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Benevolence Works
The Broad
Street Church of Christ engages in out-reach activities
to meet the needs of the community. Spiritual needs are met through
Sunday afternoon nursing home devotionals and a Bible class for
handicapped adults. Physical needs are met by providing furniture and
appliances on a limited basis to help families with emergencies. A
clothing room and food pantry are provided to help needy families in
the community. Monetary help is also provided to needy families who
have emergency medical and doctor expenses and housing and utility
expenses. Transportation to doctors and hospitals is provided for
families who have no transportation. The Church also participates in
the Christmas Charities program helping to provide food and clothing
for needy families during the Christmas season.
Other
outreach activities initiated by the ladies
of our congregation
include monthly luncheons and holiday baskets for shut-ins, a Ladies'
Day for spiritual enrichment for all ladies, a fall luncheon honoring
widows of the congregation and community, various projects for AGAPE,
and food committees to assist the bereaved and sick of the
congregation. The ladies also have a Bible study every Tuesday morning
and meet monthly on the second Monday evening for a period of spiritual
fellowship in a class entitled Helping Other People Enthusiastically
(H.O.P.E.). The H.O.P.E. group has an annual Mother-Daughter Tea and an
annual Elder's Appreciation Dinner, and this year started a Caregivers'
Dinner for those members of our congregation who provide care for other
members of their family or friends. They also host an annual Clothing
Room Shower
to get clothing for needy school students when school starts back at
the end of summer.
The young persons of our congregation with the leadership of
volunteering adults participate in Service Saturdays on which they
volunteer their time to help the elderly families of our congregation
with tasks they are not able to do themselves. They also have a
Young-at-Heart
Banquet each year for the senior members of our congregation.
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