Diamond in the Rough

Leader: Nicole Steele

Diamond In The Rough is an award winning faith based mentoring and leadership program for girls. It offers a variety of preventative programs and enrichment activities designed to build self-esteem, character, and leadership among girls of all ages.

Feed My Starving Children

Leader: Kimberlee Gilbert

Feed My Starving Children is an opportunity for anyone 5 years+ to pack life saving meals for shipment to God's Starving children all over the world. In a meal packing event a participant will have the hands on experience of saving children with your own hands. The meals you pack are truly giving children Hope and this is giving a child a new outlook on life.

Good News Club

Leader: Cameron Morris

We will be partnering with an organization called Child Evangelism Fellowship. "CEF is a Bible-centered organization composed of born-again believers whose purpose is to evangelize boys and girls with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and to establish (disciple) them in the Word of God and in a local church for Christian living". One of the ways they do this is through after school programs within the public school systems, much like FCA. They have a weekly meeting called "Good News Club". We have partnered with CEF to start a Good News Club at the Jackson Elementary School in Gwinnett County. The outreach will be every Monday from 3pm-5pm while school is in session. They provide all of the lessons and activity plans required. Here is a link to their website for more info: www.cefonline.com

Greeter Serve Team

Leader: Jeff Williams

Gwinnett Seniors Transportation Team

Leader: Nenia Bradley

This team of drivers assist local seniors with transportation needs to destinations within Gwinnett County, including senior activities centers, grocery stores, post office and medical appointments. Most trips take 2-3 hours. Training and supplemental automobile liability insurance is provided. This is a great way to demonstrate the love of Christ to our Gwinnett County seniors.

Homeless Breakfast Outreach

Leader: Stacey Richardson

An in-country "mission" to the homeless by partnering with Homeless In Gainesville. The purpose of this mission is evangelism through meeting felt needs, demonstrating love, and proclaiming the gospel. We will start by serving breakfast on the 3rd Saturday of each month. For information on Homeless in Gainesville check out: https://www.facebook.com/homelessingainesville

Homeless Women/Children @ Solomon Temple

Leader: Patricia Smith

Solomon's Temple is a 130 bed residential facility for homeless women and children in East Point Atlanta, GA. Volunteer opportunities include mentoring, facilitating life skills, meal preparation, planning social activities, etc.

Hospice

Leader: Nissy Alexander

This group provides care giver relief for families dealing with a loved one who is battling a terminal illness. Volunteer opportunities are set on the days and times that are most convenient to you. We are partnered with a Hospice service provider named Capstone. If you are interested in joining this FCserves Team please click the "contact" link to the right and the leader will contact you.

Intellectually Disabled Adults (Harris)

Leader: Ronald Harris

We are actively involved in the lives of intellectually disabled adults at the Annandale Village community. Characteristically, individuals served at Annandale Village are 18 years of age or older with a primary diagnosis of an intellectual disability, autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, other developmental disability, or have experienced a traumatic brain injury. We share the Word of God during chapel time and we show the love of Christ as we provide a hot meal and interact with the residents through games and activities. We also visit the assistant living facility on campus for a time of fellowship. Our goal is to provide them with assurance that they are never alone and that we care, and most importantly God cares. Sharing and showing the love of Christ is our purpose. If you have a heart for the intellectually disabled, come join our team. Annandale Village is located on a beautiful 54-acre campus in Suwanee, GA. If you are interested in joining this FCserves Team please click the "contact" link to the right and the leader will contact you.

Medical Team GW

Leader: Beth Parks

Outreach- Llevando Alegria

Leader: Andrea Archaga

Helping families in need by sharing God's Love from one tough experience to God's Grace and Love Shared One Family at a time.

StreetWise Outreach Gwinnett Campus

Leader: Dawn Johnson-Christie

Thank you for your personal interest in participating as a volunteer in Free Chapel Buford's efforts to reach out to the communities we serve and make a difference in peoples' lives through our relationship with Streetwise. The mission of StreetWise is to offer physical, emotional, mental and spiritual tools to help struggling families stabilize their lives, improve their environment, and ultimately move into a state of well-being and self-sufficiency. StreetWise takes a personal ministry approach to helping families in need of food, clothing and training. Here is how our volunteers work! On the second Saturday of every month, StreetWise Georgia takes part in an initiative to feed more needy families in our local communities. We receive shipments of food from the food bank and it is then divided into individual bags, put onto pallets in our parking lot, and distributed to needy families from all across our communities. For more information copy and paste this address into your internet browser: http://www.streetwisegeorgia.org/programs/mobilefoodpantry/ The highlight of the month for our dedicated volunteer groups is when Free Chapel volunteers are able to get hands-on and respond to one of the community's greatest challenges: Hunger. The goal of the Streetwise Mobile Food Pantry is to serve a large number of clients (200+) and their families in a single day, all receiving the same amount of food per appointment, and with a large volunteering group, this can be accomplished in a relatively short period of time. The service opportunity for the Mobile Food Pantry is the second Saturday of each month at the StreetWise facility located at 1770 Cedars Road - Lawrenceville, GA. If you want to serve please show up in casual, comfortable clothes to help with packaging and loading food into cars of needy recipients who are pre-scheduled for arrival times. Volunteers arrive at 9:30 AM and are finished no later than 1:00 PM. Please go thru the front entrance and sign in. You will then be given assignments and directions. Need more information or answers to questions? Please e-mail Rose Elliott, FC StreetWise Service Group Leader, at [email protected]

Traffic Serve Team

Leader: Ken Inman

Usher Serve Team

Leader: Desmond Morris