Market GLEAN Basket

Situated in The Community's parking lot, the Ada Village Farmers Market opened on Tuesday, June 22, and runs through September 28, noon - 6:00pm. For the second year, The Community is joining seven other Ada/Forest Hills churches in sponsoring and staffing the "Market GLEAN Basket - Healthy Food for Hungry People." 

Shoppers are encouraged to buy a little extra from a vendor and donate it to the GLEAN Basket, and at the end of the day, vendors often donate unsold produce and food as well.  Monetary donations are also gladly accepted and the donated food and money contributions are divided between two local agencies; Flat River Outreach Ministries in Lowell, and God's Kitchen in Grand Rapids.  So, stop by the Farmers Market on Tuesday and give to GLEAN.

 

Missions @ The Community

The Community, an RCA Ministry in Ada, through a discernment process of information sharing and prayer, seeks to focus its global and local mission partnerships.  The partnerships are intended to be mutually enriching and transformative.  The deacons have discerned local partnerships with Clancy Street Ministries/Fellowship and Flat River Outreach Ministries.  The Global Mission Team has discerned partnerships with the Mescalero Apache Reformed Church in New Mexico and a Roma church in Eastern Europe.  The mission of each partner is listed below.  This packet contains additional information.

CLANCY STREET MINISTRIES/FELLOWSHIP - Carol and Steve Faas
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Clancy Street Ministries serves the diverse Belknap neighborhood (north of Spectrum Health) in downtown Grand Rapids.  The mission of CSM is to empower people and build a healthier community through a variety of developmental programs.  "In some a lack of hope breeds disrespect for self and others, while for some the sheer diversity makes it difficult to understand and accept others," says Steve Faas, Executive Director of CSM. "There is work to do in reconciling ourselves to each other so we can live together in a community that cares for each other and our children."

FLAT RIVER OUTREACH MINISTRIES - Mary Novello, Director
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The mission of Flat River Outreach Ministries is to meet the needs of people in the Greater Lowell Area in their time of hardship.  FROM's vision is to expand its outreach and ministries to meet the changing needs of the people in the Greater Lowell Area.

Flat River Outreach Ministries is a cooperative ministry of the churches of the greater Lowell area, volunteer organized and staffed, committed to providing emergency financial, food, and clothing assistance to people experiencing times of hardship.

MESCALERO (NEW MEXICO) APACHE REFORMED CHURCH - Bob and Linda Schut
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The ministry of the Mescalero church is to help people know Jesus as Savior and to help them claim Jesus as Lord of their lives.  "We firmly believe", says Bob Schut, "that when people come to know Jesus as their Savior and Lord, they will be able to live their lives with power - power to live positive, constructive lives, power to be the disciples of Jesus Christ."

ROMA CHURCH, THE HUNGARIAN REFORMED CHURCH - Dick and Carolyn Otterness
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In partnership with the Hungarian Reformed Church, RCA mission personnel Dick and Carolyn Otterness mentor and serve as consultants to volunteer workers of several nationalities who minister with Roma (formerly known as Gypsies) in Hungary and Hungarian-speaking areas of neighboring countries.  Their mission is to help Roma develop their own churches, access health care and education, and find employment or start small businesses.