Council Bluffs SDA Church

Going to Mohm's place is a great way to do God's work and show His love to others.  We can't take many pictures as we can only have church members so enjoy the one picture we have so far of us filling plates and filling bellies! Some of us work in the kitchen, while others help distribute beverages and have conversations with the people there.

Here are some examples of our Adopt-a-Street Cleanup.  We usually have a nice group show up to help with all the work.  We have a great time cleaning up all the trash along the street, visiting with each other, and great conversations with people we met!  Sometimes we even have time for a little bit of fun if there is enough time after cleaning up!  You can see from the pictures we were a bit goofy at times just having a good time together as we also try to make the street look nice!

A past project we did was filling 50 Personal Care Dignity bags, hand made by Community Crafters from the YMCA, with various items which we delivered during our volunteer time at Mohm's place. We didn't have enough bags for everyone, but we had more than enough bottles of water!  It was great getting to sit down and visit with some of the individuals we met and gave bags to. 

We completed our second cleanup of our adopted street on July 10th.  We had a low turnout due to people dealing with illnesses and other issues.  We were small but mighty!  We still picked up at least 3 bags of trash.  We will do this again this year so when we do, we will put it out there.  Anyone can volunteer to help us!  It doesn't have to be just church members.  It's a great project and fun! 

We have worked with 712 Initiative project in the past on a two home project.  One just needed a couple more railing put up around the deck, especially a handrail on some stairs.  The other was across the street and needed a privacy fence put up.  The posts were in but everything else needed done.  Our crew worked hard and completed both projects! Pictured are the representative from 712 Initiative, Turner Morgan, Shannon Pigsley, Shona Hargens, Laura Hargens, Brad Pigsley, Pastor Tony Jamgochian, Michael Hargens, and Joe LaFave.

We had a drive where we collected various things for the Micah House!  We had a very successful drive and collected a bunch of food, some outerwear, paper products, and even some personal items.  We had enough to fill the back ends of 3 cars!  We had several people show up to help take everything over and deliver it to the Micah House.

We had a project where our church family gathered together at the Open-Door Mission to help prepare and serve food to the homeless during the holiday season. While it is true the holiday season is about spending time with family and friends, it is also about giving to others. It was truly an honor and blessing for us to serve our community.

We had a project where we delivered 60 bags filled with all sorts of goodies to CHI Mercy Hospital for the medical staff working with the Covid-19 patients during the pandemic!  The hospital staff were overwhelmed with the bags!  We had a great time collecting donations and filling the bags!  We had bottles of water, reusable cups, k-cups, emergent-C, lip balm, hand lotion, lots of snack bars, cookies, and treats!  The bags were also reusable bags with Bible verses and special wishes on them!  See the pictures in the slide show to see everyone chipping in during the bag filling time we shared!  We had a short devotional afterwards that was very good and a great way to end the Sabbath.  God is great and we pray these bags touch the people who received them!

We did a Food drive to benefit the Community of Christ Food Pantry.  It was a short food drive, but we were able to collect a lot of cans of vegetables, pasta, macaroni and cheese, rice, Pop Tarts, as well as many other things the pantry said they were in need of!  There was even a bag full of what looked like almost brand-new shoes!  It was a variety of shoes, and the bag was found just sitting in a parking lot!  What better thing to do than to give it to an organization that could make sure people who need them could get them!