6175 Kuttshill Drive, Rockford, MI 49341  *  Phone: (616) 866-2230 * Fax: (616) 866-9814 *  e mail: NKPChurch@gmail.com

​We are fast approaching our biggest giving season:

o   Bucks-for-Birds is coming up. This money buys holiday food baskets for the clients of North Kent Connect.
o   The Winter Apparel Tree will soon appear in the Narthex. These warm pajamas, undies, socks, hats, mittens, coats, etc. are always warmly received by the folks at North Kent Connect.
o   A big change this year, we will not be participating in Operation Christmas Child (Shoeboxes). Instead, we are working more locally by preparing “Care Bags” for local foster children through D.A. Blodgett-St. John’s Home. Grab a list of items to fill these age and gender appropriate backpacks. Many children leave their homes with nothing more than a few clothes in a trash bag. These bags offer comfort items and necessities to children in need. Care bags due on Dec. 1st.

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North Kent Presbyterian Church is dedicated to reach out and help local communities and nation wide organizations.  Our Mission committee is very busy planning events, organizing collections, and volunteering their time throughout the year.  Below is a list of charitable organizations and events happening each month.  If you would like more information on how to help, please contact our church office for more information.  

Full list of all our Missions

• Two Cents a Meal- A small first step in the battle against hunger. Each member is invited to contribute a few cents every meal.  Banks are available on the tables in the fellowship hall.

• Souper Bowl Sunday- Transforming the Super Bowl into a celebration of giving. this year’s simple collection in that soup pot benefits Mel Trotter Ministries.

• The Heifer Project- Provides livestock and training to underprivileged people around the world.
  

• One Great Hour of Sharing- A gift to One Great Hour of Sharing enables the church to share God’s love with our neighbors-in-need around the world by providing relief to those affected by natural disasters, provide food to the hungry, and helping to empower the poor and oppressed. This offering is collected through the season of Lent and Easter.

• Relay for Life- A spring event to raise money for the American Cancer Society, honor those who have succumbed to cancer and celebrate the lives of those who have triumphed over the disease.  North Kent Presbyterian Church supports the Rockford, MI campaign.

• Unified Mission PC (USA)- Each year North Kent Presbyterian Church pledges a certain amount of money to the mission causes of PCUSA, the Synod and/or the Presbytery of Lake Michigan.

• Little Dresses for Africa-  Simple cotton dresses and shorts made with love to preserve the dignity of children in need. (Patterns for this mission can be found at Nancy's Notions)

• Back to School Back Packs- School supplies collected during back to school sales benefit children/clients of the North Kent Community Service Center.

• Mel Trotter Ministries- Mel Trotter Ministries exists to demonstrate the compassion of Jesus Christ toward the hungry, homeless and hurting of the greater Grand Rapids area. 

• Ronald McDonald House- A home away from home for families and children seeking treatment for seriously ill children at local hospitals. North Kent Presbyterian Church contributes  with cookie baking on designated dates and monetarily by collecting pop can tabs.

• Safe Haven Ministries-  Provides emergency shelter, non-residential services and prevention and education programs for victims of domestic abuse.

• Women’s Resource Center & Working Women’s Clothing Closet- Each spring, we hold a collection of  cell phones and clothing suitable for job interviews and the workplace.  These items are donated to the Women's Resource Center help improve women’s workplace and economic opportunities. Our supports helps unemployed and underemployed women prepare for and seek meaningful employment. 

• Kids' Food Basket- Lunch sacks are decorated, food and money collected and lunches prepared for Kids' Food Basket insure that local school children who receive free and reduced breakfasts and  lunches do not go hungry at supper time.  Each child takes home a sack supper at the end of every school day.

• Peacemaking and Global Witness- The Peace & Global Witness offering is used to expand global witness while maintaining Presbyterians’ longstanding commitment of working towards peace and reconciliation, especially in cultures of violence. Congregations and presbyteries each keep 25 percent of receipts for their peace and witness ministries and 50 percent is sent to the Presbyterian Mission Agency. Our local contribution goes to Safe Haven Ministries to benefit victims of domestic abuse.

• Winter Warmth Tree- During the Advent season a Christmas tree in the church narthex is decorated with new children’s clothing to be contributed to North Kent Community Services. After delivery of those items, the tree is redecorated with new and gently used items to be delivered to North Kent Community Services in January.

• Operation Christmas Child- A division of Samaritan’s Purse,  shoe boxes are filled with toiletries, clothing, toys, school supplies and evangelical materials for children in need globally. The boxes are collected at a local distribution center and shipped to various parts of the world where the need is greatest. Each year multiple new locations are chosen.

• Bucks for Birds- A funny name for our yearly contribution to North Kent Community Services holiday food basket campaign.

• Santa Claus Girls- In cooperation with the Kent County Santa Claus Girls, members of this church come forward one chilly Saturday morning in December each year to distribute gifts to local families in need.

• The Christmas Joy Offering-  A monetary offering collected once a year during worship.  This provides financial assistance to current and former church workers and their families or by providing opportunities for deserving students of all racial and ethnic backgrounds to achieve their dreams through Presbyterian related education.

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