Our Outreach & Mission  Efforts

Outreach and Mission Projects 

January:  Potter Children's Home Commodities Drive - Our members bring in specific items requested by Potter Children's Home each January annually.   This year we have been asked to collect the following:

• • • Miracle Whip

    • Honey Nut Cheerios

    • Italian Salad Dressing

    • Red Kool Aid

    • Kidney Beans

    • Members are also asked to donate funds to be used for perishable items. 

February:  Pay It Forward February - While we encourage our members to do good throughout the year, we use February to emphasize the idea of individual direct benevolence.  We ask that everyone strive to do something for someone individually each week during the month.  It may be buying someone's food behind you in the drive through, filling up someone's tank at the gas station, buying flowers for a single elderly person or whatever creative way we can find to demonstrate "the Joy of Giving". 

March & April: Project Helping Hands - Members donate items to fill a 2 1/2 gallon zip lock bags to be given out to chance encounters with homeless individuals.  In 2025, we made and distributed 30 of these bags. 

• March - collection of items

• April - distribution of bags

May & June:  Gospel Chariots for India Preachers - Members donated funds to purchase bicycles (gospel chariots) for preachers in India. The bicycles are vital to these ministers, and this work is overseen by Bro. Robert Hall, who is Bobby Ray’s father-in-law and he will traveling back there in July. Each bicycle is approximately $100.00. We were able to purchase 11 bicycles in 2025. 

July:  Potter Children's Home Gleaner Cans - Silver for Children - We encourage our members to collect change throughout the year.  We donate the funds from these in July.  If the can if filled with "silver" change then it will result in approximately 65.00 

August:  Vacation Bible School  -  In August, our members work together to host a one day Vacation Bible School for area children.  In 2025 our theme was "Seaing Jesus" where we presented lesson related to Jesus on the sea such as Calming the Storm and The Great Catch. We provided lessons, craft time, lunch, cotton candy and snow cones.  We also had a game period where children played games and won prizes based on facts they could recall from our lessons. 

September:  Bibles for India -  In September, Members donated funds to purchase bibles for preachers to distribute in India. This work is overseen by Brother Robert Hall.  In 2025 we raised over $500.00 for this project.  Each bible costs approximately 3.00 

October & November:  Thanksgiving Baskets - Each year our members supply items for food boxes to be given to families in need at Hickerson Elementary School. In 2025 we were able to help 15 families with these boxes.  Each box typically contains about 20 items of food for a complete Thanksgiving meals as well as a supply of food items that every family can use throughout the holidays. 

• October - food items donation period

• November - put together and disturbed Thanksgiving baskets

November & December:  Christmas Gifts for Residents at Area Nursing Homes and Assisted Living facilities - Our members donate items to fill gift bags for the residents.  Items typically include blankets, gripper socks, gloves, fresh fruit, lip balm, tissues and other snack items. Our members also signed cards for each resident. This year we had gifts for over 150 residents at 3 different local facilities. 

• • November - members bring in items for the Christmas gift project

  • December - Members distributed gifts and visited with residents

Past Projects 

Emergency Supplies for Haven of Hope serving victims of Domestic Violence - Every few years, our members collect items that women may need if they have had to leave their homes and move into our local domestic violence shelter.  We fill purses donated with these items. 

Dorcas Day (Clothing Drive / Give-Away)  - Every few years we try to host a clothing give-away.  At our last Dorcas Day in the summer of 2023, we gave clothing, shoes and coats of all sizes from infant through adult to over 50 families in our area. 

Stuffed Animal Drive - Every few years we collect small stuffed animals to be given to our local fire department and police department to be given to children they encounter in a crisis situation. 

Missionary in Budapest Hungary: Curry Montague   We periodically send support to Br. Curry Montague as we are able.  The work he does is under the oversight of Somerville Church of Christ.