BE THE CHURCH DAY
Sunday, November 3, 2024
Our 2024 Be the Church Day is coming up on November 3rd!
We will meet here at the church at 8 AM and then go to our assigned projects. Lunch will be ready to serve by 11:30 AM - come back after your project is completed for food and fellowship!
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If your project finishes early, we will have additional things to help with back at the church
leading up to lunchtime (including: putting paper slips into baby bottles for Mosaic Health, prepping candles for our Christmas Eve service, putting labels on offering envelopes, and more!)
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One of our core values at LCC is “Using what God entrusted to us.” We believe that God has gifted each of us with abilities to serve others! On Be the Church Day, in lieu of regular worship services, we will take this morning to "be the church" outside of our walls and do various service projects for those in our community. We are so excited to see where God will use our church family this year! See the list below for information on this year's projects!
Project sign-ups for 2024 are now open!
2024 BTCD Project Categories
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House Projects: Teams will work together to complete minor home repairs and/or yard cleanup. Please contact Stephanie at office@leclairecc.com if you have any house project ideas for this year. **Family/kid-friendly projects available.
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Partner with a Non-Profit: Teams will work with a local non-profit to accomplish various projects. **Family/kid-friendly projects available.​
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Restore Decor - Restore Decor (Edwardsville) is a volunteer organization that recycles and resells furniture with all proceeds benefiting local charities and people in need. BTCD volunteers will be painting furniture. No experience or tools/supplies required. Just wear your painting clothes! **Not for children under 12 years old. Children 12 years and older can attend but must be signed up with an adult to supervise.
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Equipping the Called - This nonprofit (Collinsville) helps foster families and children in foster care by providing clothing, toiletries, and needed items. Volunteers will sort/organize clothing, shoes & socks. General cleaning of rooms. Several rooms need shelves and fixtures hung. **Kid-friendly with supervision**
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Good Samaritan House - This nonprofit (Granite City) serves as a shelter for women and children impacted by domestic violence. Volunteers will be doing general maintenance to the building and some light painting. **Kid-friendly with supervision.**
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Clean Community Project - This group will work together to help clean up trash along Governors Parkway from 157 to 159. Toolkits and all supplies provided. **This project is for ages 16 and up, and will require a lot of walking and physical activity.**
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Drost Park Baseball & Softball League - This group will be tackling the clean-out and organization of an attic containing equipment. All items will be removed from the attic, inventoried, and unnecessary things will be donated to an outreach center. **Kid-friendly with supervision.**
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Emergency Worker Appreciation: Groups will travel to share snacks and cards of appreciation to predetermined Emergency Worker locations. **Family/kid-friendly projects available.
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LCC Sewing for a Cause: This team will work to craft adult bibs, walker/wheelchair caddies, & greeting cards for nursing homes.
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LCC Prayer Team: This team will stay on campus at church and spend time in prayer for LCC ministries and missions partners.
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LCC Childcare: This amazing group of volunteers will remain at the LCC building and help care for infant through preschool-age children who are not able to attend projects with their families.
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BTCD Pastors: The BTCD Pastors will tend to the families who are recipients of House Project work. They spend time getting to know the family, praying with the family and giving information to the LCC staff/leadership if the family needs additional assistance moving forward. The goal is to connect and bless these families through this outreach.
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LCC Church Cleaning Team: This group will work to deep clean and sanitize pre-determined areas of the church, with possible light maintenance work.
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LCC Lunch Team: This group will be at the church to help set out the pre-bought lunches for the church family upon returning from projects. Volunteers for this team may also help with projects at church until time requires them to work on lunch preparations.