BostonServe and churches in the South End were featured in the South End News last week! Check out the article here:
BostonServe Photo Gallery
“And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”
-Jesus, in John 12:32
On October 24, 2015, UniteBoston hosted BostonServe, which encouraged Christians throughout Boston to serve in their neighborhoods together on one day.
It was the first time that UniteBoston held this event – and what a success! There were eleven projects taking place throughout the city.
Together, we can make God’s love for Boston visible in a way that one church cannot accomplish alone.
Check out the photos below to see God’s love in action!
Playground Clean-Up and Painting
With Symphony Church at the Jackson-Mann K-8 School
Trophy Cleaning and Painting
With Heart Change Fellowship at English High School
Cleaning, Painting, and Carpentry
With People’s Baptist Church and North River Community Church
At Timilty Middle School
Codman Park Clean-Up
With Global Ministries Christian Church
Harvard Square Homeless Outreach
With Journey Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Boston, and others
Visiting Elderly Friends
with the Community of St. Egidio, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Boston, and others
Ramsay Park Clean-Up
With South End churches, Friends of Ramsay Park, and Northeastern University
Somerville School Painting
This Saturday is BostonServe: Let’s Serve the City Together!
God is up to great things in Boston!
On Saturday October 24, we have the opportunity to make Christ’s love visible together in a way that one church cannot accomplish alone.
On this day, many churches around the city are serving in their neighborhoods as a visible sign of Jesus’ love for Boston.
We enthusiastically invite those who might not identify with a particular church, denomination or faith to join us in serving our city!
The opportunities are listed below – To join in a project, simply email the service coordinator of the project you are interested in, and include Kelly Steinhaus in the email as well (Kelly@uniteboston.com).
We look forward to serving our city with you!
Kelly Steinhaus
UniteBoston Team Leader
kelly@uniteboston.com
Friday, October 23rd
A service in the sanctuary that will end with a candelight vigil on Warren Street to bring healing and hope to our traumatized communities.
Time: 6:30 to 8:30pm
Location: Roxbury Presbyterian Church, 328 Warren Street, Roxbury
Contact: Nancy Kilburn, nkilburn@rpcsic.org
Saturday, October 24th
Painting and Cleaning at English High School
We will be painting the support services office and cleaning the trophy case to make the room more inviting for students.
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: English High School, 144 McBride Street, Jamaica Plain
Contact: Pastor Jua Robinson, jrobinson@hcfboston.com
Our vision of service is one of friendship and accompaniment. We visit our elderly friends at the Laurel Ridge nursing home regularly, and would love to have you come and join us!
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm
Location: Laurel Ridge Nursing Home, 174 Forest Hills Street, Jamaica Plain
Contact: Kerri Marmol, kerrihilleren@gmail.com
We will be gathering to help clean up Codman Park. Come and join us!
Time: 10:00am to 3:00pm
Location: 6 Codman Park, Boston
Contact: Pastor Bruce Wall, bruce@grace.org
Harvard Square Homeless Outreach
We will be building relationships with our friends who are living on the street, and share information about local resources and programs.
Time: 1:00 to 3:30pm
Location: Journey Church Office, Basement of First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge
Contact: Kelly Steinhaus, kelly@jcboston.org
Prepare and serve a healthy and hearty dinner to 70 -100 people in need.
Time: 2:15 to 7:00pm, but shorter periods are helpful and welcome
Location: 13 Sellers Street, Cambridge
Contact: Frank Smith, fseysmith@verizon.net
We are working with the school to clean up the area and paint.
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm
Location: 40 Armington Street, Allston
Contact: Pastor Shan, shan.gian@gmail.com
We will be painting, cleaning and doing some carpentry to help improve the school environment!
Time: 8:30am to 2:00pm
Location: 205 Roxbury Street, Roxbury
Contact: Pastor Paul Atwater, paul@northriverchurch.org
Join with your community to clean, beautify and celebrate your neighborhood park! More info on the Facebook event here:
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Location: Ramsey Park, 1927 Washington St, Boston, Massachusetts 02118
Contact: Sarah O’Conner, sarah@ststephensbos.org
Other Great Service Happening Around the City on October 24: (No Extra Volunteers Needed)
Painting At A School in Somerville
Evening Worship Gathering – October 24
UNOW is a united worship movement that brings together the Body of Christ across cultural, denominational, and social lines for worship, prayer, evangelism, and acts of compassion. UNOW’s vision for 2015 is to see as many grassroots nights of worship happen across New England on October 24th.
The gatherings are scheduled to take place from 6:00 to 9:00pm. We are encouraging everyone who participates in BostonServe to wear their tee shirt to the UNOW gathering.
Here are a few of the local UNOW gatherings. Check the website for the most updated information:
http://www.unitednightofworship.com/events/
- CCF Ministries, 105 Princeton Blvd. Lowell, MA 01851
- Defenders Boston Church, 10 E Cottage St., Boston, MA 02119 **Many from UniteBoston will be here**
- Ethiopian Christian Fellowship, 838 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 (at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church) *This location will feature songs in both English and Amharic
- New Life Christian Center, 47 Spruce St., Chelsea, MA 02150
Come and serve the city with us and you can get one of these shirts for FREE! This BostonServe tee shirt is a visible sign of our desire to bless the city together with the love of Christ.
Watch this video interview with Pastor Bruce Wall from Boston Praise Radio & TV
UniteBoston Testimony Video
God is changing lives through UniteBoston! Listen to testimonies of changed minds and hearts after attending various gatherings during the 10 Days of Prayer. Together, we are better!
10 Days Boston: Re-Igniting Fires of Faith
This week, UniteBoston’s Executive Director Kelly Steinhaus shares how the recent 10 Days Boston event re-ignited fires of faith throughout Boston’s Christian community. Read the story to be encouraged in the power of unity and koinonia togetherness!
10 Days Boston this year was amazing! But don’t take my word for it. 🙂
Christian unity comes down to our ability to see Jesus in one another. This year, we took videos of friends throughout the city sharing their story of how God changed their perspectives of the Church as they attended the various gatherings.
For example, a young man named Matt from Youth With A Mission felt led to share an encouraging word from God with a woman who was chanting at the Greek Orthodox gathering. Matt was hesitant to mention anything because he wasn’t sure if that was a doctrine that their church practiced. But, during the fellowship time, he shared what God had put on his heart about the gift that God had given this woman for worship.
After pausing to take in the words, she responded, “Sometimes I just go through the motions of singing, but because of what you said, you have just re-lit the fire of my faith.”
With UniteBoston, our coming together across diversity provides an opportunity for the Holy Spirit to bring life to various parts of the church. We are individually ignited to see our own faith as a valuable part of the corporate whole. In fact, the original name that God gave me for this ministry was “Ignite.”
Listen to the whole story here:
More photos and video testimonies of changed lives are available on the full blog report here.
Yes, as the body connects together, we know that “We will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” (Ephesians 4:15-16)
Truly, God is up to great things in Boston – Thanks for being a part of His great work!
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