2021 MISSIONS TRIPS:
ABACO – BOLIVIA – OHIO
At LFCD we are prayerfully and cautiously moving forward with plans for mission trips in the summer and winter of 2021. (Ohio, Abaco, and Bolivia) If you are curious about or interested in coming on a mission trip, please email Missions Coordinator Katie Macturk with any questions or concerns you may have. Hope you can join us!
BOLIVIA: 11/20 – 11/28
Trip Leader: Kevin Feighery – The mission trip to Bolivia partners with long-time missionary partner, Children’s Impact Network. CIN rescues abandoned, abused, and neglected children. The team’s primary work is relational and participants will help on-site with the kids and house parents. Historically the team has also ministered in the surrounding community, which may happen if covid precautions allow.
(CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY) ABACO: 2/5 – 2/11 (2022)
Trip Leaders: Bob Gordon (bobgordon@mac.com) & Doug Arrington (arringtondoug@gmail.com) – This coming February, be part of a men’s team from Storyhill Church (Lake Forest Davidson) serving in Marsh Harbor, Abaco—an area of the Bahamas still recovering from Hurricane Dorian. Partnering with the Caribbean Youth Network, this construction team will focus on rehabbing and restoring family homes that have been unlivable since the hurricane. While construction and trades skills will be put to great use, this trip is for any guys 16 and older who have a heart to serve (and work hard), want to connect with other guys, and want make an impact in Jesus’ name.
(POSTPONED UNTIL 2022) ATHENS, OHIO
Trip Leaders: Dave & Sandie Griebner – The mission trip to Athens, OH partners with Good Works to serve those experiencing homelessness and poverty in rural Appalachia. Participants will partner with the people Good Works serves to practically meet their needs while building relationships with them and the community. Your team will join in various projects that range from landscaping, building, cooking & cleaning.
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations…”
Jesus gives us the power and command to “go” make disciples and care for those in need. Therefore, Lake Forest Church joins the Missio Dei (mission of God) by engaging in the lives of vulnerable people; the homeless and home-bound, orphans and widows and the unreached and overlooked. Our goal is to share God’s love with our actions and words.
There are several ways we encourage our ministry partners to participate in the missio Dei – here in Davidson, in the greater Lake Norman area, and around the world. Every year we organize Serve Day, a day of service for various families and organizations in our community. Every winter our church partners with local Christian organizations to help invest in and expand their mission. Every summer groups travel around the country and around the world on cross-cultural mission trips. As growing disciples, each of us is called to take our next step in participating in the missio Dei.
To learn how to get involved or ask a question, email Katie. – LFCD Missions Coordinator
Ways to Serve Locally
Ada Jenkins Center
MONTHLY FOOD PANTRY (Temporarily cancelled)
On the 2nd Saturday of every month, folks from LFCD staff the Ada Jenkins Food Pantry. There are a variety of roles to serve and love our neighbors at the pantry. If you’d like more information about this opportunity or are interested in serving, please email Rebecca Esque. Email Rebecca
RESOURCE CLASSROOM (Temporarily Cancelled)
There’s a need for weekly volunteers for the Ada Jenkins Center Resource Classroom on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:15pm-6:30pm. Share your time, experiences and skills with children that need you! Please click on the link here, to view the Resource Center Classroom Tutor role description and complete the new volunteer application.
Charlotte Rescue Mission
On the 2nd Sunday of every month, folks from LFCD serve and share a meal with the female residents at CRM’s Dove Nest location from 12:30-2pm.
On the 4th Saturday of every month we also serve and enjoy a meal to the male residents at CRM’s Rebound location from 4:30-6pm. For more information or to sign up, please email Sue Falcone. Email Sue
Gethsemane Baptist – Community Prayer
In such turbulent times where there is unrest, uncertainty and division, let us be mindful of the power of prayer. Please join us on the 1st Wednesday of each month beginning for Community Prayer on the Porch from 6:30-7:00pm. Prayer will take place on the front steps and lawn of Gethsemane Baptist Church (565 Jetton St.) with safety precautions of social distancing and wearing of masks. We hope you can join us for a powerful time of spiritual encouragement. If you are unable to join in person, you can also tune in on FB Live here. Email Tracy Brandon with any questions.
Our Partner Ministries
Access 2 Success
A2S aims to provide sustainable programs that generate positive change for Nigerian children and their communities. The vision of A2S is that each child/person in Nigeria finds a dignified path to a successful life and is empowered to live out God’s plan for a future filled with hope. Email Laura Knight for more information.
Ada Jenkins Center
Ada Jenkins Center exists to help people in our community create lasting solutions for health, education, and economic stability. We serve individuals and families residing in Davidson, Cornelius and Huntersville. Email Karen Martin for more information.
Charlotte Rescue Mission
Charlotte Rescue Mission is a free program focused on transforming lives in the name of Christ by serving people struggling with addiction, poverty, or hopelessness with the goal of returning them to society as productive, self-sufficient citizens. Their core values are to lead with love, serve with gratitude, and act with humility, with the targeted outcomes of a life without drugs or alcohol, gainful employment, stable housing, and healthy community. Email Sue Falcone for more information.
Children’s Impact Network
Children’s Impact Network is committed to long-lasting, life changing assistance. At their orphanages in Bolivia and Honduras, they commit to raising the children through adulthood. They provide for all their daily needs until they are ready and able to live independently. In Colombia, we provide more temporary assistance for families as they grieve, heal and restart their lives. Email Natalie Hernandez for more information.
Caribbean Youth Network
The purpose of the Caribbean Youth Network is to serve as an international mission organization fostering the planting, partnering, and networking of relational, Christ-centered youth ministry so that youth can be introduced to the Gospel and grow into a mature relationship with Christ. Email Jan Swing for more information.
Community Pregnancy Center
The Community Pregnancy Center is a Christ-centered ministry committed to upholding the sanctity of human life by demonstrating the love of Christ to women facing crisis pregnancies through the provision of spiritual, physical, and emotional support. We offer the following free services: pregnancy tests, limited ultrasound, pregnancy information and support, Hope parenting program, and post-abortion care. Email Lisa Iler for more information.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity seeks to put God’s love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities and hope. They are an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, serving North Mecklenburg and Iredell counties. They believe that everyone deserves decent, affordable housing. Email volunteer@habitatCLTregion.org for more information.
Wycliffe Bible Translators
Wycliffe believes that the Bible is God’s Word to us — something that everyone should be able to understand in their own language. But approximately 1,600 languages around the world are still waiting for a translation project to begin. That’s why Wycliffe Bible Translators exists — to help speakers of these remaining languages get the Bible for themselves. Email Jon Grimes for more information.
Young Life
The mission of Young Life is to introduce adolescents to Jesus Christ and help them grow in their faith. Young Life leaders in our community do that by going where kids are and reaching local middle, high, and college students through relationships and adventure. Email Ben McDaniel for more information.
YoungLives
YoungLives‘ vision is to reach teen moms by entering their world, modeling the unconditional love of Christ, and encouraging them to become the women and mothers God created them to be. Through life-on-life mentoring, teen moms are empowered to make positive choices, set and achieve goals, and live a future rooted in Christ. Email Emily Newton for more information.
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