SERVING OUR COMMUNITY
We recognize that we live in a community of people from all walks of life, and aim to do ministry that can love and serve people well.
OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
FIRST NIGHT
Wednesdays, 5:00 PM | (CLC) Stryker Hall
This indoor, sit-down meal experience for anyone in the community who wishes to participate. This will involve eating together in community, then moving onto a time of worship, prayer, communion, and spiritual education using personal lessons and videos.
If you are interested in serving in meal preparation, cooking, meal distribution, or clean-up, reach out to Michael.
Contact: Michael Glazier, College and Care Minister
CODE BLUE
January 2 – March 28, 2025 | 604 Market St — (FEC) Fellowship Hall
In 2018, John and Sue Best headed up an experimental, pop-up shelter as an offering to homeless citizens who had nowhere to stay on evenings with below freezing temperatures.
Today, Code Blue serves as a faith-based, ecumenical outreach to our community members who are in need of a safe, warm place to stay from January to March The shelter is offered seven days a week, and opens at 9 PM each evening. There’s a check-in process, where participants receive a cot with bedding, and have a warm meal. The shelter then closes at 7:30 AM, where participants receive a takeout breakfast. On Mondays and Wednesdays, the shelter’s hours are extended through 10 AM, where representatives from local organizations offer assistance.
The Code Blue Team is looking for people to serve as overnight hosts for the 2025 season. Being an overnight host includes setting up cots, serving food, and interacting with our guests.
You can find a list of expectations for a Code Blue Volunteer here. If you are willing and interested in serving as a host, fill out this application and reach out to John.
Contact: John Best, Acts Network Leader
TRANSFORM
August 4 – 8, 2025
TRANSFORM is our city-wide mission experience where we seek to come together and help one another through providing home repair, landscaping/yard work assistance, and nonprofit support at no cost to those who are receiving our help.
Contact: Ben Conrad, Director of Connections
1157 Market St, Williamsport, PA
The North Campus is a community hub, home to many non-profits fulfilling meaningful work for our wider community.
Learn more about who operates within the North Campus by clicking the button below.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Box Collection: October 12 – November 11, 2025
Packing Party: November 2025 | (CLC) Stryker Hall
Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has demonstrated God’s love in a tangible way to children around the world. Each shoebox packed represents a child who will hear that Jesus loves them, many for the first time.
MISSION ITEMS
Click on the tabs below to check out the requested items from local collection organizations for each month of the year:
Local Food Pantry: flavored oatmeal packets, cold cereal, hot chocolate
Shepherd of the Streets: diapers, wipes, baby shampoo
Local Food Pantry: saltine crackers, chunky soups, chicken noodle soup, fruit snacks
Shepherd of the Streets: shampoo, deodorant
Local Food Pantry: tea bags (regular flavor), spaghetti sauce, and pasta (any shape)
Shepherd of the Streets: gel shaving cream, disposable razors, feminine hygiene products
Local Food Pantry: cake mixes, frosting, juice/juice boxes, mac & cheese
Shepherd of the Streets: bar soap, deodorant, combs
Local Food Pantry: canned tuna fish, peanut butter, jelly
Shepherd of the Streets: diapers, wipes, baby bath
Local Food Pantry: pudding, Jell-O, granola bars, Manwhich
Shepherd of the Streets: toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss
Local Food Pantry: Hamburger Helper, canned vegetables, salad dressing
Shepherd of the Streets: Q-tips, combs, deodorant
Local Food Pantry: ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, microwave popcorn
Shepherd of the Streets: shampoo, conditioner, towels, washcloths
Local Food Pantry: canned fruits, Kool-Aid, Oodles of Noodle
Shepherd of the Streets: diapers, wipes, bar soap
Local Food Pantry: coffee, black tea, powdered milk, sugar canned milk
Shepherd of the Streets: gel shaving cream, disposable razors, toilet paper
Local Food Pantry: fruit snacks, mac & cheese, chunky soup, tomato soup
Shepherd of the Streets: toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss
Local Food Pantry: spaghetti sauce, pasta (all shapes), Hamburger Helper, Jell-O, pudding
Shepherd of the Streets: deodorant, diapers (all sizes), wipes, baby shampoo
Donations can be placed in the bins near the Ross St. entrance of the (FEC) or the Market St. entrance of the (CLC).
Contact: Ben Conrad, Director of Connections
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
Dwell Orphan Care exists to support foster and adoptive families in Lycoming County, PA and beyond, so that children have a safe, loving, forever home in which to dwell.
Expectations provides a variety of pregnancy and relationship services to expectant mothers and fathers. These services include pregnancy testing program, ultrasound program, healthy pregnancy classes, labor and birth courses, healthy marriage/relationship program, adoption education, and other programs to assist parents.
LYCOMING COUNTY CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT CENTER
The Lycoming County Children’s Development Center (LCCDC) offers a year-round, full day inclusive preschool program to children of all abilities ages 3-kindergarten ready.
ST. JOHN’S SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
St. John’s School of the Arts (SOTA) provides excellent training in the Fine and Performing Arts, guided by the love of Christ.