Community Service & Volunteer Opportunities

We’re here for good!

We partner with many local non-profit organizations to provide service to our community. Everyone is welcome to join us for projects that INTEREST them.
Check our calendar for current projects. 

community fund

In 2024 Family of God donated nearly $43,000 to meet emergency needs in our community. Our Community Fund began with the Noisy Offering, a way of collecting our coins during worship. It has grown with generous donations of church members and friends. We respond to referrals from area agencies to buy bus passes, gas cards, diapers, phone cards and groceries. We help pay for back rent and rent deposits. We have purchased bus tickets to distant homes. We’ve paid for shelter and winter clothing. Donations to the Community Fund may be mailed to the Family of God address.

food boxes for Northwest Minnesota Seniors

On the third Wednesday of each month from 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. we join volunteers at North Country Food Bank in East Grand Forks. In about an hour we can fill over 200 boxes of food to be distributed through senior centers across NW Minnesota. Call 218-791-8687 for details.

Love Feast

Each June we take our turn serving the Love Feast at Zion United Methodist Church. Love Feast provides supper to over 200 people in Grand Forks on the last Tuesday of each month. Each year we serve sloppy joes, chips, coleslaw, and treats.

PRIDE

We support Grand Cities PRIDE events throughout the year and provide PRIDE worship and a family barbecue each September. Family of God is officially both a Reconciling in Christ and an open and affirming congregation.

Quilts and craft

Our craft group provides quilts to Valley Senior Living and other non-profit organizations throughout the year. We make craft items for silent auctions at Northlands Rescue Mission, Valley Senior Living, and Harvest Hope Farms fundraiser each year.

Crafters make miniature baby blankets for Altru’s chaplains to give, along with a teddy bear, to women who experience miscarriage or stillbirth.

Our craft group gathers at the church on Wednesday mornings. Meeting times are list in the calendar.

Church Garden

Our small garden provides tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and other fresh produce to East Grand Forks Food Shelf. Anyone is welcome to help with watering and harvesting. Gardners gather on Friday mornings at 9 to weed for an hour.

Fill the totes

Each fall we join the Fill the Tote project which provides back-up clothing to Northwest Minnesota elementary schools and Head Start. Bring child-sized sweat pants, underwear, socks, scarves, mittens/gloves, hats and snow pants to the church any time during the month of October. They will be shared with the schools before snow flies.

Regional Youth Assessment Center

Through one of our members, we share books, puzzles, movies, and treats with the Regional Youth Assessment Center. We use the Noisy Offering to be sure each client receives a birthday card and canteen money on their birthday and small gifts at special holidays.

FREE LUNCH FRIDAY

Every Friday that the University of North Dakota is in session, Christus Rex Lutheran Campus Ministry offers free lunch. Family of God serves several times each school year. Volunteers prepare hearty meals served with big smiles.

Homeless Helper

Homeless Helpers provides emergency shelter in local motels when the shelters are full. Family of God supports this work with funds, toiletries and encouragement.