OUTREACH MINISTRIES

Weekly classes are provided to help those who are seeking to gain citizenship.

FABC volunteers help with rebuilding and/or repairing after a disaster.

We teach English to those who have a different native tongue.

FABC provides a weekly Grief Recovery Support Group for those whose loved ones have died. For more info, contact Linda Jenkins at encourager8@gmail.com.

Our Prayer Room is manned by volunteers, who have scheduled times when they go to pray. People in the community and church can call and request prayer.

Volunteers serve many groups through making and providing products they use.

Tutors work on Monday nights to assist elementary through high school students in improving their school work and in self-confidence.

Bless those in our community who are in need of food. You can participate on the distribution team or be a regular contributor to the cause by providing non-perishable goods (or you can do BOTH)! Contact Mary Stanley (smary452@aol.com) for more information.

Free citizenship classes are offered for those interested in preparing for their citizenship interview. Classes are offered from September through May, on Monday mornings from 10:00 - 11:30 am and on Monday evenings from 6:30 – 8:00 pm.

To become a U. S. citizen, one must be able to answer 100 questions related to U. S. history, government, civic principles, geography and holidays. One must also be able to read and write English sentences and demonstrate an ability to speak enough English to pass an interview related to questions on the application form. In our classes, we teach and practice all these things until the student is knowledgeable in all the areas and confident enough to pass the interview.

Requirements for class:
- Must be a permanent resident in the U. S. for at least 4 years (or at least 2 years if you meet all eligibility requirements to file as a spouse of a United States citizen)
- Must demonstrate an ability to speak and understand some basic English
- Must be at least 17 years old
- Must have demonstrated good moral character

For more information, contact Brenda Forlines at 904-710-5104

FABC Disaster Relief Teams serve as the hands and feet of Jesus to those who have been impacted by storms, fires, and various disasters.  Volunteers clean up, make repairs, and rebuild for those who have encountered great amounts of damage and destruction.  They show God’s love to those in need of help.  his assistance is provided both locally, within the state of North Carolina, the United States, or in some instances, elsewhere.  FABC has a Disaster Relief Trailer (for storage of tools), which volunteers can take with them,  

Want to know more?
Jimmy Sowers – 336-993-5582

English as a Second Language Classes are provided for non-native speakers in an English-speaking environment.  Classes are offered on Monday nights from 7 to 8 p.m.  The class is open to non-English speaking parents whose children are in the Tutoring Class on Monday nights, as well as to other non-English speaking adults.

Want to know more?
Cathy Lohr – Telephone 336-931-1153

Have you lost a loved one recently?  If so, we welcome you to our GriefShare Class.

The death of a spouse, child, family member, or close friend can be devastating. Christians are able to claim an external perspective and rejoice that the person that they lost is now in the presence of God. Even so, as humans, we must grieve a loss that is so deep and significant. The grieving process is lengthy and intense. Even mature Christians with a solid faith need ongoing comfort and encouragement during the grieving period. People without a faith face a bleak mourning process. Without the encouragement that comes from the assurance of eternal life, the issues accompanying grief are significant.

GriefShare, a ministry led by Linda Jenkins (and assisted by Frank Beamon), is designed to provide essential tools and structure to help those who have lost loved ones. Please come if you need help with the grief process.  

Or perhaps you would be willing to volunteer to help two other people prepare a meal twice a year. Participants in the class meet from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Wednesdays.

FABC believes in prayer!  Our Prayer Room is manned by volunteers, who have scheduled times for praying.  People in the community can call the Prayer Room and request prayer at 336-574-916, Extension 330.  Requests also come through church e-mails, personal contacts, and from Cooler Ministry Volunteers, who have been asked to pray for people in the hospital.  A sheet of prayer requests is distributed at Mid-Week at Friendly, and prayer requests are distributed from the church office to prayer warriors upon request.

In the Prayer Room, volunteers record requests onto an index card, which is filed in one of several boxes kept in a locked file cabinet for confidentiality.  Prayer cards are usually kept and prayed for as long as the need exists.  In addition to praying for requests, volunteers often send those being prayed for a note card with a handwritten message to tell them they are being prayed for.  Each volunteer works in the prayer room each week on a specific day and time of their choosing, usually an hour or so.

Want to know more?
Call Sylvia Langston – Telephone 336-294-2163

The Stitch’n Time Ministry has a number of volunteers who make various things for different community  groups.  While much of this involves sewing, you do not have to be able to sew in order to volunteer in this ministry.  People in this ministry make children’s blankets for children in Sexual Abuse Departments in hospitals and for Hospice.  They make blankets, bibs, and burp cloths for needy babies leaving hospitals.  Adult bibs and Christmas bibs are provided for patients in nursing homes.  Handmade neck and body pillows, lap blankets, and bibs are made and delivered to veterans in the N. C. Veterans’ Home in Salisbury.  Quilt tops are made and delivered to Beacon Place and the Veterans’ Home.  A number of items are made for the Greensboro Pregnancy Center and Brenner’s Children’s Hospitals.  The ladies work in this ministry two or more Thursday afternoons each month.

Want to know more?
Call Linda Rapp – 336-282-4563

A Tutoring Ministry is provided to tutor students from first through twelfth grades.  The main subjects tutored are reading and math, although some others have been offered.  The Tutoring Ministry is held every Monday night at 7 p.m., in Fellowship Hall, operating on the school calendar.  (If there is no school that day, there will be no tutoring.)  Both regular and substitute tutors are needed.

Want to know more?
Call Jim and Peggy Abernathy – 336-299-3355