Missions Opportunities

ITEMS YOU CAN DROP OFF AT CONCORD’S MISSIONS CENTER:

• • Used jewelry (ANY, including broken, fine jewelry, or costume)

• • Authentic silver-plated cutlery

• • Genuine leather

Or give online (select Monarch Jewelry in the drop-down menu) or write a check with the ministry name on the memo line.

ITEMS YOU CAN DROP OFF AT CONCORD’S MISSIONS CENTER:

• New, unwrapped toys for our Giving Tree (these toys will be used for birthday and Christmas gifts for refugee children)

ITEMS YOU CAN DROP OFF AT CONCORD’S MISSIONS CENTER:

• • “Wow” items: stuffed animals, dolls, soccer ball with pump, shoes

• • Small toys: car, jump rope, yo-yos, toys that light up or make noise (with batteries)

• • Non-liquid hygiene items: toothbrushes, bar soap, washcloths, combs

• • School supplies: pens, pencils, sharpeners, crayons, markers, notebooks, paper, coloring books, picture books, solar calculators

• • Accessories: socks, sunglasses, jewelry, watches, flashlights (with batteries)

Or give online at concordchurch.com/give (select Operation Christmas Child in the drop-down menu) or write a check with the ministry name on the memo line.

OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP:

• • Take one or more shoeboxes throughout the year, fill them and return them by the collection deadline (in November)

• • Pay the postage for your box and someone else’s box (see online-giving link above)

• • Volunteer to make or sort donated items throughout the year

• • Help deliver collected shoeboxes to the official collection site (November)

WAYS YOUR GROUP OR CLASS CAN GET INVOLVED:

• • Sponsor a drive for one or more of the donatable items in your class, neighborhood, or place of employment

• • Participate in Concord’s Packing Parties in November

For more information about getting involved with the Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child project, please contact Laura Groat at millionx2@hotmail.com or check out the organization’s website at samaritanspurse.org/occ.

ITEMS YOU CAN DROP OFF AT CONCORD’S MISSIONS CENTER:

• • Diapers

• • Wipes

• • Onesies

Or give online at concordchurch.com/give (select Pregnancy Centers in the drop-down menu) or write a check with the ministry name on the memo line.

OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP:

• • Donate your spare change throughout the year (pick up empty baby bottle banks in the Concord Missions Center)

• • Volunteer to sort donations or pack diapers

• • Volunteer as a counselor at either center (training and time commitment required)

WAYS YOUR GROUP OR CLASS CAN GET INVOLVED:

• • Sponsor a diaper drive in your class, neighborhood, or place of employment

• • Make gift baskets of assorted baby items

For more information about getting directly involved at one of these ministries, please check out their websites at hnhcenter.org or thepregnancyhelpcenter.com.

Bridge of Hope Ministries
Located in The Ville in the heart of St. Louis (63113), Bridge of Hope helps provide for primary needs such as laundry, showers, clothing, meals, tutoring and more.

Good Samaritan Ministries
Located in the Washington Park area of East St. Louis, IL, Good Samaritan also provides for primary needs of local residents. In addition, they offer an in-house basic trades training program designed to equip participants with job skills that will enable them to sustain long-term growth.

WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE THROUGH CONCORD:
Give online at concordchurch.com/give (select Bridge of Hope or Good Samaritan Ministries in the drop-down) or write a check with the ministry name on the memo line.

OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP:

• • Volunteer to help with meal delivery

• • Volunteer to help with tutoring

• • Volunteer to mentor someone in a particular trade skill

WAYS YOUR GROUP OR CLASS CAN GET INVOLVED:

• • Take a volunteer team to help with maintenance, gardening, or facility upkeep

• • Take a volunteer team to help sort clothing and donations

• • Take a volunteer team to help with a ministry outreach event

• • Take a volunteer team to provide a hot meal

For more information about getting directly involved with one of these ministries, please check out their websites at bridgeofhopestl.org or gsmmetro.org.