Posts Tagged ‘just serve’
Youth Gather Canned Food and Make Cards
Over 75 youth from the Denver North congregations of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered Sunday night April 30th for some service! It’s easy to serve when you’re gathered with a group of friends. These youth gathered canned food that will go to a local food bank in Thornton and made cards…
Read MoreMembers in path of tornado turn out to help others
On June 25, a Sunday like no other, members of the Highlands Ranch Colorado Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints attended church in their work clothes before heading out, 2,000 strong, to assess and help clear the destruction from a freak tornado. While, thankfully, no one was injured when the storm…
Read MoreDenver Area Day Program Celebrates 10 Years, Serves Many Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
WHEAT RIDGE, CO – On Sunday September 11, 2022, A Brighter Community, a Denver-area day program for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, will celebrate its 10th anniversary. A Brighter Community, or ABC, is a labor of love by two women who invested everything they had to realize their dream of providing a meaningful life…
Read More70 Trash Bags in Two Hours – Thornton City
On August 6, 2021 members of the Denver North Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints helped beautify Thornton City’s Explore Campus. Approximately thirty volunteers picked enough weeds around the Mapleton School District’s Campus to fill over seventy trash bags in two hours. Kids as young as four came to help out.…
Read More19 Groups Work Together To Collect Backpacks
Young single adult members of the church in the boulder area worked along with 18 groups of churches, friends, and local corporations around the Denver metro area to collect and fill backpacks. This backpack drive is an annual endeavor for Lutheran Family Services. These backpacks filled with notebooks, folders, crayons, rulers, pencil bags, and more…
Read MoreMissionaries Volunteer at Arvada Community Garden
On Saturday, July 10th 12 energetic missionaries volunteered at the Rose Roots Community Garden in Arvada CO. The group of missionaries turned a horse manure pile and weeded common areas. According to Patricia Sacks, “They approached these mundane but necessary tasks with a positive attitude, cheerfully tossing manure and pulling our pernicious weeds with vigor.”…
Read MoreToday Is The National Day of Service!
September 11th each year is both Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Rememberance. According to NationalService.gov: On this day Americans across the country are called to volunteer in their local communities in tribute to the individuals lost and injured in the attacks, first responders, and the many who have risen in service…
Read MoreArvada Church Members Participate in the #TrashTagChallenge
This spring the hashtag #trashtag has gone viral worldwide prompting people to clean up litter and trash on beaches, roadsides, parks etc. In an effort to make our neighborhoods cleaner members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that make up the congregations in Arvada were encouraged to work with neighbors, friends, and…
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