Services
"To be Jesus to the World"
Andover Adventist Services works closely with community organizations to meet the needs of area families and individuals.
Current Service Projects:
Bags of Love: Services has been working together with
Women's Ministries on the
Bags of Love project and has provided Andover County with 64 Bags to date. The county is very pleased with our outreach efforts towards these displaced children, and have written us
letters expressing their gratitude.
View Certificate of Appreciation. Bags of Love meets at the church the first Sunday of each month from 10 am-3 pm.
Host Site for the North Metro Grief Support Group: The Andover Church will be the meeting site for the first quarter session of the North Metro Grief Support Group. Meetings will meet for six consecutive Thursday evenings from 6:45 - 9:00 pm beginning February 7, 2008.
| Service Projects for 2006 - Deb Jordan, Leader |
Better Living - Vicky Ras, Coordinator (763) 506-0436
January - April: A Growing Kids God’s Way seminar was held at the church with about 16 people attending.
February: A Stop Smoking seminar was held at the church.
April: A Raw Food Cooking School was held with about 30 people attending.
Community Assistance - Dee Masloski, Coordinator
January - December: A dozen different families were helped during the year. Assistance included clothes, food baskets, gas cards, visits and phone calls.
October: Joined with the Pathfinders to collect over 1,200 pounds of non-perishable food for our food shelf and the ACBC Food Shelf.
County Connection - Gene Yocum Sr., Coordinator
January - December: We became members of the Andover County faith community Compassion Action Network. This network connects faith communities with non-profit groups within Andover County so they can better deliver services to the needy.
September: We became members of the North Metro Grief Coalition. Rita Ondieki is the facilitator from our church for the Growing Through Loss group.
May: We adopted Kelsey Round Lake Park through the Adopt-a-Park program. The park was cleaned by a group from our church both in the spring and the fall.
Kindness Evangelism - Coordinator position currently vacant
November: Delivered home baked cookies and bars donated by the deaconesses and the Pathfinders to the Andover and Andover fire and police stations.
December: Adopted 2 families through Andover County’s Adopt-a-Family Christmas program.
October: Started Sewing Bee ministry for The Alexandra House with Women’s Ministry.
Thank you to everyone who helped with the above projects. Please leave a message at the church to contact any member of the Services Team with suggestions you may have on how to serve our community for Jesus.
If you are interested in joining a team, please contact Deb Jordan.
