Winter Volunteering in Whatcom County

Did you know that over 30% of all food grown is left in fields all over the United States? This year we believe that God is calling us to build a team to help rescue food from local farms and distribute it to food banks. To answer this call, we need to build out a whole team, including the people to organize, communicate, lead, and those doing the actual work of gleaning with us! Interested? Email Faith our farm director to learn more!

CTK's Response Teams ministry is focused on responding to the practical needs of our community partners. But we aren’t just throwing people at a project. One of the most important aspects of Response Teams is the unique opportunity to leverage individual passions to express our faith and our hope, putting the love of Christ into action. To better the ways we come alongside our community partners to meet their needs, we're looking to fill these additional roles on the Response Teams Leadership Team.

As we enter the winter season, the pressure on our pocketbooks rises and many of our neighbors face a tough question: how do I pay my heating bill and get food for my family this month? The answer for most is to pay the heating bill and lean on food banks to help feed their families. And when our partners at local food banks are wondering how they'll be able to meet the need, you can be part of the answer by joining our Item of the Month Club. Signing up is simple—just text Food to 360-800-4173 and you'll receive 1 monthly text message with a link to our online shopping list. From there, you can order a few items that will directly ship to the church.

The CTK Blessing team utilizes a crew of drivers for various serving opportunities of all shapes and sizes year round. Every Sunday there is a van that picks up a group from our local homeless ministry to bring them to church. From Spring to Fall our veggie van makes deliveries to Food Banks and food scarcity non profits in the county. Year round our Food Share ministry is making non perishable deliveries. And our amazing partners are always cooking up great ideas on other ways to serve. Like transporting shoes for a back to school distribution! There’s always a serving opportunity to drive around the corner.