Local
ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Alta Vista Elementary School is located less than a mile from the church on South Euclid Avenue. We Be Love Reach with our neighborhood elementary school by providing support for the staff and families in several different ways.
Buy One Give One. is an ongoing project with Alta Vista Elementary. We supply much needed personal hygiene and breakfast food items for the Alta Vista students and their families. For a list of items and more information about BOGO view here
Staff Support. Throughout the year we look for opportunities to serve the amazing staff and teachers of Alta Vista in different ways, such as an appreciation lunch and providing supplies.
Student Support. In addition to BOGO, we have provided students with uniforms, shoes, and other supplies to help them enter the school year with confidence.
Eaglefest. The Eagle Academy is an additional educational experience over the summer that deserved a celebration. We seek to help the Alta Vista staff & teachers serve the students and their families in ways that ensures the best educational environment possible. See video on side bar.
For more information about our efforts to Be Love Reach - Alta Vista and how you can be a part contact
Cory Mattox - Operations Pastor
Care portal
Care Portal is a ministry all about helping those in the greatest need. We partner with social workers who are working with vetted families that are in need. After a social worker has evaluated the family and established need, we can come alongside of the family and help them by providing the physical needs of the family.. The most frequently needed items are:
Twin Beds
Bunk beds
Queen beds
Dressers
Small Dinette Sets
Couches
Gently used baby items
Non expired car seats
Stroller with infant seat
Pack and plays
Diapers and wipes
You can partner by helping with sourcing the items, delivering the items, or especially with storage space in garages!
For more information or to help with any of the specific ministries with Be Love Reach - Cory Mattox: Operations Pastor
NEIGHBORHOOD WORK DAYS
Throughout the year we Be Love Reach our neighborhood through work projects, helping people with much needed major and minor repairs both inside & outside their homes and property.
For more information about how you can make a difference in our next Be Love Reach neighborhood work project, email Alex Frey.
SOUTH SHORE SUPPORTS THESE LOCAL
MINISTRIES & ORGANIZATIONS
CITY COMMIT
Creating places to belong for men, marriages, and leaders through relationally-based small groups. They believe pairing the value of relationships with biblical truth results in individual and community transformation.
In our local Sarasota/Manatee area, they have 40 locations meeting weekly, reaching a total of 400 -500 (mostly men) weekly and 2500 annually.
GRIP
This ministry offers parenting classes that includes the gospel and are able to offer their classes at the Sarasota and Manatee county jails, Bridges of America, Salvation Army, and in our community.
SARASOTA MEDICAL PREGNANCY CENTER
SMPC supports women, men and their families through unplanned pregnancies by providing free compassionate care and resources relative to the choices they face, and long term support and education for the pregnancy and parenting.
BRIDGE A LIFE
The mission of Bridge a Life is sharing Christ-centered hope with children who have been abused, abandoned, orphaned, or neglected while supporting foster and adoptive families through awareness, training, outreach, and partnerships. Bridge a Life seeks to engage the faith community in its care of vulnerable children by raising awareness of the need for more foster and adoptive families, while utilizing passionate volunteers to provide impactful wrap around care such as meal delivery, parent night out events, trainings, home improvement projects, and more.
BridgeALife.com
Purpose House
In 2012, Purpose House opened their first sober living home for men. Purpose House gave them a safe place to continue their recovery journey, find work, and rebuild their lives. In 2014, they added their first sober living home for women, and today they have 12 homes.
PurposeHouse.com