serve in our community

We believe God has uniquely placed each of us in our local community with a command to love and serve our neighbors, demonstrating the goodness and mercy of God through what we say and do.

Serve Day

On Serve Day our Sunday worship takes the form of serving in our community! We will serve at various projects across Lake Norman and Charlotte. Serving together is one of our foundational practices, and we invite you to join us as we engage in the Holy Spirit’s redemptive mission right in our backyard.

We have projects that are family-friendly, indoors, and at our church building to accommodate various needs. New this year, we will also have projects on Saturday, October 11th. If you prefer for your Sunday worship to take the form of a church service, we invite you to worship with our sister church, Gethsemane Baptist, at 10 am.

Are you interested in helping with planning, logistics, or leadership? Email missions@storyhill.org.

Ada Jenkins Food Pantry

The Ada Jenkins Center exists to help people in our community create lasting solutions for economic stability. On the 2nd Saturday of every month, volunteers from Storyhill staff the Ada Jenkins Food Pantry. This is an excellent opportunity to help meet one of the most basic needs of our neighbors. There are a variety of roles to serve and love our neighbors at the pantry.

If you’d like more information or are interested in serving, please email Rebecca Esque.

Alongside Families

Alongside Families is an organization dedicated to preventing children from entering foster care unnecessarily during family crises. They achieve this by connecting isolated families with local church communities that offer safe, loving homes through volunteer host families. These families temporarily care for children while parents work to restore stability in their lives. Storyhill has established a Circle to support families in crisis, and there are various ways to get involved, such as serving as a host family, babysitter, parent mentor, providing meals and supplies, or simply offering friendship to struggling parents.

To learn more about joining the Storyhill Alongside Families Circle, email Jen Sidden.

Charlotte Rescue Mission

Charlotte Rescue Mission provides free, faith-based residential recovery programs to people struggling with addiction. On the 3rd Saturday of every month, this team prepares and serves dinner to the male residents at CRM’s Rebound location in Charlotte. Team members prepare dinner alongside the residents, so it is an excellent opportunity to get to know and learn from those in recovery. (Ages 13+)

For more information or to sign up, please email Sue Falcone.

Campus Ministry Visits

Davidson College has several campus ministries that we support as mission partners, including Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) and InterVarsity. Our team visits these ministries about three times each semester to bring food to their events and connect with students—many of whom are part of the Storyhill community. If you’d love to support college students by providing a meal or engaging in meaningful conversations, we’d love for you to join us!

Email college@storyhill.org to get involved.

Room in the Inn

During the coldest months of the year, churches across Charlotte open their doors to welcome neighbors experiencing homelessness—and in 2025, Storyhill is joining in! We’re building a team to launch Room in the Inn, and we need you to help make it happen.

This is more than just providing shelter—it’s about showing radical hospitality and sharing God’s love in a tangible way.

We’re having a volunteer training on Sunday, November 16th after church. Anyone interested in serving with Room in the inn is invited to attend! If you hope to serve in roles that interact with our guests, you are asked to attend a training before serving. Learn more and register here so we can provide lunch. We will hold another volunteer training in January.

Worship at the Pines

The Pines is a retirement community and nursing home in Davidson. On the 3rd Sunday of each month, a team from Storyhill hosts a small worship service for residents who are unable to attend church elsewhere. This is a wonderful opportunity to serve and encourage the elderly by sharing your musical gifts or leading a short devotional.

If you’d like to be part of this ministry, please email James Mitchell at james@growlingfish.net.

YoungLives Childcare

Charlotte YoungLives is a discipleship ministry of YoungLife that serves pregnant and parenting teen moms and dads. This team serves in childcare at YoungLives’ bi-monthly Thursday evening events for teen moms, loving on and playing with babies and toddlers so that teen parents can hear the gospel. Ages 16 & under must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

For more information or to sign up to serve, please email Buffy Lentz.

Winter Clothing & Room in the Inn Drive

This season, we’re partnering with our sister church, Gethsemane Baptist Church, to care for neighbors experiencing homelessness in our community. Together, we’re collecting winter clothing, and here at Storyhill we’re also gathering supplies to prepare for Room in the Inn. Donations can be dropped off between November 9th–23rd at the Storyhill Church lobby donation table. The building is open Sunday–Thursday, 8am–5pm. As we continue to care for our neighbors, Storyhill is preparing to host guests through Room in the Inn this winter. You can help by purchasing needed items directly from our Amazon Registry. If you’d like to help distribute winter clothing or serve during Room in the Inn, email missions@storyhill.org to learn more.

Winter clothing drive items:

Coats

Sweaters

Hats

Scarves

Socks

Gloves

We are collecting items for men, women, and children of all ages. Clothing can be new or gently used!

Christmas Mission | Caring for Neighbors Facing Food Insecurity

Each Christmas, we look for meaningful ways to share the hope and mercy of Jesus, as a church family, to celebrate the birth of the One who sees and cares for those in need. This Christmas, mission will be alleviating food insecurity in our community. We’ll be collecting donations of food from December 7th-14th at the donations table in the church lobby. The building is open for donations Sunday-Thursday, 8am-5pm. Please see the list of items that we’re collecting below:

Your generosity will directly support our mission partners at Ada Jenkins and Angels and Sparrows to benefit our neighbors they serve. You can also purchase items HERE from Ada Jenkins’ Amazon registry.

Items We’re Collecting

Oil

Maseca (corn flour found in most grocery stores in the Latin Foods section)

Beans (black, pinto, or kidney — dry or canned)

Rice

Instant boxed mashed potatoes

Sugar

Cereal

Oatmeal

Peanut butter

Jelly

Baked beans

Bread crumbs (plain or Italian)

Beef broth (cartons preferred)

Chicken broth (cartons preferred)

Canned carrots

Canned peas

Cream of mushroom soup

Ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise

Pasta

Diced tomatoes

Tomato paste

Salt

Canned fruit (in its own juice)

Pasta sauce

Canned tomatoes

Crackers

Baking goods (flour, sugar, oil)

Boxed pasta mixes (Rice-A-Roni, Knorr, Suddenly Pasta)

Breakfast mixes (pancake mix, muffin mix, grits, oatmeal)

You’re also invited to join us as we help pack meals for neighbors experiencing food insecurity. We will pack meals on Saturday, December 13th from 10am–12pm with Lifeline Christian Mission at their center in Concord. Our goal is to pack 10,000 dry meals together.

Please register for the event so we can honor Lifeline’s maximum capacity.

Serve Day

We have projects that are family-friendly, indoors, and at our church building to accommodate various needs. If you prefer for your Sunday worship to take the form of a church service, we invite you to worship with our sister church, Gethsemane Baptist, at 10 am.

Are you interested in helping with planning, logistics, or leadership? Email missions@storyhill.org.

Back to School Supply Drive

Each summer our sister church, Gethsemane Baptist Church collects donations for their annual back-to-school supply drive. We support them by collecting school supplies. Every donation makes a difference! Let’s set students up for success by contributing supplies or making a monetary donation.

For more details or to get involved, contact missions@storyhill.org.