serve in our community
We believe God has uniquely placed each of us in our local community with a command to love and serve our neighbors, demonstrating the goodness and mercy of God through what we say and do.
Access 2 Success Packing Day
Packing Day is an excellent opportunity to serve locally with one of our mission partners that works globally. Families are welcome to serve together (recommended for ages 5 and up). Once a quarter, we serve with Access 2 Success by packing and sorting shoes for their students in Nigeria.
Our next packing day will be Saturday, March 1. If you’d like to join, please register here.
Ada Jenkins Food Pantry
The Ada Jenkins Center exists to help people in our community create lasting solutions for economic stability. On the 2nd Saturday of every month, volunteers from Storyhill staff the Ada Jenkins Food Pantry. This is an excellent opportunity to help meet one of the most basic needs of our neighbors. 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.
Alongside Families
Alongside Families is an organization dedicated to preventing children from entering foster care unnecessarily during family crises. They achieve this by connecting isolated families with local church communities that offer safe, loving homes through volunteer host families. These families temporarily care for children while parents work to restore stability in their lives. Storyhill has established a Circle to support families in crisis, and there are various ways to get involved, such as serving as a host family, babysitter, parent mentor, providing meals and supplies, or simply offering friendship to struggling parents. To learn more about joining the Storyhill Alongside Families Circle, email Jen Sidden.
Charlotte Rescue Mission
Charlotte Rescue Mission provides free, faith-based residential recovery programs to people struggling with addiction. On the 4th Saturday of every month, this team prepares and serves dinner to the male residents at CRM’s Rebound location in Charlotte. Team members prepare dinner alongside the residents, so it is an excellent opportunity to get to know and learn from those in recovery. (Ages 13+)
For more information or to sign up, please email Sue Falcone.
Campus Ministry Visits
Davidson College has several campus ministries that we support as mission partners, including Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) and InterVarsity. Our team visits these ministries about three times each semester to bring food to their events and connect with students—many of whom are part of the Storyhill community. If you’d love to support college students by providing a meal or engaging in meaningful conversations, we’d love for you to join us! Email college@storyhill.org to get involved.
Worship at the Pines
The Pines is a retirement community and nursing home in Davidson. On the 3rd Sunday of each month, a team from Storyhill hosts a small worship service for residents who are unable to attend church elsewhere. This is a wonderful opportunity to serve and encourage the elderly by sharing your musical gifts or leading a short devotional. If you’d like to be part of this ministry, please email James Mitchell at james@growlingfish.net.
YoungLives Childcare
Charlotte YoungLives is a discipleship ministry of YoungLife that serves pregnant and parenting teen moms and dads. This team serves in childcare at YoungLives’ bi-monthly Thursday evening events for teen moms, loving on and playing with babies and toddlers so that teen parents can hear the gospel. Ages 16 & under must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
For more information or to sign up to serve, please email Buffy Lentz.
Serve Day
On Storyhill's annual Serve Day each October, our Sunday worship takes the form of going out and serving in our community. Teams serve nearly twenty different projects, hoping to meet a need for an organization doing great work in our backyard. Serving together is one of our foundational practices as a church family, and we hope that Serve Day will be one way that we discover more about how we can engage in the Holy Spirit’s redemptive mission.
Are you interested in helping with planning, logistics, or leadership? Email missions@storyhill.org.
2024 Christmas Initiative
Each Christmas, we seek ways to share the hope and mercy of Jesus as a church family to celebrate the birth of the One who cares so much about those in need. This Christmas, you’re invited to join us as we pack meals to benefit those affected by Hurricane Helene in Western NC. Our goal is to pack 10,000 dry meals to give our neighbors in need in Western NC to help them get through the winter. We will pack meals on Saturday, 12/21, from 10 am to 12 pm with Lifeline Christian Mission at their center in Concord.
This year we fundraised $3312 to cover the cost of the meals that we will pack. Any donations raised beyond $3312 are going towards supplies for future mission trips to Western NC.
Back to School Supply Drive
Each summer our sister church, Gethsemane Baptist Church collects donations for their annual back-to-school supply drive. We support them by collecting school supplies. Every donation makes a difference! Let’s set students up for success by contributing supplies or making a monetary donation. For more details or to get involved, contact missions@storyhill.org.