Partner: Engedi Refuge Ministries

Who we're serving: the women at Engedi and the staff who serve them

Date: Sat, May 18th

Time: 9am-4pm (lunch included)

Age Limit: Ages 10 and up welcome with parent/guardian

Volunteers Needed: 20

Our Work: installing fence rails and stained pickets, restaining an existing fence, & landscaping.

PROJECT TEAM IS NOW FULL! THANK YOU!!

Partner: Engedi Refuge Ministries

Who we're serving: the women at Engedi and the staff who serve them

Project: Fence Building, Landscaping & More!

Date: Sat, May 11th

Time: 9am-4pm (lunch included)

Age Limit: Ages 10 and up welcome with parent/guardian

Volunteers Needed: 20

Our Work: staining pickets, setting posts, and doing landscape cleanup and maintenance.

PROJECT TEAM IS NOW FULL! THANK YOU!!

Our Student Ministries are collaborating with our Response Team this April to help with the final repair and clean up for our community partner Blue Skies for Children. They are in the process of moving to a new location and we would love to support this venture. We will be spackling, dismantling shelving, and cleaning. No experience required. We are looking for 20 volunteers! Please use the link below to sign up. We require a waiver to be signed to sign up for the project. If you would like to sign up but have any questions please email Daylee at dayleeh@ctk.church.

In preparation for Easter our facilities team and volunteers typically do a general building cleanup day. (This includes jobs like carpet cleaning, vacuuming, trash pick up, wall cleaning, etc.) However, this season has been a bit harder on CTK staff. Many of you may not know that our Facilities Director, Kevin is married to Pastor Angel. And our sweet sister Angel has recently been diagnosed with cancer. To help shoulder the weight of this we'd love for our CTK Response Team volunteers to help bridge the gap for the pre Easter CTK Cleanup. Interested in volunteering? Please sign up below. Any questions please reach out to JordynMae, CTK Operations Coordinator. Thanks so much for stepping forward to fill this gap, friends! We are grateful for you! 

This project is now full. No additional volunteers needed. Thank you!

Road2Home supports neighbors experiencing homelessness and housing instabilities while they are on their road to home by furnishing apartments, providing case management services, responding to individuals in crisis and helping them to connect to resources in the community. The CTK Response Team will be helping at their Gardenview Village location with a number of maintenance tasks. We are looking one volunteer with electrical experience (not contractor level but comfortable with general wiring and troubleshooting). We’d also love to have a team of 6 volunteers for general tasks that do not require any special skills; some cleaning, changing light bulbs, etc. Use the link below to sign up!

This project has been postponed! Stay tuned for more volunteer opportunities to come! Thanks!

Thanks for your interest in serving with us! We have the opportunity to come alongside Blue Skies for Children to help families with basic essentials. We will be setting up a "store" and helping these families shop for things they need for the winter season. God cares deeply for these families and therefore we are asking the church to be present and care for those that He cares for! Please take a look at the days and times by clicking the button below and choose one or more that you are able to serve. Please also let us know if you have any physical restrictions or special needs.

We're headed out to one of the Cascade Connections group homes for adults with disabilities in Lynden to replace flooring. Cascade Connections brings independence and community living to adults with developmental disabilities. The home in Lynden was born in 1980 and continues to provide quiet living with quick access to surrounding communities. It is currently home to eight adults who are supported in meeting their goals and desires.

PROJECT IS FULL - no additional volunteers needed

Engedi Refuge Ministries provides safety and restoration for women who have experienced sexual exploitation or trafficking. Their phase 3 home is in need of a complete indoor repainting and we want to see it get done in one weekend! Sign up to get us started on Friday with prep work and furniture covering or Saturday for painting and finishing work. Ages 14 and up with a parent please.

Engedi Refuge Ministries provides safety and restoration for women who have experienced sexual exploitation or trafficking. Their phase 3 home is in need of a complete indoor repainting and we want to see it get done in one weekend! Sign up to get us started on Friday with prep work and furniture covering or Saturday for painting and finishing work. Ages 14 and up with a parent please.

CTK asked the Boys and Girls Club for another honey-do list for their Ferndale location behind Central Elementary where they serve over 100 children during the summer and school year. We'd like to tackles outside yardwork, indoor painting, pressure washing, some tear-out of old garden boxes, and maybe some fall planting! All skills, abilities, and ages are welcome! Who could you invite to serve with you?

This September CTK is hosting World Relief’s ‘From Home to Home,’ an experiential exhibit to build understanding around forced displacement and refugee resettlement. This exhibit develops our understanding around the challenges and decisions refugees and asylees face. Home to Home simulates these decision points and common difficulties in their walk through exhibit. As the host of this event we’ll need help setting up pipe and drape, as well as unloading and arranging different stations. Pizza lunch included! Ages 10 and up with a parent.

This will be CTK's fourth response team to continue development of the backyard at Lydia Place's original home for families experiencing homelessness. Last year they added an 11-unit apartment building to the property and want to upgrade the space to accommodate more kids! We will be finishing a gazebo for shade near their community garden and adding 4 park benches. Whether you have experience or not, we could use your help. Ages 14 and up please-no exceptions.

We've asked Cascade Connections for a honey-do list for both of their group homes for adults with disabilities in Lynden. There is something for everybody on this project , indoor painting, yard work with pruning, trimming and weed-eating, some flooring replacement and even a little cabinet repair. All skill levels, abilities, and ages are welcome. Bring you own yard tools and painting tools if you have your favorites. This is a great chance to serve as a family and meet other CTK'ers!

We had a great experience partnering with Whatcom Strong back in June so we're back out to help another family with painting their home in July. Whatcom Strong provides coordination and recovery services to individuals, families and entities adversely impacted by disaster in Whatcom County. Whether you have painting experience or not, we could use your help. Ages 12 and older with a parent, please.

One of our biggest projects this season is for the Lighthouse Mission so bring a friend, co-worker, family member to help! Their facilities team is stretched pretty thin with the build of their new facility so the grounds-keeping maintenance at the other four Holly Street locations is hard to keep up with. We've committed to significantly cutting back weeds, vines, and junk in their lot at F and Astor, the adjacent building, and fresh bark around the Agape home for women and children. This is a classic case of many hands make light work so we need 25 CTK'ers to see how much of a dumpster we can fill to get this neighborhood looking great for guests and neighbors alike! (Ages 14 and up-please register each person coming so we have lunch for everybody!)

Our partner Whatcom County Pregnancy Clinic (WCPC) is dedicated to educating, equipping, and empowering individuals and families facing an unplanned pregnancy. We'll be tearing out older flooring and putting in a new floor for the reception area and hallway of their clinic. Join us for Friday or Saturday or both! No experience needed! Our trade specialists can show you how it's done and we need folks to paint the new base boards. Ages 18 and older please.

Our partner Whatcom County Pregnancy Clinic (WCPC) is dedicated to educating, equipping, and empowering individuals and families facing an unplanned pregnancy. We'll be tearing out older flooring and putting in a new floor for the reception area and hallway of their clinic. Join us for Friday or Saturday or both! No experience needed! Our trade specialists can show you how it's done and we need folks to paint the new base boards. Ages 18 and older please.

CTK Response teams will be partnering with Whatcom Long Term Recovery Group (Whatcom Strong) to paint a home in Sumas that was flooded. Whatcom Strong provides coordination and recovery services to individuals, families and entities adversely impacted by disaster in Whatcom County. Whether you have painting experience or not we could use your help. Ages 12 and older with a parent, please. Sign up below to join our team and receive more information!

The Bridge Community Hope Center, among many other ministries, runs a Food Bank out in Birch Bay that has flooded two years in a row forcing them to move to another location.  This grassroots organization needs our help to move the rest of their damaged fridges, shelving and property out of the old building. If you're available on Sunday, May 21 to serve alongside our North Bay CTK please click the button below to sign up!

We are supporting a CTK family whose basement was completely flooded in November of 2021. Whether you have drywall experience or not we could use your help. Ages 14 and older please! Sign up below to join our team and receive more information!

We have a church family member who experienced a personal loss recently and needs help getting their property cleaned up. We'd love if you joined us! Tasks include extensive debris removal and general yard maintenance. All skill levels are welcome and needed! 

We are excited to invite you to this unique service opportunity. A local business has recently closed its physical office space and reached out to us to help re-distribute the office furniture and supplies to local nonprofits. We are so happy that businesses think of us in times like this and that we are able to play the role of connecting local businesses with nonprofits and providing needed resources. So cool! This is where you come in! We need able-bodied movers, furniture disassemblers, and light-lifting volunteers to help load our delivery trucks. We will be providing the vehicles and drivers. Can you offer your time and abilities to join us and make a huge difference for many of our community partners and the people they serve?

We are excited to invite you to this unique service opportunity. A local business has recently closed its physical office space and reached out to us to help re-distribute the office furniture and supplies to local nonprofits. We are so happy that businesses think of us in times like this and that we are able to play the role of connecting local businesses with nonprofits and providing needed resources. So cool! This is where you come in! We need able-bodied movers, furniture disassemblers, and light-lifting volunteers to help load our delivery trucks. We will be providing the vehicles and drivers. Can you offer your time and abilities to join us and make a huge difference for many of our community partners and the people they serve?

We are excited to invite you to this unique service opportunity. A local business has recently closed its physical office space and reached out to us to help re-distribute the office furniture and supplies to local nonprofits. We are so happy that businesses think of us in times like this and that we are able to play the role of connecting local businesses with nonprofits and providing needed resources. So cool!

This is where you come in! Are you good at organizing people? We need a few people to help partners claim items during an open house on Monday, January 9th from 10 am -2 pm. We will provide everything you just need to show up and be ready to assist partners and fill out some checklists.

Our economy, job market, cost of living, housing market, childcare shortage, and mental health crisis...all of these big issues are forcing more and more people and families onto the streets of our community.  Don't stand by in despair or frustration...be part of the solution!  Again this winter, CTK will be hosting a winter shelter for up to 40 men who need a warm place to sleep between Dec 1 - Feb 28.  Year after year, volunteers tell us how thankful they are to have participated, to have their perspective shaped by experience, and to be part of making a life-and-death difference for some of the most vulnerable in Whatcom County.  We make sure you are well-equipped and comfortable serving at the shelter by asking that you:

1. Complete an interest form that helps us get to know you and your skills and experience.

2. Attend a team orientation on Sunday, November 20th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the shelter OR online on Wednesday, November 16th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

Our economy, job market, cost of living, housing market, childcare shortage, and mental health crisis...all of these big issues are forcing more and more people and families onto the streets of our community.  Don't stand by in despair or frustration...be part of the solution!  Again this winter, CTK will be hosting a winter shelter for up to 40 men who need a warm place to sleep between Dec 1 - Feb 28.  Year after year, volunteers tell us how thankful they are to have participated, to have their perspective shaped by experience, and to be part of making a life-and-death difference for some of the most vulnerable in Whatcom County.  We make sure you are well-equipped and comfortable serving at the shelter by asking that you:

1. Complete an interest form that helps us get to know you and your skills and experience.

2. Attend a team orientation on Sunday, November 20th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the shelter OR online on Wednesday, November 16th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.

This project will be from 9 am to 4 pm.

The Lighthouse Mission hopes to be through the permitting process and beginning demolition of their current building to make room for the future site of all the Mission’s programs. This new building will allow them to expand services in several exciting and much-needed ways. We will spend the day on a variety of demolition tasks and hauling out furniture and appliances that will be saved for the new building.

This tour will be on Tuesday, October 18th from 5:30 to 7 pm.

As this community's primary low-barrier shelter, Lighthouse Mission Ministries runs at or near capacity year round serving 200+ individuals experiencing homelessness at their Base Camp location on Cornwall. With the recent approval of their proposal to build a new shelter on their current location in Old Town, it's a perfect time to come see for yourself! This tour of base camp paired with information on all their programs will be hosted by their knowledgeable, huge-hearted staff. We are so excited for them to share how the Lighthouse Mission offers a continuum of care to those at all stages of recovery and rebuilding their lives.