Benevolence Works

The Broad Street Church of Christ engages in out-reach activities to meet the needs of the community. Spiritual needs are met through Sunday afternoon nursing home devotionals and a Bible class for handicapped adults. Physical needs are met by providing furniture and appliances on a limited basis to help families with emergencies. A clothing room and food pantry are provided to help needy families in the community. Monetary help is also provided to needy families who have emergency medical and doctor expenses and housing and utility expenses. Transportation to doctors and hospitals is provided for families who have no transportation. The Church also participates in the Christmas Charities program helping to provide food and clothing for needy families during the Christmas season.

Other outreach activities initiated by the ladies of our congregation include monthly luncheons and holiday baskets for shut-ins, a Ladies' Day for spiritual enrichment for all ladies, a fall luncheon honoring widows of the congregation and community, various projects for AGAPE, and food committees to assist the bereaved and sick of the congregation. The ladies also have a Bible study every Tuesday morning and meet monthly on the second Monday evening for a period of spiritual fellowship in a class entitled Helping Other People Enthusiastically (H.O.P.E.). The H.O.P.E. group has an annual Mother-Daughter Tea and an annual Elder's Appreciation Dinner, and this year started a Caregivers' Dinner for those members of our congregation who provide care for other members of their family or friends. They also host an annual Clothing Room Shower to get clothing for needy school students when school starts back at the end of summer. The young persons of our congregation with the leadership of volunteering adults participate in Service Saturdays on which they volunteer their time to help the elderly families of our congregation with tasks they are not able to do themselves. They also have a Young-at-Heart Banquet each year for the senior members of our congregation.