Posted October 27, 2011 | Category: Local Service, Helping Hands, Local Serving, Serve Beyond Northland | Written by: Dana Kobosky
Northland has adopted Hamilton Elementary School in Sanford as part of an effort across Seminole County to provide basic needs (food, hygine items, clothing) to homeless children within our public schools. These children are provided free breakfast and lunch during the week but most of them are...
Posted October 24, 2011 | Category: Local Service, Helping Hands, Local Serving, Serve Beyond Northland | Written by: Dana Kobosky
We're excited about sharing the opportunity to help build a brand new playground for the children of Sanford at the Midway Safe Harbor Center! The MIdway Safe Harbor Center is a safe, drug free place where students and community members can participate in educational, enrichment and recreational...
Posted September 22, 2011 | Category: Local Service, Helping Hands, Local Serving, Serve Beyond Northland | Written by: Dana Kobosky
Small Steps for Compassion is a small non-profit with big aspirations. They are dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people...the orphaned, abandoned, and neglected children. Inspired by Christian values, this ministry provides hope and assistance to the orphaned children in...
Posted September 20, 2011 | Category: Local Service, Helping Hands, Local Serving, Local Sites, Simples Churches | Written by: Dana Kobosky
Did you ever want to be involved with a Local Serve Day but think that you lived too far away from Northland to be a part of it? Well, I'd like to extend the invitation to all of our home churches, small groups and web worshippers spread out across Florida and around the world to get involved...
Posted September 13, 2011 | Category: Local Service, Helping Hands, Local Serving, Serve Beyond Northland | Written by: Dana Kobosky
IDignity was created to help the disadvantaged in Central Florida overcome the difficulties of obtaining the personal identification that is crucial to enabling them to become self-sufficient. The need for such a program was recognized by members of five downtown churches who were unable to find...
Posted August 28, 2011 | Category: Local Service, Helping Hands, Local Serving, Serve Beyond Northland | Written by: Dana Kobosky
Exciting things have happened with the summer flunch program at Casselberry Elementary! The summer program which included feeding homeless and/or low income children throughout the summer has now been extended into the school year. The Casselberry Taskforce has obtained a portable trailer which...
Posted August 14, 2011 | Category: Local Service, Helping Hands, Local Serving, Serve Beyond Northland | Written by: Dana Kobosky
Do you have a heart for the elderly? Enjoy leading Bible studies, playing games, leading a karaoke contest or just engaging in great conversation? If so, Island Lake Center (an assisted living center and nursing home) in Longwood is looking for volunteers like you to help! Work along side a...
Posted July 28, 2011 | Category: Local Service, Helping Hands, Local Serving, Local Sites, Online | Written by: Dana Kobosky
On July 16 Northland held the third Local Serve Day of 2011. That same day while those of us in the Orlando area were gathering in the Rink to worship and then head out into the local community to serve, Mary Teasley and her home church group from Ponce Inlet organized their own Local Serve...
Posted June 9, 2011 | Category: Local Service, Local Partners, Helping Hands, Local Serving | Written by: Dana Kobosky
This past weekend Northland held it's church wide "Clothes for a Cause" clothing drive. Over the weekend we collected just over 1, 880 bags of clothing filling up three HUGE trucks (two were over 20 ft long!) full of donations. In addition, 32 different volunteers served over the weekend in...
Posted February 10, 2011 | Category: Local Service, Helping Hands, Local Serving | Written by: Dana Kobosky
Do you have a heart for kids struggling with reading? Would you enjoy spending 1 to 2 hours a week helping elementary school children who struggle with reading develop those skills? Goldsboro Elementary school is looking for volunteers to serve as “Reading Buddies” who work with kids in a one on...