Several members of our Lake Forest missions team have been getting to know local agencies and ministries that serve men, women, and children in our area. We’ve listed some of them below, and are inviting you to help us explore new partnerships for our church.
Love INC
Love INC exists to mobilize area churches to reach out to a hurting and needy world in the Name and Love of Christ. There are many individuals living with severe needs in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg community that no social service agency is able to serve. Find out more about how you can Pray, Donate or Volunteer on their website.
Ada Jenkins Center
The Ada Jenkins Center is a nonprofit community center, providing much-needed services to residents in Lake Norman’s surrounding communities (Exits 18 – 42). Services range from Medical/Dental to Youth Education to Food Pantry, just to name a few.
Habitat for Humanity
Out Towns Habitat for Humanity serves the Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson and Mooresville regions. The mission is to build decent affordable housing in partnership with families in need and our communities with the vision of eliminating substandard housing.
Opportunities to Serve:
• Volunteer as a group to help build a home (no experience needed)
• Join other churches in the Lake Norman area on the construction site in an InterFaith House Build.
Pregnancy Resource Center of Charlotte
The Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) is a place of compassion, information, and support for anyone facing an unintended pregnancy. Serving over 3,000 women and men each year, the Center is a safe place to work through pregnancy-related issues.
Opportunities to Serve:
• Take training to volunteer as a receptionist, mass mailing worker and peer counselor.
• Participate in Blessings in a Bottle as a family by picking up a baby bottle bank at PRC of Charlotte.
• Assist in creating a new ministry in the LKN area for a healing bible study for post-abortive women as a leader or co-leader
PRC of Charlotte will its annual fundraiser “Walk for Life/Ride for Life” on April 17. Walkers will begin their three-mile trek at Freedom Park in Charlotte and motorcyclists will meet at Pat Rogers Harley Davidson in Concord and ride with police escort to Freedom Park.
For more information on how to become a walker/rider and get sponsorships, donate, or learn more about the PRC go to www.friendsofprc.org or contact LFC Ministry Partner Gail Bigelow.
Jackson Park Ministries
Jackson Park Ministries provides a multitude of services to inner city families and children in and around the area of Jackson Park near the Charlotte airport. The ministry centers on providing a hand up not a hand out concentrating on housing and financial planning while encouraging those it helps to come to know Christ.
Opportunities to serve:
• Volunteer to provide, prepare and serve their weekly group dinner.
Hoskins Park Ministries
During our Easter service, we shared the story of a young woman named Alyssa whom we met through our ministry to the homeless called Room in the Inn. Alyssa came to us in the last trimester of her pregnancy and just recently gave birth. She has found a wonderful place to call home for now, called Blessings in the Storm, a ministry of Hoskins Park.
Lake Norman Free Clinic
The Lake Norman Free Clinic provides basic healthcare to the uninsured in the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius and Davison. Primarily, the clinic ministers to the growing Latino community in North Mecklenburg. The Clinic is staffed by volunteer physicians, nurses, interpreters, clerical staff, and a social worker.
Opportunities to Serve:
• Physicians, Nurses and Lab Technicians are needed to volunteer time at clinics held on the First Baptist of Huntersville campus.
Lydia’s Loft
Lydia’s Loft is a needs based ministry, providing free clothing items to needy residents of the North Mecklenburg and South Iredell region, also serving as a donation facility for benevolent area residents who want donated clothing items to be used within their own community.