Local Missions Opportunities
We are actively involved with many local missions organizations, including ACTS, Family Promise, Children's Place, Christ Central of Aiken and Graniteville, the Community Medical Clinic of Aiken County, Stand at the Crossroads, and Aiken County Habitat for Humanity.
Through our Christmas Giving Together program we have several opportunities to reach out to our community. You can participate in this outreach program by donating new and unwrapped gifts, making financial contributions, and volunteering in the ACTS Christmas Store.
Mission: Provides temporary and emergency aid, in the name of Jesus Christ to persons in need in the Aiken, SC area
Opportunities: Receptionist, interviewer, sorting and filling clothing orders, filling food orders, picking-up furniture, working Senior Food distribution, praying for the ministry
Thank you for your contributions!
Please leave your contributions for ACTS in the baskets in the narthex wings or at the Henderson Lane office entrance.
November: Complete Canned Meals (e.g. beef stew)
December: Soap (Dish, Bath, and Laundry)
ACTS needs volunteers!
ACTS needs volunteers in many areas: which one is right for you?
- Help customers & cashier in the Resale Store
- Pick up food and donations
- Help with special events
- Provide some refreshments for special events
- Sort donations
- Help prepare the newsletter for mailing
- Be a Senior Food Home Delivery substitute driver
- Tackle small repair projects
Mission: As a therapeutic childcare center serving 110 children everyday between the ages of 2 and 6, Children's Place works toward the vision of a safe and nurturing environment for every child in Aiken County
Opportunities: Reading to the children, helping with homework after school, and answering the phone
Mission: Dedicated to meeting the needs of the poor and disadvantaged in our community by first providing basic needs of food and clothing and then providing education and training in areas needed to secure and retain employment
Opportunities: Preschool readiness; after school mentoring of children and youth ages 5-18; GED tutoring; and introduction to vocational skills (to name a few)
Mission: Dedicated to improving the quality of life for impoverished, uninsured residents of Aiken County by providing ongoing healthcare in a professional setting
Opportunities: Volunteer pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, physicians,nurses, receptionists, (checking patients in and out, answering phones, ordering/checking medications, and data entry)
Mission: To help families experiencing homelessness and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.
Mission: Provides quality, affordable housing to partner families in need by binding together volunteers, businesses, local government, professional/social organizations, and churches
Opportunities: Various tasks associated with construction of houses, services on various committees, various tasks at the ReStore and in the office
Mission: To help and encourage women coming out of brokenness who are committed to learning to live healthy, productive lifestyles.
Opportunities: Building projects and maintenance, lawn mowing, working in the store, painting, cleaning