake of creating. Often our culture functions under the unhelpful illusion that art is only a commodity to be bought and sold, or used to raise money for the actually important stuff that people do. Art is about being engaged and being human. Sometimes the things that we make to help ourselves to see can serve someone else who needs to borrow our eyes and our hearts.
The Opportunity: The arts team will provide materials and art books, and some of us who make art professionally will be present and would love to help ignite creativity where it is needed.
Kid Friendly!
Time: Sunday, June 29th, 9am-11am
Location: Anchor Bay Church (Fellowship Hall + Parlor)
You might love this project if you:
Love the visual arts or writing, or want to explore your own God-given creativity
Are a kid
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Bertram: Situated in historic Salem, Bertram’s tight-knit community helps seniors enjoy the local area as well as an intimate atmosphere of care.
The Opportunity: Many of the residents of Bertram come from a Christian religious background, but are no longer able to leave their home to be part of a church community. So we will bring a church community to them! If you are a musician, kid, or just love to sing, join into the fun by helping to sing songs with and visiting the residents.
Kid Friendly!
Time: Sunday June 29, 10-11am
Location: Bertram House, 29 Washington Square, Salem, MA 01970 (Mall Street entrance)
You might love this project if you:
Are a musician or a music lover
Have a heart for the elderly
Are a kid
