Local Churches are Gone for Good
Topics: Faith, Volunteering, church, Gone 4 Good
Posted by neverbelacking Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:13:12 PDT
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0 responses 0 comments Location: 6221 Norris, Bakersfield, CA
Local churches partner with League of Dreams this Sunday.
In place of meeting at a church building, local churches Kaleo Fellowship and Life Journey Christian Church will be the church by partnering with the League of Dreams.
Gone 4 Good, which happens nearly every month, partners with different local organizations to serve the community. Gone 4 Good means the congregation is love in action, caring for those in need: the lonely, the poor, the sick, the lost, or the disabled.
This particular Gone 4 Good Sunday the churches are partnering for the second time with the League of Dreams. The League of Dreams is a sports league in Bakersfield created for those with disabilities. This league gives “every child the chance to play” games and events they wouldn’t normally have the opportunity to participate in due to their mild to severe disabilities.
The League of Dreams baseball season event will be at Fruitvale and Norris Park . The church bodies will be around the field from 11am to 2pm helping with cooking, setting up for lunch, manning booths (for carnival type activities), helping keep things clean and supporting the workers and families at the event.
In doing Gone 4 Good, the churches look specifically for opportunities to serve others where there aren't many too quick to volunteer. In the past, they've partnered with the city and cleaned up a filthy, untouchable alley. They also partnered with Ricky's Retreat to help support and serve people living with AIDS.
It is an opportunity for the churches to love their neighbors and to be the church that God intended.
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