Ministries Making a Difference
Communities coming together to bless others this holiday season, plus a creative boat ministry
New Life Center in Fargo, North Dakota, is inspiring engagement from a host of local businesses who are helping the ministry in its work to help those in need “find a path forward.” This fall, they received winter coats donated by Duluth Trading Company, care packages for veterans donated by Heroes Compass, and other necessities like warm clothes, towels and medications donated by Modern Woodmen of America. The NLC Thrift Store was also voted the Best Thrift Store in River Valley for 2024. NLC has 2 stars and an “A” transparency grade in the MinistryWatch database, and a donor confidence score of 80.
Photo via social media @New Life Center
Volunteers from Lumen Christi, Consumers Energy, Faith Church, and the Northwest High School girls basketball team have together helped Youth Haven pack hundreds of toy boxes for disadvantaged children in Michigan and Arizona as part of its Christmas program this season. The youth program hosts on-site camps for at-risk kids as well as virtual care that extends across the country. Youth Haven has 4 stars and an “A” transparency grade in the MinistryWatch database, and a donor confidence score of 92.
Photo via social media @Youth Haven
Churches and ministries in Western North Carolina are banding together to help residents rebuild and find hope through the holiday season following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, according to reporting by Christianity Today. Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry is coordinating efforts from national groups. First Baptist Church Swannanoa is hosting a “boutique” for parents to pick up gifts for their kids, handing out handmade blankets quilted by a donor, and donating Christmas trees they bought from a nearby Christmas tree farm flooded by Helene. Fairview Baptist Church is distributing necessities, like warm clothes and diapers, and helping to connect pipes to a septic system for people who lost their homes and moved into campers.
A Zambian church planting team has implemented a boat ministry to reach four islands in the country’s Lake Bangweulu region. The boat is used to transport a JESUS Film team to disciple churches that have been planted on these islands in the past 25 years. It’s also used to support teams with Nazarene Discipleship International and Nazarene Missions International.
Photo via Church of the Nazarene
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