empowering you to serve
Chapel Hill knows that being “church” means we all have a unique gift from God to bless the world. Member empowerment groups help launch grassroots groups to answer their call to serve. These volunteer-led outreach efforts all reflect Jesus—the Son of God who makes peace with us—by bringing spiritual, emotional, and material healing right where we are.
Meet some of our current empowerment groups in the video below! Click on their links to connect with current opportunities to participate. All are welcome.
Tacoma Street Ministries
Every week we share the grace of Jesus Christ through compassion and conversation with our neighbors living outside. Come to a compassion kit build, sign up to donate sandwiches, water, hygiene items and more on Friday afternoons, or join the outreach team.
Team Liquid Assets
Every May we host a Walk at Sehmel Park to build community and help World Vision bring life-changing clean water to children around the world. Find our team on the Global 6k for Water webpage.
Advocates for Life
Struggling moms and dads need our support to care for the little ones that they bring into the world. We volunteer and fundraise share CareNet‘s faith-based resources to help meet the needs of families (prenatal care up to age four).
Joining Moms in Prayer
With a vision to cover every school in prayer, moms and grandmothers gather weekly in small prayer clusters. We organize Bless our Schools Sunday, and support statewide efforts. To join us or request prayer, message Washington Moms in Prayer on Facebook.
Comfort Quilters
We are a community of women who meet on Thursdays to practice quilting and seek to bless people who need comfort…when staying at a shelter, grieving a loved one, or enduring a crisis. To gift a quilt, join the group, or start learning, Contact Cara.
Night to Shine
In February, we team with other churches to host a night of celebration for neighbors with special needs at a prom-style event in their honor. Join the festivities as a buddy, or help with parking and hospitality. Night to Shine.
Empty Bowls
We help our local Altrusa chapter host a favorite annual event in March to raise money to fight hunger in our town. Handmade pottery by local artists and yummy soups by local chefs bring neighbors together. Contact Cara to connect with the group.
The Anchor Women’s Gathering
Women of all ages and backgrounds find encouragement and connection at an annual retreat day and monthly gatherings. Music, personal testimonies, a heartfelt message and conversation help anchor your heart and life in Christ! The Anchor Gathering
Mentoring Christian Athletes
We develop adult and teen leaders with a heart to coach our local high school athletes in a growing relationship with Jesus. Bi-weekly Fellowship of Christian Athlete “huddles” are an open door for newcomers. On Instagram @fcagigharbor and @thefcateam.
Supporting Food Backpacks 4 Kids
Many local kids are couch-surfing or fridge-surfing because they don’t have enough to eat at home. We are a group of believers who helping kids in Peninsula district schools access nutritious and easy-to-prepare food. Food Backbacks4Kids Facebook group.
Friends of PathLight Belize
Our LifeGroups host a local kayaking event and opportunities to empower students through PathLight Belize so they can persevere in their education and overcome poverty. Contact Cara to connect with the group.
Coffee Oasis Christmas Stockings
We bring some holiday joy to teens at the Tacoma shelter and drop-in center. Contact Chandra to connect with the group.
Immigrant Detention Center Bible Study
Alongside World Relief, we bring human connection and faith-based materials so people can connect to God in their heart languages during a distressing time in ICE Processing. Contact Chandra to connect with the group.
Prison Ministry
Because we all need grace on both sides of the barbed wire, we reach in! Pen pals, worship events, and Christmas treats encourage sisters inside. Clothing drives offer dignity for new lives outside. Kairos Ministry serves men at Stafford Creek. Contact Cara to plugged in.
Back-to-School Drive
We team up with several local groups at the Key Center to provide supplies and boost of confidence to families in our school district most in need. Contact Cara to help coordinate the August event.
Beacon Cove Group Shower Kit Project
We started as a small group Bible study with a passion to serve. We assemble personal self-care totes for guests at the men’s and women’s shelters. Contact Cara to connect with the group or to get instructions for similar projects in your own Life Group.
Blessing Group
We are network of local Christians with a simple mission to be the hands and feet of Jesus caring for students and supporting staff in our school and through student Bible studies and worship events. Follow us on Facebook.
Cardmakers
We love to play with paper and fill it with words of encouragement, especially to support the Street Ministries compassion kits and other ministry needs. Contact Cara to connect with the group.
Has God put an area of need on your heart?
Neighborhood community-building? Dignity for the down-trodden? Grace for the outcast? Gospel-motivation in your professional field? Renewal for creation?
Contact Cara Taylor to share your passion, pray for God’s lead, and explore the application process. Leaders often partner outside the congregation, and we celebrate that! Training workshops and grant opportunities are offered in January, June, and September. Complete the online application here.