At NorthStar, it has been our goal since day one that we would be the first call for help from the community. We have made it a priority to be actively involved in our area. We encourage you to join us in helping to be "Salt and Light" to the communities of Kennesaw and Acworth.
Below are some of the great ways we get involved in serving others. We hope you will find one or more things to help with!! To find out more about our Community ministry, please contact Marlon Longacre at (770) 420-9808.
May Community Dates
5/1 - 5/31 - MUST Food Barrels - Each month, MUST sends us a food item they are most in need of. This month, their biggest need is cereal of any type. Volunteers are needed to drop off cereal and other food items in the MUST barrels located in the lobby of our Worship Center through out the month of April. Although this is their biggest need, food donations of any kind will be accepted.. Please consider having a mini food drive at your work, in your neighborhood, or with your small group!! You can even adopt a barrel to fill!! Click here to volunteer.
5/1 - 5/31 - Special Needs Sunday Buddies - during the Sunday morning services at NorthStar - Many families with special needs children do not attend church because of lack of programs for their kids. At NorthStar, we want to give these families a place to worship - both parents and their special needs children. Because of this, volunteers are needed to help buddy with a special needs child during one of the Sunday morning services each week or every other week so that the family can truly enjoy a worship experience. It is so rewarding to see these sweet kids worship our Creator. We would love to have your help in reaching the special needs community!! Click here to volunteer.
5/1 - Atlanta Union Mission Thrift Store - 10am-1pm at the Atlanta Union Mission Thrift Store - 8 volunteers are needed to work a shift at the Atlanta Union Mission thrift store near the Big Chicken in Marietta. Duties include running the cash register, restocking shelves to make merchandise look good, pricing merchandise, donation sorting, greet and help customers. Filled.
5/2 - Bread for the MUST Evening Pantry - 10 volunteers needed to provide 10 loaves of bread for the Smyrna evening food/clothing pantry. NorthStar mans the Smyrna MUST pantry on the first Wednesday evening of every month - the first and only night time food pantry in Cobb county. This helps people who have low income jobs that need help, but cannot make it during the day because they work. Anyone that comes into the pantry can get bread. Bread that is provided to the shelter runs out during the day, so there will be no bread available for the night time pantry from their regular sources. That is why we bring bread with us!! The bread can be dropped off at the church Mon(April 30th)- Wed(May 2nd). Donations of day old bread are welcome. Filled.
5/2 - Evening Food/Clothing Pantry - 6-7:30 pm at the Smyrna MUST location - 5 volunteers needed to man the food and clothing pantry for the Smyrna MUST location. Duties will include greeting, interviewing people in need, filling food orders, computer input, clothing check out, etc. This is the first evening hours pantry that MUST has ever done and it will be fully staffed by NorthStar volunteers. We will do this every first Wednesday of the month. Filled.
5/5 - Special Needs Baseball Buddies for Players 5-12 years old - 8:30am at the Horizons Special Needs baseball field in Acworth - 12 volunteers needed to help special needs kids on the Cardinals team hit, catch, throw, and run bases during their game. Wear red to support your team!! Filled.
5/5 - Special Needs Baseball Buddies for Players 13+ - 3 pm at the Horizon Special Needs baseball field in Acworth - 6 volunteers are needed to help the Red Sox and Marlins - adult special needs baseball teams - play baseball. Volunteers will be divided among the 2 teams to help. Filled.
5/7 - Breakfast at MUST - 5:45am- 7:15am at the MUST Shelter - 5 volunteers needed to provide and serve breakfast for 70 shelter guests and volunteers. The MUST Ministries shelter houses 45 men and 20 or more women and children in their Elizabeth Inn Emergency Night Shelter. NorthStar helps by providing a breakfast on the first Monday of each month. It is a great way to not only help serve people in need, but also to meet some of our great NorthStar people!! Filled.
5/8 - Atlanta Union Mission Thrift Store - 10am-1pm at the Atlanta Union Mission Thrift Store - 8 volunteers are needed to work a shift at the Atlanta Union Mission thrift store near the Big Chicken in Marietta. Duties include running the cash register, restocking shelves to make merchandise look good, pricing merchandise, donation sorting, greet and help customers.Filled.
5/11 - Relay for Life Survivor Reception - Jim R. Miller Park in Marietta - Each year, Cobb County Relay for Life hosts a survivor reception where cancer survivors and their caregivers and can come together and celebrate another birthday. 55 volunteers are needed to help transform a metal building into a reception hall, register and greet guests, serve dinner to the guests, and clean up. Help us make this night memorable for those who continue to fight this disease. Filled.
5/12 - Special Needs Baseball Buddies for Players 13+ - 8:45am at the Horizon Special Needs baseball field in Acworth - 6 volunteers are needed to help the Red Sox and Marlins - adult special needs baseball teams - play baseball. Volunteers will be divided among the 2 teams to help. Filled.
5/12 - Special Needs Baseball Buddies for Players 5-12 years old - 2:45pm at the Horizons Special Needs baseball field in Acworth - 12 volunteers needed to help special needs kids on the Cardinals team hit, catch, throw, and run bases during their game. Wear red to support your team!! Filled.
5/15 - Atlanta Union Mission Thrift Store - 10am-1pm at the Atlanta Union Mission Thrift Store - 8 volunteers are needed to work a shift at the Atlanta Union Mission thrift store near the Big Chicken in Marietta. Duties include running the cash register, restocking shelves to make merchandise look good, pricing merchandise, donation sorting, greet and help customers. Filled.
5/15 - Helping One Woman - 6pm at the O'Charley's restaurant on Chastain Rd. in Kennesaw - Helping One Woman is a “girls night out” where ladies meet to help encourage one woman through her journey of irreplaceable loss due to a terminal illness or tragedy in her family. Their belief is that by helping one woman, they are helping one family and through that family, they are helping our community. Volunteers are needed to come eat dinner and help love on and pray for a woman in our community that is going through a tough time. At the end of the evening, a collection is taken up for the lady that is being sponsored for the evening based on their motto - One woman giving $10 can buy another woman lunch, ten women giving $10 can buy another woman’s groceries, one hundred women giving $10 can make a real difference in another woman’s life! This month, the lady being honored is Deneen Uhrman - a sweet NorthStar lady that has ovarian cancer..Many of you have been praying for her through our Prayernet. Please help us pack out the O'Charley's for one of our own. It should be a special night!! Filled.
5/16 - Acworth Intermediate 5th grade Field Day - 9am-1:30pm at the Acworth Sports Complex - Each year, the City of Acworth hosts Acworth Intermediate's 5th grade students for a special field day. They need our help to make this day fun! Volunteers are needed to help with the field day games - kickball, wiffleball, soccer, water balloon games and more. Lunch is provided!! Filled.
5/17 - Dinner at MUST - 6pm at MUST Ministries in Marietta - 7 Volunteers needed to help provide and serve dinner for 100 shelter guests and volunteers.. The MUST Ministries shelter houses 50 men and 40 or more women and children in their Elizabeth Inn Emergency Night Shelter. NorthStar helps by providing a dinner on the 17th of each month. It is a great way to not only help serve people in need, but also to meet some of our great NorthStar people. Click here to volunteer.
5/17 - Dessert for the Dinner at MUST - 6pm - 7pm at MUST Ministries in Marietta - 2 volunteers needed to provide and deliver dessert for 50 people to the MUST Ministries Elizabeth Inn Emergency Shelter. Dessert would need to be delivered between 6 and 7pm so it can be served with the meal that NorthStar is providing. It can be any type of dessert you would like to bring - 50 cookies, 50 brownies, cake for 50, pies for 50, etc. Filled.
5/19 - Special Needs Baseball Buddies for Players 5-12 years old - 12:15pm at the Horizons Special Needs baseball field in Acworth - 12 volunteers needed to help special needs kids on the Cardinals team hit, catch, throw, and run bases during their game. Wear red to support your team! Click here to volunteer.
5/19 - Special Needs Baseball Buddies for Players 13+ - 4:15pm at the Horizon Special Needs baseball field in Acworth - 6 volunteers are needed to help the Red Sox and Marlins - adult special needs baseball teams - play baseball. Volunteers will be divided among the 2 teams to help. Filled.
5/22 - Atlanta Union Mission Thrift Store - 10am-1pm at the Atlanta Union Mission Thrift Store - 8 volunteers are needed to work a shift at the Atlanta Union Mission thrift store near the Big Chicken in Marietta. Duties include running the cash register, restocking shelves to make merchandise look good, pricing merchandise, donation sorting, greet and help customers. Click here to volunteer.
5/26 - Laundry Night at MUST Ministries - *NEW HOURS* - 6-10 pm at the MUST Elizabeth Inn Emergency Shelter in Marietta - 2-3 Volunteers needed to wash clothes for shelter guests. You do not have to be a laundry expert-just have a heart to serve!! Laundry is not sorted-everything is washed together. No bleach or fabric softener is used.Volunteers must be 18 or older. Click here to volunteer.
5/28 - MUST Summer Lunch(May Big Give!!) - 6pm in the lobby of the NorthStar Worship Center - Each summer MUST Ministries provides lunches every week day for children who live in the Cobb/Marietta area and would normally recieve a free lunch if they were in school. Neighborhoods are targeted where these children live and lunches are delivered right where they are! We are providing 1800 lunches to cover all of the lunch routes for the first dayof the program. We even have NorthStar volunteers delivering the lunches!! 36 volunteers needed to provide 50 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, 36 volunteers needed to provide 50 snack bags of baby carrots(please put 8-10in bag), 36 volunteers needed to provide 50 brownies(please wrap individually), 36 volunteers needed to provide 50 juice boxes(100% juice only please), and 1 volunteer needed to provide 1800 lunch bags(the bags can be decorated if you would like!) You can drop your food off or stay and help us pack lunches!! Click here to volunteer.
5/29 - Atlanta Union Mission Thrift Store - 10am-1pm at the Atlanta Union Mission Thrift Store - 8 volunteers are needed to work a shift at the Atlanta Union Mission thrift store near the Big Chicken in Marietta. Duties include running the cash register, restocking shelves to make merchandise look good, pricing merchandise, donation sorting, greet and help customers. Click here to volunteer.