Outreach Opportunities

BLESSING BOX FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION

Our Blessing Box, which is stocked daily by our Blessing Box Team, is a small, easily accessible pantry that provides nutritious, non-perishable food items to many folks who might not be able to eat otherwise. It has been utilized more and more frequently and it is hard to keep up with the need. Please, won’t you help us provide this essential food for our hungry neighbors? If you are able, please buy a few extra items the next time you are at the store, and drop them off in the administration wing. Here is what we need most:
Canned tuna (in water)
Canned soup
Canned refried or pinto beans
Vienna sausages
Canned tomato sauce
Instant oatmeal packets
Canned fruit
Canned vegetables
Peanut butter
Chef Boyardee Pasta
Spaghetti
Macaroni & Cheese

HABITAT

Disciples for Habitat Needs YOU to help build our next house!

Disciples for Habitat is made up of our local Disciples for Christ Churches.  As in past years, Crestwood’s fundraising goal represents one-third of the total cost of our Habitat house ($20,667 of $62,000).

We hope you will consider making a donation to support this ministry.  Make your check payable to Crestwood Christian Church with Habitat in the memo line.

Thank you for any help that you can give.  Watch the Crest for information regarding dates for this year’s build and how you can participate.  We will also be asking for contributions of food for the workers.

We can’t do this without you!

REFUGEES

Since 1991, Crestwood has been assisting Kentucky Refugee Ministries (KRM) with refugee resettlement.  KRM has offices in Lexington and Louisville. Refugees have fled their homes due to fear for their lives because of political, religious or ethnic violence.

Crestwood has welcomed families from Azerbaijan and Armenia, Croatia, Kosovo, Russia, Iraq and, most recently, Bhutan.  Resettlement involves providing furnishings and setting up an apartment for a new home, greeting them at the airport, providing transportation for a myriad of appointments in the first couple of months, assisting with finding employment, assisting with tutoring English, sharing experiences and supporting the family as they adjust to a new way of life in Lexington.

By coming along side a family beginning a new life in Lexington, KY, we are responding to the call …to provide the gift of hospitality to the stranger, to the least of these.  If you are interested in learning more about this ministry,  please call the church office.