Reach: Local
Calvary has formed strategic partnerships with non-profit organizations in our community that meet the 3 C's: they are CLOSE to Calvary, they have CONSISTENT volunteer opportunities that allow for ongoing relationships to be developed, and CHRIST can be shared through their organization. The opportunities listed below line up with these values as we do our part to REACH Orange County and the World for Jesus Christ.
Current Local Outreach Opportunities for LifeGroups
Fridays at the Fair
Serve a Summer Meal
Serve Day 2010
Encourage a Single Mom
Summer 2010
There is something so powerful about a LifeGroup serving together to meet the needs of others. This summer, we have several opportunities for your LifeGroup to serve our community in the name of Jesus Christ.
Friday’s at the Fair:
Host the Noah’s Ark Exhibit at the Orange County Fair
Dates: Fri. July 16th, Fri. July 23rd, Fri. July 30th
& Aug. 13th
Calvary Church will be hosting the “Noah’s Ark exhibit” each Friday of the Orange County Fair this summer. The Ark is an interactive booth where kids can hear the story of the Gospel and sign up to receive a year’s subscription to a Children’s Devotional Magazine (sponsored by Child Evangelism Fellowship).
Volunteers are needed in 3 hour increments from Noon to 11pm each Friday.
Volunteers will be greeters at the door and story tellers inside the Ark.
A brief 1 hour training will take place before your selected day.
Many of the kids who stop by the Ark have never heard the story of Jesus before. Your LifeGroup will have the opportunity to make an eternal difference in the life of a child! Sign your group up by contacting Matt Doan at 714.550.2378 or mdoan@calvarylife.org
Serve a Summer Meal:
At the Orange County Rescue Mission’s “Village of Hope”
Dates: Ongoing throughout the Summer
Are looking for a more hands-on way to serve?
Volunteer at the Orange County Rescue Mission serving a meal to the residents of the “Village of Hope.”
Meal times are: Breakfast: 6:30am-8:30am. Lunch: 11:30am-1:30pm. Dinner: 5:30pm-7:30pm. To Volunteer, contact the OC Rescue Mission at 714.247.4300 or go on-line and register to be a volunteer at www.rescuemission.org
Impact Inner-City Kids:
Be Part of a KidWorks Summer Event for kids in Central Santa Ana
Dates: Wednesday’s Evenings during the summer and Townsend Street Fair on Sat. August 28th
Kidworks has an incredible summer of activities planned for the students in the Townsend St. low-income neighborhoods. Your Lifegroup can get involved by creating and delivering a meal for 40 teens on any Wednesday Night in the summer or by hosting a game booth at the annual Summer Townsend Street Fair on Saturday, August 28th from 10am to 3pm. For more info or to sign up for an event, contact Donia Quon, Volunteer Coordinator at KidWorks at 714.834.9400
Serve Day 2010:
Date: Saturday, July 17th
We had 4 unique Calvary sponsored projects on this day. This was a chance for many to get their entire Lifegroup (Kids and all!) serving in our community.
Motel Ministry - Food Distribution
Olive Crest BBQ
Painting the Chapel for Release Time Christian Education
Encourage a Single Mom:
By volunteering on a Saturday at the Sheepfold Women’s Shelter
Dates: 1st and 3rd Saturday’s of the Summer months
The Sheepfold is a local outreach partner of Calvary Church and aims to serve women with children who have faced abandonment or abuse. Want to serve a meal at a Saturday Night Sheepfold Bible Study or volunteer at the Sheepfold Thrift Store? Contact DeAnne Molina at DeAnne@thesheepfold.org or 714.237.1444
Deliver Hope: Treasure Box Food Program
Saturday Dates: June 26th, July 31st and August 28th
“Treasure Box” is the Calvary Church sponsored frozen food box ministry that distributes boxes of groceries valued at $75 for an affordable cost of $30. The boxes are available for personal use or to donate to a family in need in the Church or community. Volunteers are needed on distribution days (8:30am to Noon) to help with unloading the boxes of a semi-truck, set-up of stations and to distribute the boxes. To sign up to serve Contact Jerry or Ann Bennent at annlbennett@ca.rr.com or 949.289.8981
Ongoing Local Community Partnership Highlights:
1. The Cabrillo Park Project (Santa Ana)
On Saturday, October 11th we gathered together as a church to renew Cabrillo Park. You can view photos of a few of our all-church work days at the park in the galleries below:
To learn more about Calvary's ongoing partnership with the City of Santa Ana and discover ways you can get involved - contat Janice Fitzgerald at (714) 973-4800 ext. 310 or jfitzgerald@calvarylife.org
2. KidWorks (Santa Ana)
Helping kids in central Santa Ana with after school tutoring, computer skills and leadership life skills. This neighborhood is slowly being transformed from a community of gangs, school drop-outs and poverty to being a community that lives with the hope found in Jesus Christ. You can help continue this transformation.
Contact volunteer coordinator Cole Ng at (714) 834.9400 ext. 107. for more info of how can join what God is doing at KidWorks!
3. Birth Choice (Santa Ana)
Birth Choice is a faith-based, pro-life, organization providing medical services and education to teens and adults. Birth Choice promotes abstinence and positive alternatives to abortion consistent with the inherent value of every human life.
Birth Choice offers free pregnancy tests, free ultrasounds, and free STD testing.
The clinic seeks to give truth and grace to women in crisis as Jesus would have us do.
To volunteer as a pregnancy counselor, mentor or to get involved if you are health care professional please contact Ma'May Fauchner in Santa Ana at 714.836.5447 or mamay@birthchoiceclinic.org.
4. Release Time Christian Education (Orange and Anaheim)
Serves the public school by providing IN-School bible studies for students with parent's permission. The ministry is always looking for individuals to help teach the morning and afternoon studies as well as groups to come on Saturday's and clean the chapels on wheels!
Contact Candy Kenney at rckenney1@att.net for more info.
5. The Orange County Rescue Mission (Tustin)
Serving the Least, the Last, and the Lost of our community through the provision of assistance in the areas of guidance, counseling, education, job training, shelter, food, clothing, health care and independent living communities.
If you're interested in finding out more about volunteering with the Orange County Rescue Mission, check out the volunteer page on their website or contact their Volunteer Manager at jmarino@rescuemission.org or call (714) 247-4334.
"Thank you to those that participated in the 5K Walk in Irvine in the month of March on behalf of the Orange County Rescue Mission. Calvary Church has raised over $5,400 to date from the walk which will go directly to the Village of Hope program at the Mission!"
6. Olive Crest (Santa Ana, Orange, Riverside)
A local ministry that serves in Jesus name by serving foster kids and running group homes. There are a variety ways you can get involved with the kids at Olive Crest including pursuing foster care and adoption, supporting a group home to clean or bring gifts too or transporting kids from their group homes to youth group here at Calvary Church.
Contact 1-800-550-CHILD, ext. 1144 or e-mail info@olivecrest.org
7. Cabrillo Park Ongoing Renewal Project (Santa Ana)
Take an afternoon or a Saturday morning and go serve with your family, friends or LifeGroup in our neighborhood park. There are always needs for trash clean-up, graffiti removal, planting, trimming and painting.
Contact Matt Doan at (714) 973-4800 ext. 378 or at mdoan@calvarylife.org for more info or scheduling opportunities.
8.Young Life (Tustin)
Reaches out to un-churched adolescents by entering into their world through attending school events, games, school campuses etc. Young Life is committed to introducing adolescents to Jesus Christ and helping them grow in their faith. You can get involved by opening up your home for weekly club, sponsoring students to winter and summer camp or by joining the volunteer leadership team.
Contact Kristy Fox, Tustin Young Life area director at (714) 412-9826
9.Sheepfold (Orange)
Ministers to woman with children who have faced abandonment or abuse. Gives these families an opportunity to recover, have a safe place to live, receive counseling, obtain job skills and education.
Go to www.thesheepfold.org/volunteers for the latest volunteer opportunities.
We also have ongoing ministries to those who are homebound, in care facilities, in hospitals and to children without families:
Care Facility & Homebound Visitation
We reach out to those of our Church family who are homebound and to those who are in a care facility. We do this in two ways: by telephone calls and by personal visits. If you would like to participate in this loving and rewarding ministry, we are taking applications now for volunteer home callers. Your commitment will be to call a list of homebound people every week for one month. Also, we are taking applications for people to visit Care Facility residents once a month for four months. If you have questions or would like to participate, please call Pastor Fred Morse at ext. 367 or Janice at ext. 310.
Hospital Visitation
Each week the Calvary Church hospital visitation team visits our people in local hospitals. These visits are in response to prayer request cards turned in during the Sunday services as well as telephone calls that come in to the Church office. Please keep us informed of those in our Church and their immediate family as a need arises. Contact Janice in the Care and Concern Office on ext. 310.
Open Arms
This exciting new Calvary ministry seeks to embrace children who need a family. To find out more - Click Here to find out more
There are also several key ongoing ministries and special outreach events throughout the year that serve as bridge-building opportunities for people at Calvary to invite their friends, family, coworkers and neighbors to church:
Vacation Bible School (1st - 6th grade)
This is a week of adventure and exitement during the summer where kids can bring their friends to hear about Jesus. Each day kids will be part of fun Bible learning, and it's absolutely free! Find out more...
Light the Night
This is a fun and safe alternative to "trick or treating" on October 31. Activities include: Carnival game booths and rides, cakewalk, large inflatable games, live entertainment, puppet show and a special carnival area just for preschoolers. There is lots of candy for the kids and the public is invited. This is event is free!
Find out more...
Christmas Production
The annual Christmas outreach production is a dramatic musical with many opportunities to use gifts in acting, dance and singing. To find out more about Calvary's Drama Ministry or how you can be a part of this fantastic outreach, contact Linda Paszkiewicz at (714) 973-4800 ext. 301 or lpaskiewics@calvarylife.org
Athletics Ministry
Athletics is a ministry "beyond the sanctuary" to break down social barriers and build stronger Christ-centered relationships by providing opportunities for fellowship, outreach and service. Athletics is a common denominator that bridges across ethnic, language, cultural and economic barriers. This attribute makes athletics an ideal vehicle for reaching people for Christ who would not resist other means. Find out more...
