Emmanuel French SDA Church

COMMUNITY SERVICES MINISTRY

Community Service

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Adventist Community Services meets people’s immediate needs through social services such as tutoring and mentoring programs, Youth Volunteer Corps, health screening education and assistance, inner city missions, and disaster response.

Want to be involved?  You can join one of the existing ministries or start one of your own!

 

 

Community Services Annual Promo Sabbath Program Resources

 

Adventist Community Services

 

Adventist Community Services had been part of the General Conference Personal Ministries Department for a long time, but had been inactive because of staff and budgetary constraints. In 2005, Adventist Community Services International (ACS International) was reactivated in time to support and partner with the “Tell the World” (TTW) initiative of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. ACS International is under the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries (SSPM) Department of the General Conference [or World Headquarters] of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. ACSI is endeavoring to establish a working relationship with Adventist Community Services (ACS) counterparts worldwide in the 13 administrative regions (known as “divisions”) of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
 

Mission Statement:

The mission of ACS International is to motivate, equip, and mobilize Seventh-day Adventist Church members worldwide to meet unconditionally the expressed needs of people around them, thus fostering a trust relationship between Adventist churches and their surrounding communities, and nurturing people toward a restored, abundant life in Jesus (MH 17:1; John 10:10).
 

Vision Statement:

The vision of ACS International is that every Seventh-day Adventist Church be a transforming agent in its community, following the method of Jesus to bring help and hope through ministries of compassion in His name (see Luke 4:16-21; MH 143).

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Additional links on this topic:

 

History of ACS-International

 

Community Services Annual Promo Sabbath Resources

 

Articles and Media

 

Resources


History of ACS-International



Portland Adventist Community Services (PACS) - www.portlandacs.org

There are five main components to Portland Adventist Community Service (PACS): Social Services, referral program, Health Clinic, Client Choice Grocery Warehouse, Thrift Store and Gift Shop.

WCYCS - www.wcycs.org

World Conference on Youth and Community Service sponsored by the Northern-Asia Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists.

Service Safari - www.servicesafari.org

Service Safari is a non-profit corporation dedicated to walking with adolescents as they journey (safari) to adulthood, develop a personal faith in God and discover purpose in a service oriented life.

Adventist Community Services (ACS GNYC) - healthgnyc.org

New York van ministry and community services of the Greater New York Conference. Seventh-day Adventist Community Health Services.

Good Neighbor House - www.goodneighborhouse.org

Good Neighbor House offers a full range of provisional services to the Dayton, Ohio community. Medical services are available to the working uninsured who meet specific guidelines.

Baltimore Adventist Community Services (BACS) - www.abetterbaltimore.org

BACS offers a compassionate response to poverty by providing community-based services that enhance the quality of life of under served populations in Baltimore.

Adventist Community Services-Greater Pittsburgh - www.adventistcommunityservices.org

Adventist Community Services-Greater Pittsburgh (ACS-GP) is the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Greater Pittsburgh.

Jellico Community Hospital - www.jellicohospital.com

Jellico Community Hospital, which has been operated by Adventist Health System since 1974, provides full-service healthcare to residents of Jellico, Tennessee, Williamsburg, Kentucky and the surrounding area.

Adventist Community Services, ACS - www.communityservices.org

Adventist Community Services is a humanitarian organization for the Seventh-day Adventist Church that works within the United States and Bermuda. ACS meets people's needs through social services such as Disaster Response, Mentoring & Tutoring, Inner

J.A.Y.A.R.T - www.jayart.org

The Joshua Adventist Youth Amateur Radio Taskforce, is a Youth Inspired, Youth Lead organization that focuses on community service. We learn many things about the hobby of Ham Radio. We participate in International events, with other organizations.

Just Claim It! - www.justclaimit.org

Through prayer initiatives, training seminars, inspirational worship and community service, youth and young adults will learn how to make an eternal difference in their own relationship to God, their families, communities and cities.

Pisgah Valley Retirement Community - www.pisgahvalley.org

Pisgah Valley Retirement Community is a Continuum of Care Community offering Independant Living, Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing and Rehab, and a Wellness Center complete with therapy pool, hot tub, sauna and Nautilus strength training equipment.

LearnWell Forgiveness Center - www.forgiver.net

The Forgiveness Center is a help for therapists, counselors, health professionals, community service workers, clergy, law enforcement and individuals interested in forgiveness. It promotes forgiveness through its LearnWell Forgiveness Center, online

Exploring Revelation - www.exploringrevelation.org

Christopher M. Jones holds prophecy seminars that are presented in a relaxed atmosphere as a community service to all people (Christians and non-Christians) and are designed for people of all faith backgrounds.

Hosford Web Service - www.rapidhost.net

Hosford Web Service is a complete internet service provider specializing in Web hosting, Web authoring, database design and streaming media.

Christndamidstof - www.christndamidstof.org

We reach & win the Unchurched, Unsaved, & Uncertain thru the enhancement of holistic development in life/social skills in the church and community; events to increase positivity & spirituality (based in Bible teachings), church growth and membership.

Adventist Food Service Association - afsanews.org

Website for the purpose of connecting persons involved in the food service ministry.

Younger Generation Church - www.ygchurch.com

YG provides a high energy, modern worship service with upbeat music, timely and creative messages, and high impact multimedia elements. More than a worship service it is a community at the Arlington (TX) Adventist Church.

Adventist Community Care - www.adventistcommunitycare.org

Community services sponsored by Penrith Seventh-day Adventist Church at 31 Cam Street, Cambridge, Australia

Adventist Web Service Providers - www.awa7.org/Providers/index.html

Featuring web-related services and their providers, who can contribute to the development and operation of church or ministry websites. Service providers must be located in the North America Division.

Pan American Health Service - www.panamhealth.org

Pan American Health Service, Inc. operates a children's home, nutrition hospital, and a technical-vocational school in Honduras.

Napa Community Adventist Church - www.napasdachurch.com

Napa Community Seventh-day Adventist Church in Napa, California, is truly a place focused on giving the gifts of friendship and salvation to anyone who will accept it. Come and find a place to connect with people.

Black Adventist Online Community - www.blacksda.com/forums

Black Adventist online community.

The Online Adventist Single Adult Community - www.adventistSAM.com/forum

A Christ-centered online Adventist single adult community forum 'The Happenin' Place.' A place of discussion, fellowship, nurture, and support for the single adult. A place to post upcoming Adventist Single Adult Ministries.

Florida Living Retirement Community - floridalivingretirement.com

Located north of Orlando, FL on 13.5 acres. 55 apartments of various sizes and 30 rooms for lease (one-year renewable month to month). Toll-Free: 800.729.8017.

Adventist Community Team Services, ACTS - www.actswr.org

ACTS World Relief is a first response team, uniting communities through help, hope and healing. We have been most active in the Gulf Coast; but are now expanding our organization nationwide and internationally.

NAPS - www.napsoc.org

NAPS (National Association for the Prevention of Starvation) is a fully volunteer relief Christian organization. NAPS uses inner city youth to help solve the problems in their neighborhood and in the world--children helping children.

Bowen's Web Service - www.bowensweb.com

Bowen's Web Service provides professional website design, development, optimization and maintenance at affordable prices.

Sycamore Glen Retirement Community - www.sycamoreglenretirement.org

At Sycamore Glen Retirement Community (Miamisburg, OH) you will find everything available for retiring seniors: independent living, assisted living and nursing care when needed.

 

Come Over and Help Us - That night Paul had a dream: A Macedonian stood on the far shore and called across the sea, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!

 

 

My Lamp - You light a lamp for me. The Lord, my God, lights up my darkness.

 

Empty Handed - But Simon answered and said to Him, "Master, we have toiled all night and caught nothing; nevertheless at Your word I will let down the net."

 

Rescue Me - Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you.
 

 

 

The Lord is Close - The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.

 

Don't Worry - Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?

 

We See Dimly - For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known.

 

He Is the Lord - He who builds His layers in the sky, and has founded His strata in the earth; who calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth--The LORD is His name