Serve Ministry Blog

Our Wednesday night Bible study for 3rd-5th graders starts Oct. 2. Read more about LAUNCH and view previous years’ material here....

Serve News… Have you heard about our upcoming Mission Partner Advocacy Gathering? This is a bi-monthly meeting that will meet with...

Serve News… Are you interested in discovering new ways to participate in what God is doing to serve people around the globe? Consider...

Serve News… Happy new year! This year, are you considering how you can care about our community? Do you wonder if there are ways that...

Serve News… Did you know YOU HAVE AN INTEGRAL ROLE TO PLAY IN GOD’S PLAN? God delights when His people respond to His invitation to...

Serve News… Hebrews 13:16, “Do not neglect to do good and share what you have, for such sacrifices are always pleasing to God.”...

Serve News… Our Local Matters: Common Good campaign is in full swing! This last Sunday, many gathered in G2 to hear more about human...

Serve News… Over the month of November we will have several leaders in our community coming into discuss issues facing many in Ames....

Serve News… Haiti Christmas Gift Project is in full swing! 218 children have already been sponsored in the first two weeks of...

Serve News… Fall housewarming was an incredible success this year! Specifically for Needle Crafting For Others, they were able to...

Serve News… Christ Community Church is holding the Fall Housewarming now. Can you please help me by passing along this information?...

Serve News… The 2023 Ames Fall Housewarming Drive has arrived! Fall housewarming is an opportunity to bless people in our community...

Serve News… Do you have the gift of crocheting, embroidering, knitting or sewing? Do you want to use these gifts to help people in...

Serve News… There are TWO Global Partner Recaps happening this summer. If you want to know more information on who, what, or when,...

Serve News… We are hosting a Royal Family Kids Camp Summer 2024!! The process is still early on in the beginning phases but we are...

Serve News… SAVE THE DATE—JUNE 10, 2023 A letter from a fellow brother in Christ who attends Northminister Presbyterian Church in...

Serve News… Secret Church happened this past Friday night! We still have limited study guides and access to the livestream. Even if...

Serve News… Christ Community is excited to host Christian band CITIZENS live in concert on Friday, April 28th, 2023. CITIZENS are a...

Serve News… We have a longstanding partnership with The Navigators college ministry. We love being able to host events with them,...

Serve News… Loving Ames means knowing Ames. Episode 1 of the Ames Heartbeat Podcast is out NOW. Click here to view and listen to the...

Serve News… Have you ever had an idea you wanted to see at Christ Community? An initiative you wish we were doing but we...

On the evening of May 17th 2021, Nelson Presume came to the UCI campus to share his testimony with our Haiti mission team. He was late....

Have you wondered what kind of people go on mission trips? Do they have special skills? Did they face any challenges? What have they taken...

It’s Thursday night and we are back at MFI in Florida.  What an amazing trip!  We have so much to be thankful for. Here is a recap from...

Monday is Market day in the area.  The market is in a small village about 1.5 miles away.  Dozens of vendors and hundreds of shoppers...

VBS We drove to the Laboc church for VBS – singing, sharing the story of Jonah with a skit, memorizing scripture, and enjoying a nice...

Our first full day at UCI was busy and fruitful.  We were stretched and strengthened.  We listened and laughed.  We are praising God...

It was an early and beautiful morning in Fort Pierce.  Our day’s journey began with our weigh-in.  We brought 150 pounds over our...

Hello from Team #Haiti21 Today we travelled from Ames to Fort Pierce, FL.  The team collectively checked-in 18 bags at DSM.  Thanks to...

Christ Community Church has partners around the world who share the LOVE of Christ.  Today we commissioned this team of ten to serve in...

Now that the holiday season is over, it’s time to start getting back into the swing of things. We have plenty of opportunities to...

Arguably the book/course that has impacted my life most powerfully is Sonship. Put out by World Harvest Mission (now known as Serge), this...

  As I neared the Test Iowa Covid testing tent (photo above), I had a real sense of anticipation.  I wasn’t so much looking forward...

Serve Right Now with T.A.B. Another wave of COVID-19 infections is beaching in our population, and central Iowa is not being spared.  A...

Serve Thursday November 12, 2020 About a month ago I traveled to Cedar Falls and visited with Riley Loonan.  Riley is our newest regional...

Rich Lepper and his work with Wings of Refuge In my reading of 1 Chronicles recently, a major focus of the passage is David charging his...

One of the most strategic ministries that a person can give their life to is campus ministry.  We at Christ Community have enjoyed the...

Leaving a legacy.  We all want to do that, right?  Nichole Nordeman says it well in her song, Legacy: I want to leave a legacy, How will...

This week for Serve Thursday we are featuring our partnership with Overflow.  We trust that the video and the article will engage both...

This Blog is coming today to you because of the timing of the topic!  PLEASE be on the lookout for a message from Kip in the next couple...

It is always a real treat to receive a video from one of our global partners.  Jean Jean and Kristie sent us some very brief but helpful...

  This week for Serve Thursday we are featuring a video interview with International Friendship Partners Jeanne Majoros and Mira Jung...

Serve Thursday September 3, 2020     Note of introduction from Kip:  God has called all of us to care for his causes, and to...

Becoming a World Christian Kip shared with the staff team this week about some of the things that we can do to grow as a “World...

       MORE THAN A BACKPACK VS. COVID-19 Read more to find out who won! Kip Hamby and other volunteers from Christ...

You Can Have Them Both! Have you ever found yourself grateful that two things were being offered to you, instead of just one? Like cake and...

Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:  She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and...

  What keeps us from ministering effectively to the poor and needy?  Could it be that pride often gets in our way?  Kyle Bartholic...

Jeff South and RJ Sumrall (Fellowship of Christian Athletes Director for ISU football) each share a story about how God showed up for...

This month in Serve Thursday we are exploring some of the challenges of serving.  Last week Jerry Worrell, who has led 40 mission trips...

Have you ever noticed how certain Bible passages mean more to you than they used to?  It’s like a light bulb finally goes off in your...

Guest Authored by a family who lived in China President Franklin D. Roosevelt is famous for saying, in his 1933 inaugural address,...

Welcome to our first “Reach Thursday” post!  I wanted to begin with an article (and a video next week) focused on serving...

We are still alive and kicking in Bolivia! But, as is typically true, as the days passed, the energy to sit down at night and blog passed...

Today was our first day working at the home of Marcos and Martha. They have a beautiful home, with a large front room, three bedrooms, two...

On Sunday we were able to go to church at Kairos with Danny and Vanessa. While none of us are fluent in Spanish (that’s an understatement...

Editor’s note: This blog post was written by Mikyla, Ben, Garret and Alden, our four youngest participants. The content of this blog...

This is Marcos!       The view as we approach La Paz.             Waiting in the Santa Cruz airport. And waiting. And...

We made it! After 17 hours of travel, with stops in Charlotte and Miami, we arrived in Santa Cruz. We were fortunate to get to all of our...

Welcome to our Bolivia 2017 trip blog! One week – it’s almost here! At 11:00 AM on March 9th, we will be meeting in the Des...