“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:
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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 organizing of a couple of spaces that could use some love.
Kid-Friendly (ages 14+)
Time: Saturday, March 7th 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!
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HELP A LOCAL FARM
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 March 7th
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!
Sunday Service Opportunities:
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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, March 8th, 10am-12pm
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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The Opportunity: Jesus said, “Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” —Mark 10:14
In this training, parents and volunteers will learn about important safety updates at ABC and exciting changes to our Kids Crew curriculum!
The Justice Journey Curriculum for Kids equips children to faithfully celebrate the diversity of God’s kingdom and be empowered by the Spirit and the love of Christ to overcome the injustice in our broken world. Through Bible stories and intentional activities, this curriculum seeks to connect children not just with the practices and rituals of faith, but also with the deeper values and principles that guide a Christlike life.
Time: Sunday, March 8th at 10am
Location: the Dining Hall
You might be love this project if you:
You are a parent
You are interested in learning more about Kids Crew
You already volunteer with our kids
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COOK FREEZER MEALS FOR OUR NOURISH + NURTURE 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, 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, March 8th at 10am
Location: ABC Kitchen
You might love this project if you love:
Supporting foster families
Kids
Cooking
Are a kid
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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
Location: TBD - waiting on weather
You might love this project if you:
Love walking
Care about our planet and taking care of creation
Enjoy being outside
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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: 9:45-12:15 pm
Location: Anchor Bay Church
You might love this project if you love:
Welcoming others
Encouraging others
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Beverly Bootstraps is a nonprofit that offers food assistance, youth and adult education, housing support, and more.
The Opportunity: The Youth Group will be putting together snack bags for children in our community! We will be collecting supplies at Youth Group on 2/22 and 3/1.
Time: Sunday, March 8th at 4:00-5:30pm
Location: the Fellowship Hall
You might love this project if you:
You are in grades 6-12
You like snacks
You want to help other kids in need
