Serve Day (October 2nd)

SERVE Day is our outreach initiative where we can love people to life through Jesus Christ. Two times a year, we ask the whole church to participate in giving back to our community and focus their efforts in helping those around us. In the fall, we have what we call SERVE Day, this is an incredible day where we’ve had up to 300+ people in our church serve in the city of Carrollton and the surrounding DFW area. During the winter, we have what we call Giving Hope (December 18, 2021). At Giving Hope we invite families in need from the area to come and pick out gifts for their family and hear the good news of Jesus Christ as well as receive a meal to take home. During the Thanksgiving and Christmas season, we have several projects that people can participate in some way to make sure we love people to life.

Serve Day Projects 2021

GraceBridge Food Distribution at Heartland Church

We will distribute food and personal care boxes and pray for all that come and bless their families. We will be packing boxes with food and personal care for future distributions. We need 10-12 volunteers to help greet, pray and load the boxes into the recipients’ cars. We need 10 volunteers to help pack the food boxes.

GraceBridge Food Distribution at Evergreen of Vista Ridge

We will take food to a local retirement community and serve several families there. We need 5-8 volunteers to help deliver to the retirement apartments and pray with and encourage the recipients.

Bibles and Blankets for Prayer Homeless Outreach

We want to present the people in the most need in and around Carrollton with blankets and Bibles. Our lead team has been planning and dreaming about this outreach and hope that you will come and help us be the hands and feet of Jesus to the homeless near us.

Women’s Prison Ministry Letter Writing

We want to create a women’s prison ministry that encourages them to find strength in Jesus. We will be preparing materials to send to them, encouraging notes and devotionals.

Widow Helps

We will select a few single women from the church that might need help with a few things at their homes- flipping mattresses, changing light bulbs, AC filters changed, boxes moved to or from the attic, furniture moved within the home, simple repairs (we are not plumbers or electricians). We want to bless and honor the ladies of our church.

Cleaning Up and Blessing

Our team will take cold water to construction sites and clean up in the areas. We will need volunteers of all ages. Please wear work gloves and bring trash bags.

Pick Up and Delivery to GraceBridge

We would like to help GraceBridge and help us clean out a few unwanted pieces of furniture to bless a family in need. We need a few strong men to help us load up and pick up these items and then take them to GraceBridge so they can bless a family in need.

Kingfisher Lake Project

Our team will go to the park to clean-up and bless the folks that are living at the campground. We will pass out Care packs with snacks and water, citronella candles, and more. We will need these items as well.

Giving Hope Packet Assembly

Our team of people of all ages will put together the packets we will distribute during Giving Hope. Supplies will be collected and assembled at Heartland Church on Serve Day. We are so excited to contribute to our Giving Hope outreach event and serve together with you for SERVE Day.

Prayer Warriors

This group will be in charge of providing prayer for the Serve Warriors as they prep and execute their projects.

You will be assigned a team to pray for. Either at the church or for an off-site project.

If you are a prayer warrior, this is your team!

Laundromat Outreach

We will be hitting the local laundromats with bags full of quarters and hearts full of prayer and inspiration. We will bless people with quarters for their laundry and offer prayer for whatever trial and tribulation they may be facing.

Evergreen Retirement Home Outreach

This team will visit the Evergreen Retirement Home to participate in fellowship, prayer, and inspiration to the residents.

Snack Distribution Outreach

Making snack bags and distributing them to those in need around the metroplex.

Production Outreach

This team will capture the day with video and pictures to help memorialize the day and show others how The Heartland Church loves people to life through Jesus Christ.

Skate Park Outreach

Acts of kindness at the Skate Park- we will hand out water bottles and snacks at the skatepark at the Railroad Park in Lewisville/Carrollton with students.

Dewitt Perry Middle School Beautification Outreach

Dewitt Perry Middle School is under renovation and 95% of classes are in portables. Our “portable city” resembles a prison yard and needs some beautification. Although we will only be in “portable city” for a year until our building is demolished and renovated, I still want it to look nice in the meantime for our kids, faculty, and community.