“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.
Saturday Service Opportunities:
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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 helping with their ‘Pay what you can’ market and fall share pick up!
Kid Friendly! (ages 11+)
Time: 10 am-12 pm, Saturday November 21st
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!
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Anchor Bay Health: provides free medical services to those across the North Shore who are uninsured, underinsured, or who lack access to health care.
The Opportunity: ABC Health is offering a free healthcare clinic to our community! The clinic will offer simple health services, help with insurance, free haircuts, a free meal, and more.
Time: 9-1 pm on Saturday, November 21st
Location: Anchor Bay Church
You might love this project if you:
Are a healthcare professional
Are a legal professional
Speak another language
Have a heart for the under-insured
Love cooking
Love supporting those struggling with food insecurity
Sunday 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/or organizing of a couple of spaces that could use some love.
Kid-Friendly!
Time: Sunday, November 22nd 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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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: 9:30 - 11 am on Sunday, November 22nd
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
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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, 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: 10 am - 1 pm on Sunday, November 22nd
Location: ABC Kitchen
You might love this project if you love:
Like to help people
Kids
Cooking
Are a kid
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The Opportunity: Let’s serve the city by being good stewards of creation and picking up trash!
Kid-Friendly!
Time: 10 am-12 pm on Sunday, November 22nd
Location: Forest River Park, Salem
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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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 am -12:15 pm on Sunday, November 22nd
Location: Anchor Bay Church
You might love this project if you love:
Welcoming others
Encouraging others
