SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
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Community Garden
Registration is Open for 2021 Garden Plots! www.asburyraleigh.org/gardenplot
Gardeners enjoy a long growing season in full sun plots, experience community with fellow enthusiasts, and, more importantly, donate at least 50% of their harvest to Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (primarily), North Raleigh Ministries, Christian Life Home, Prison Aftercare Christian Ministries, and individuals/families in need.
The garden began in 2011 and has continued to thrive. More than fifty people are involved with the garden and have donated in excess of 7,500 pounds of vegetables to charities. The garden is harvested twice weekly by people leasing garden plots. Gardeners take joy in knowing that hungry families are enjoying fresh vegetables.
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RISE AGAINST HUNGER
RAH is an international hunger relief organization that distributes food and life-changing aid to the world’s most vulnerable, mobilizing the necessary resources to end hunger by 2030.
We host large meal-packing events regularly at Asbury Church - a great way to come together and have a global impact. We as a church have packaged over 1.1 Million Meals (and counting!!)
“And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.” ISAIAH 58:10
This is the reason we do what we do. The reason we dig deeper into our pockets at Christmas to give a gift to Jesus. The reason we were created – to love our neighbor. All these meals were purchased through your generous donations during Christmas is Not Your Birthday.
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LYNN ROAD ELEMENTARY
Lion Pals: Serve in the school as tutors, test proctors, media center helpers, and more!
School Supply Drive: Donations help to keep our buddies at LRES equipped for learning!
Coats at Christmas: Donate coats to help keep the kids warm in the winter
Teacher Appreciation Luncheon: We look forward to giving the staff the best at this yearly event!
Campus Cleanup Day: We have 100+ volunteers come to make the campus look amazing!
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BACKPACK BUDDIES AT LYNN ROAD
Asbury Church provides over 30 backpacks per week for food-insecure students at Lynn Road Elementary, ensuring that they will have good nutrition over the weekend. We are able to provide these through the generosity of "Christmas Is Not Your Birthday" and we regularly gather to package the bags.
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Family Promise
Asbury opens its doors to homeless families four times a year through a partnership with Family Promise of Wake County, a nonprofit providing church-based emergency shelter and meals to Wake County families experiencing temporary homelessness. They also offer life-skills training, case management provided by social workers, a day center and transitional housing.
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Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity of Wake County builds safe, affordable houses for qualified home buyers regardless of race, religion or background. Each Habitat home is built in partnership with homeowner families, sponsors, and volunteers.
A coalition of 12 churches that join together to provide the financial support and labor to build a home for a deserving family each year. Asbury regularly provides monetary support as well as volunteer hours through Wake County Habitat for Humanity.
Donate Bibles and Christian Books to Prisons
Christian Library International
We partner with Christian Library International so your Bibles and Christian books are put to good use instead of collecting dust on a shelf.
CLI puts them in the hands of people in prison and God will use them to change lives. Christian Library International is in need of new and used Bibles and Christian books to distribute to over 1,500 correctional facilities nationwide. Spanish language Bibles and books are also a huge need. We also accept Christian CDs, DVDs but not magazines or tape media.
Contact the church office or Kirby Raley to make a book donation.
Connecting to Others Who Serve
Other Ministries We Support
Missionaries We Support
Katie Rawson
Serves international college students in the U.S
As Senior Resource Developer for the national International Student Ministry Department of InterVarsity, Katie partners with ISM staff and others to develop evangelistic and discipling resources for international students and for staff and students working with internationals. The vision is to evangelize and disciple international students and develop them as leaders so that they become world-changers. Katie also serves as Regional ISM Coordinator for the Blue Ridge Region and directs the area Evangelistic Discovery Weekend. Katie has been part of Asbury’s family since its infancy.
Curt and Marcia Rhodes
Questscope in Amman, Jordan
Dr. Curt Rhodes is the founder and international director of Questscope, with 20+ years of experience in the Middle East. Every Questscope project focuses on putting the last, first–creating a second chance and better life for dropouts, street kids, vulnerable women, refugees, and others.
Curt writes that an unprecedented youth boom is dramatically altering the face of the Middle East. With 60% of the population now under the age of 25, this demographic surge will likely be the greatest factor shaping the future of the region. “Questscope is increasingly being asked to help shape the future for the most vulnerable of these young citizens, creating an opportunity for those who have little–helping them grow socially, emotionally and spiritually–and giving them the tools they need to become positive contributors to society.”
Questscope currently has at least one of its programs in eleven Middle Eastern countries. If you would like to read more about the work Questscope is doing in the Middle East, visit www.questscope.org. Questscope is also piloting a youth mentoring program in Minneapolis, MN.
Stan and Patty Wiebe
Hearts and Hands for Haiti
“In obedience to the words of Christ to love our neighbors as ourselves, we partner with Haitians in the area of Gonaives, Haiti, giving care to children and families in need. Together we offer opportunities to develop physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually into mature Christian adults who can provide for themselves and their impoverished nation.”
Stan first visited Haiti in 1982 on a mission trip. He lived in Haiti for five years in the 80s. Even after moving to Raleigh in 1989, Stan continued visiting his Haitian friends most years. Stan and Patty met while she was in Haiti on a mission trip. Stan and Patty work together in the HHH office in Raleigh, serving as a liaison between their Haitian and North American neighbors. If you would like to know more about the Wiebe’s varied ministries in Haiti, visit their website www.heartsandhandsforhaiti.org.
David and Debbie Hawk
World Gospel Mission, Honduras
David and Debbie serve as Field Director for Honduras. They provide leadership to WGM missionaries and ministries throughout Honduras.
They previously served in El Salvador where they helped establish a church in Jucuapa and built a medical clinic.
John and Janie Farwell
Atheletes in Action
Athletes in Action is a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, International, an organization that promotes evangelism and discipleship in more than 190 countries around the world. The mission of AIA is to help sports-minded people think and live biblically at the intersection of sports and Christianity. John, Janie, and their children live in Jerusalem, where John coaches an AIA team. He is also attending Jerusalem University College and is involved with Walk the Story. When asked by team members why he would come there to coach instead of in the U.S., he replied that he desires to support the AIA staff there and he wants people there to know who Jesus is and to experience him in them.
Charlie and Kathy Lehardy
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Wycliffe’s vision is to “…see the Bible accessible to all people in the language of their heart.” To make this vision a reality, they also focus on literacy development, community development, and church partnerships. Currently, there are over 200 million people worldwide who do not have the Bible in their language.
Charlie and Kathy serve with the Mexico Branch of SIL. Kathy is a Language Program Manager, overseeing the plans and activities of the Mexico Bible translation programs. Charlie provides computer support for Mexico Branch members, offering everything from troubleshooting and repair to training and migration services fro teams moving to newer hardware and software programs.
The Lehardys are based in Catalina, AZ, where they live near their two children, Charlie and Hannah.
Paul and Marty Law
Missionaries in Central Congo
The Laws have a ministry of compassion, reconstruction, and development in Central Congo. A primary focus of their ministry is evangelism and teaching of God’s Word. In God’s providence, Paul grew up in this area and is a “mother tongue” speaker of the Otetela language, which he is able to use effectively, whether in a large facility, a collapsing village church, or under a shade tree in the open air. Marty teaches in two mission high schools in Lodja. The need and desire for learning English presents her the opportunity to use scripture as a teaching tool. To learn more about their ministries in reconstructing/building churches in remote villages, ministry to children, and the Jesus film outreach, visit www.appointmentcongo.org.
Andy and Cheryl White
International Student Ministry, IVCF
Andy and Cheryl White lead the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship ministry to international students at NC State University. About 1000 new international students arrive each fall. The Whites and the team who works with them organize several events to welcome these new students and begin making contacts and building friendships. To read more about ISM’s inspiring ministry, visit www.intervarsity.org/ism.
A Husband and Wife Team
Unnamed Online for Security Reasons
Asbury supports a husband and wife team who are affiliated with an international, evangelical Christian missions organization. For security reasons, their name and people group they work with are anonymous. This couple was arrested in their country because they are Christians and held for a number of weeks in prison. They were released and allowed to leave the country but told not to return. Today they have a radio and TV ministry to those inside their country and in the U.S. reaching out to their fellow countrymen. They also meet with those who come outside their country for discipleship training.
I WANT TO SERVE!
Contact our Pastor of Students and Service, Andy Mannes, to learn more or get involved!