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Getting Started with Small Groups Outreach

Decide where you would like to serve.
Pick 1 person from your group to be the contact person with the organization. **It is important that ONLY 1 person is the primary contact. More than 1 person contacting means more work for the organization.**
Contact the organization. **Ask how you can help, and when. Be respectful of the organizations request and hours. We are going there to help, not to create more work for them.**
Set a date that works for most people. **It can be hard to get everyone involved, ty to get most of your group to participate.**
Pray before you serve, be respectful of the organizations requests and serve with joy! Remember, you serve as an extension of NorthRidge Church.

Get Involved Locally

Organization	Contact	Volunteer Opportunity	Additional Information
City Mission	Contact City Mission	This organization works directly with the children and families in the Brightmoor community of Detroit. Monthly workdays include helping with building/grounds upkeep. Seasonal special events offer the opportunity for several groups to serve together.	City Mission Website: http://city-mission.org Need more information on how NorthRidge collaborates with City Mission? Click here.
Community Garden	Contact Community Garden	We are recruiting teams now to help with garden preparation, seed planting, etc. All food is donated to local charities to feed those in need.	Garden is located in Plymouth, for more information click here.
Detroit Rescue Mission	Contact Marci Fitch at 313-993-4700 x 4715 or marci@drmm.org	Volunteer to cook, supply meals, help clean one of their facilities. This is a great opportunity!	To learn more contact Detroit Rescue Mission directly.
Mack Avenue Church	Contact Eric Russ of MACC. He can be reached by email (eruss@mackave.com) or phone 313-579-7525.	Corner Store Opportunity: There is a need for volunteers to help work at this weekend store by distributing products at a greatly reduced rate. You will be able to interact with the community, listen to their story, and help families that are in need.	To learn more about Mack Avenue, you can go to their website (http://www.mackave.com) or click here.
Orphan Care	Contact Orphan Care	Join NRC in the journey to fulfill an ever-growing need to reach out to orphans in our vicinity. This is a growing area of service and we are looking for individuals to join us as we launch this over 2010. Immediate need is filling duffle bags with basic essentials.	Click here for more info!
Ronald McDonald Houses	Contact	Meals are prepared with food brought by the volunteers. This ministry helps families whose primary concern is their very ill child that is under medical care in a nearby hospital. Your involvement would include set-up, cook/prepare food, serve and clean-up,	Locations: Ann Arbor and Detroit For a calendar of 2010, dates click here.
Smoke Detector Team	Contact	Join the NRC team to install smoke detectors for at-risk homes in the Detroit area. Most installations take a half day, and are done on the weekends.	For a calendar of 2010 dates, click here.
Soup Kitchens	Contact	A team set-ups, cooks/prepares food, serve, and clean up.	Locations: Hope Soup Kitchen (Ypsilanti) and Alpha House Soup Kitchen (Ann Arbor)

Printable List

Didn't find what you were looking for? Check out the "More Opportunities" which is an expanded list of serving/volunteer opportunities in the Metro area. Also, be on the look out in your street, your neighborhood and your city for ways to be the hands and feet of Christ.

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6.2