Our Community
Click the tabs to view the ways we are working in our community.NorthWest Food Pantry
NorthWest Food Pantry serves hundreds of people each month, assisting individuals and families with basic food necessities.If you need food assistance, come to our Food Pantry during our operating hours:
Sundays 5:00 - 6:00pm,
Thursdays 6:00 - 7:00pm
We strive very hard to provide our clients with a well-balanced variety of canned food, staples, frozen food, baked goods, and occasionally fresh produce. You can return every 30 days. If you need directions to our church, call the church office on weekdays at 210-688-3002. (For additional assistance go to https://www.211texas.org.)
IF YOU WANT TO HELP OUR PANTRY:
Right now, our Pantry Needs:
- Canned Vegetables -- really! and Lots!!
Volunteers are always needed to help load/unload food shipments, to help organize the product, and to help distribute food to our clients. Main food pickup is first Wednesday of the month. Bread route deliveries on Wednesday and Friday mornings.
Contact our church office for more info and to volunteer.
Afghan Refugee Ministry
February 2025 update: - We continue to work with New Hope Connection in coordinating resources, teaching English, etc.
- We have expanded our client base to include many recent arrivals from Syria, many of whom have spent the last several years as refugees in Turkey or Jordan.
- We have collected/repaired/distributed 50-60 sewing machines since we started.
- 2 vehicles, made possible through donations by NWCC members, have been provided. Funds are available for a third.
- Angel Tree boxes gifted to 31 families.
- Over 100 families have been impacted in some way. We stay in contact with many.
Since late 2021 San Antonio has welcomed thousands of refugees escaping the brutality of the Taliban takeover of their homeland Afghanistan. This presented us at NorthWest Church of Christ with an opportunity to reach out to these families, showing them the difference Christ can make in a life, in a family, and in a community.
Upon leaving Afghanistan, the refugees began a difficult journey. Once they reached the US, they needed places to stay, food to eat, medical care, and schools for their children. Federal, state and local government services helped meet their immediate needs and continue to assist in many ways. Other private organizations and churches have worked together to help long term ways.
From the start, NorthWest Church has helped by providing material needs for many families. Many apartments have been mostly furnished by donations which were loaded, transported and delivered by volunteers. The food pantry has stepped in to help fill gaps left by benefit programs.
Providing material things is not all that is needed by the families. They also need on-going, long term relationships that enable to families to adjust to their new country. We help them complete paperwork, make various appointment, help them get to the appointments, and help them find jobs to name only a few things we assist with. They also know how important it is to learn English. We have been helping them with that as well.
How can you help with this ministry?
Teach English/life skills (no formal training required)
- In person or online
- Funds needed for more materials
- Managing finances
- Flexible schedule
- Doctor/dentist appointments
- Immigration support
- Children
- Help them catch up in school
- Read to them
- Field trips/outings (take a kid fishing, hiking, biking, etc.)
- Completing forms (paper/online)
- Determining what is junk mail and what is important
- Polishing resumes
- Traditional afghan clothing not available locally so many women want to make their own
- Old, non-operational machines can usually be refurbished.
For additional information or to participate, please contact our church office.
Christian Village Senior Adults Ministry
The Christian Village Senior Adult Ministry focuses on golden agers who live in the Christian Village Apartments, a retirement facility for seniors.Several months of the year, NorthWest Church of Christ is responsible for a devotional each Sunday evening at the Christian Village facility for residents who are unable to make it to regular worship services at a church.
We typically gather in the facility community center and conduct a devotional consisting of prayer, songs, a brief lesson, and communion. We normally begin the service at 5:00 and conclude in time for those who wish to return to the church building for evening services.
We are always in need of volunteers to facilitate these activities.
How can I serve in the Christian Village Ministry:
- Attend the devotional at Christian Village Apartments on our scheduled Sunday evening
- Lead prayer
- Lead singing
- Serve communion
- Present a short devotional lesson
Hope Lives Ministry
We seek to assist those with the life Issues and challenges of recovery through support of the recovery community, developing Christ-centered relationships, and healthy social interaction.Our plan by God's Grace and Guidance, is to accomplish our goal by:
- Identifying and developing partnerships with effective recovery programs
- Providing services to those programs, such as: Spiritual Mentoring, Bible Classes, Social Skills classes, Client Referrals
- Assisting with Recovery Programs' Client Needs, such as: Physical Needs, Transportation Needs, and making NorthWest facilities available for their organizations' meetings
- Encouraging a church atmosphere of genuine loving acceptance and welcome
- Coordinating trained, skilled, and qualified volunteers with appropriate boundaries
- Organizing recovery-friendly church classes, assemblies, and social activities
- Prayer Warriors
- Encouragement Card Writers
- Van Riders
- Van Drivers