Community Mission Projects:

FOOD MINISTRY, Following Christ in Mission

Food Pantry hours are Wednesday's from 10:00 AM to 12:00 NOON. 

Our food pantry is a participating agency of Fulfill, providing supplemental and emergency food to those in need. The pantry is open every Wednesday from 10:00am until 12:00pm and operate as a drive thru service, serving between 50-80 families each week. Curbside pickup can also be arranged on off days and hours for those that cannot make the normal Wednesday pickup times. Food donations are accepted during regular office hours Monday-Friday 8am-2pm.

We also distribute over 100 holiday food baskets including turkeys each Thanksgiving and provide Christmas help to registered families with children up to age 13 through our deacon’s Angel Tree project.

If you need to contact us, you can leave a message on the church answering machine, or email the church.  We all need God's gifts of faith, hope and love in these challenging times. Prayers continue for our community and for all who are ill. Please contact us if you are in need of encouragement or just a listening ear. 


SOUPER BOWL OF CARING - 2025

THANK YOU to everyone who helped with Souper Bowl of Caring - making soups, posters, announcements and especially all of those who bought our soups and corn muffins.  We had a great time with this service activity and are so happy to be able to do our part in helping to raise funds for the Food Ministry.  Our total raised was $216  which will go towards the purchase of laundry detergent for our clients! 

 

WORLD RENEW TEAMS PREPARE TO ARRIVE

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2013 AT 01:28PM

Greetings to Ocean Community Church! We are looking forward to serving as project managers for World Renew in your community. In the next two months we will be taking care of the many little detials involved in having a team ready to start working by Sept 14, 2013. Several couples have already signed up so I'm sure the team will be completed quite quickly. A little about ourselves, our home is in Three Rivers Michigan, which is in the southern part of the state. Rich has had life-long experience in construction supervision as well as owning his own construction business for many years. I have been involved in EMS and worked in a Trauma center and NICU for the last 20 years before retirement. We have been led by the Holy Spirit to devote our retiremnt years to disaster relief work, and it has truly changed our lives. We feel it is an honor that God has given us this opportunity to serve Him. We have come to bless others, but we go home the ones blessed. We are looking forward to partnering with you. - Rich and Phyl Greventstuk

 

OUR FIRST DAY OF HOSTING STORM VOLUNTEERS

SATURDAY, JULY 13, 2013 AT 04:29PM

Today is our first day of hosting storm volunteers at the church. This team of 22 comes all the way from Michigan to help repair and rehabilitate homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy. We are glad to have Bruce and Laurie Hawley on site for the next six weeks providing oversight and coordination. Come meet them all at worship tomorrow, along with VBS celebration at 9am service. 

https://www.rca.org/hawley

 

 

EMERGENCY CLEAN-UP BUCKETS - 2012

TO ASSEMBLE AN EMERGENCY CLEAN-UP BUCKET YOU WILL NEED: ONE FIVE-GALLON BUCKET WITH RESEALABLE LID

  • Five scouring pads
  • Seven sponges, assorted sizes
  • One scrub brush
  • Eighteen cleaning towels (reusable, like Easy Wipes®)
  • One 50-78 oz. box dry laundry detergent
  • One 12 oz. bottle of liquid concentrated household cleaner (like Lysol®)
  • One 25 oz. bottle liquid disinfectant dish soap (like Dawn®)
  • One package of 48-50 clothespins
  • Clothesline, two 50 ft. or one 100 ft.
  • Five dust masks
  • Two pairs latex gloves (like Playtex®)
  • One pair work gloves
  • 28-bag roll of heavy-duty trash bags (30-45 gallon)
  • One 6-9 oz. bottle of insect repellent (pump, drops or lotion, not aerosol)

Please provide all liquids in new, unopened plastic bottles. Be sure to send only new materials. Place all items in the plastic bucket, making sure they are packed securely to avoid damage during shipment, and seal lid with packing tape.

Any questions, contact the church office.