What this church does in Lakeland
Groceries for about fifty families, twice a month. A strength class for older adults. A youth ministry. None of it requires you to join anything.
Groceries, twice a month
When: Wednesdays at 3:00 PM, twice a month Where: 3330 Skyview Dr, Lakeland, FL 33801 Who it is for: Anyone in the area who needs food
We give out groceries to about fifty families every time we open the pantry. That is not a target. It is roughly how many people come.
You do not need to be a member here. You do not need to attend a service, before or after. You do not need to explain your situation to anybody. Come to the church at three on a pantry Wednesday, and take what your household needs.
The pantry runs twice a month rather than every week, so check which Wednesday is next before you set out. Call 863-682-1467 and ask, or send us a message and we will tell you.
Which Wednesdays this month
863-682-1467Ring and ask. Somebody will tell you the dates, and they will tell you whether there is anything to bring.
If you want to help with the pantry
Members of this church give to the pantry as well as collect from it, and that is how it works here. Nobody is sorted into givers and receivers.
If you want to contribute, you can bring food to the church, give money towards the next collection, or come and help hand it out on the day. An hour on a Wednesday afternoon is genuinely useful.
Before you fill a car with tins, call 863-682-1467 and ask what is actually short this month and when you can drop it off. A specific list gets far more use than a general one, and we would rather have what is needed than what is easy to donate.
Strength class for older adults
When: Tuesdays, 11:00 to 11:30 AM Where: The fellowship hall at the church Cost: Free
Half an hour of strength training on a Tuesday morning, in the fellowship hall. It is built for older bodies. You work at your own pace, you can sit down for any of it, and nobody is going to ask you to get on the floor.
Come in whatever you can move in. Bring water. Bring a friend, because most people who keep coming came the first time with somebody they knew.
Call 863-682-1467 before your first Tuesday and let somebody here know you are coming. That way there is a face looking out for you when you walk in.
Young people
Young people are a real part of this church, not an afterthought at the back of the building. They are in the Sunday service, they are in the media work, and some of them are learning to run the cameras and the sound.
If you have a teenager who would come, call 863-682-1467 and we will tell you when they meet and what to expect.
Faith IQ. There is also a Bible trivia game, Faith IQ, built by Dr. Holmes. It runs in a browser, so there is nothing to install. It has a three against three team mode that youth groups play against each other.
The Impact-27 Circle
When: Tuesdays, 6:20 PM Where: The church
A room where younger adults talk honestly about the things nobody brings up on a Sunday morning. Work, money, purpose, what to do next.
In the group's own words, it is a space to grow, connect, and be equipped to impact your generation and the world. Belong. Become. Make an impact.
Barbershop Talk: Men on the Move
When: Sundays, 9:00 AM Where: The church
Men meet two hours before the main service and work through the Bible together, the way men talk in a barbershop. Real men. Real talk. Real transformation.
Come to any of it
You do not have to be a member of this church to eat from the pantry, join the class, or sit in the circle. Turn up.
3330 Skyview Dr, Lakeland, FL 33801. Call 863-682-1467.