Go: Serve is a platform to connect TCBC to local partners. Joining in ministry opportunities with local partners gives us a chance to share the gospel with those in our community while meeting human needs and providing tangible resources to those in need.
Go: Serve Week is a concerted effort to mobilize our members to serve our community together during Neighbors & Nations.
Neighbors and Nations
April 12-20, 2025
Daily
Location: Various
Contact: Wes Tucker
Go: serve projects – april 12-20
serve-a-neighbor
Serve-A-Neighbor
Plan to serve someone on your own. Mow someone’s yard, visit with a shut-in, take dessert to meet a new neighbor, prayer walk your neighborhood, host a cookout, etc.
Let the Go Team know how you tried to serve someone this week here.
agape women’s services
Agape Women’s Services
515 W Walnut St, Johnson City, TN
Friday, April 18 from 2:00-3:00 (shift 1) or 3:00-4:00 (shift 2)
Contact Liesl Wright with questions or Register here
Serve and support women during unplanned pregnancies by assembling gift baskets for expectant mothers delivering in the near future and prayer walk the clinic. Great for families with children 12+.
Purchase Items for Shower Gift Baskets
TCBC is striving to supply Agape with 20 baby shower gift baskets for mothers who are choosing life. Order any of the items below (we are hoping for 20 of each item):
- Jesus Storybook Bibles (link ships item directly to Agape)
- Baskets for baby shower gifts (link ships item directly to Agape)
- Baby blankets (link ships item directly to Agape)
Because the serve project depends on donations being received, please tell us what you purchased here so that we may adjust plans if necessary.
god’s warehouse
God’s Warehouse
1999 State Line Road, Elizabethton, TN
Monday-Friday, 8:00-12:00 (shift 1) or 11:00-3:00 (shift 2)
Contact 423-281-2269 with questions or Register here
God’s Warehouse is a conduit of blessing to people locally, nationally, and globally, providing relief supplies for those suffering hunger, disease, and natural disasters. Volunteers are needed to welcome guests, provide information, complete forms, answer phone calls, review emails, load and unload trucks, and organize and sort building supplies and materials.
tlc community center
TLC Community Center
145 Judge Don Lewis Road, Elizabethton, TN
Monday, April 14 – Friday, April 18 between 9:00am and 2:00pm
Contact Debbie Reed with questions or Register here
TLC serves the community through a variety of programs including food and clothing distribution, disaster relief, temporary housing, crisis pregnancy intervention and assistance. We will be helping them pack, sort, and move to their new larger facility. Families welcome.
camp bethel ministries
Camp Bethel Ministries
9050 Camp Bethel Rd, Wise, VA
Saturday, April 19 at 10:00am (those wishing to meet at the church should by 8:15am)
Contact Brandon Van Huss with questions or Register here
Assist this camp ministry in preparing the grounds for ministry events through lake and path clean up, gym cleanup and construction preparation, landscaping, and painting. This project is great for children and families. A sandwich lunch is provided. Volunteers are encouraged to bring any of these items: cans of spray paint, rakes, blowers, wheelbarrows, 5-gallon buckets, and gloves.
keystone recreation center
Keystone Community Center
841 Pardee Street, Johnson City, TN
Saturday, April 19 from 10:00-12:30
Contact Jaime Hudson with questions or Register here
Serve this low-income housing community at their annual Easter Egg Hunt by distributing coffee and donuts, providing children’s Bibles, and talking with residents.
NHC Nursing home
NHC Nursing Home
2300 Pavilion Drive, Kingsport, TN
Friday, April 18 at 10:00am
Contact Sara Russell or Register here
Visit with, deliver cookies, and have spiritual conversations with nursing home residents. Families welcome.
niswonger children’s er
Niswonger Children’s Emergency Room at Johnson Medical Center
This project is a donation only. Items will be delivered on Thursday, April 17 and should be dropped off at TCBC’s collection point in the room to the right of the Preschool Hall upstairs by 8:00pm on Wednesday, April 16. A TCBC member will deliver gift baskets and pray with families in the children’s emergency room and hospital.
Purchase Items for Gift Baskets
Niswonger Children’s Emergency Room and Hospital at Johnson City Medical Center provides medical care services to children will illnesses and injuries. We want to make their stay a little more comfortable and share an Easter resource with them. Order any of the items below:
hurricane helene home rebuild
Hurricane Helene Home Rebuild
Spring Street, Hampton, TN
Saturday, April 19 at 10:00am
Contact Greg Oliphant with questions or Register here
Help put the finishing touches on a home TCBC has adopted to assist in the hurricane recovery process. We will be painting, grading the yard, hanging shudders and storm door, and repairing a deck.
Appalachian Trail ministry
Appalachian Trail Annual Hiker Feed
Johnny’s Hostel – 151 River Road, Erwin, TN
Friday, April 18, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Contact Ben McNabb with questions or Register here
Serve food and share with hikers. This project is great for families.
providence medical clinic
Providence Medical Clinic in Kingsport offers compassionate medical and spiritual care to those in need. In addition to providing health services, volunteers offer snacks to, pray with, provide Bibles to, and share the gospel with patients. Donate any of the items below:
- packs of crackers
- protein bars
- KATS transit tickets
- $25 Food City gift cards
- sealed/unopened mail-ordered prescription medications
- unopened diabetic supplies
- medical equipment in good condition
This project is a donation only. Items will be delivered the latter part of the week and should be dropped off at TCBC’s collection point in the room to the right of the Preschool Hall upstairs by 8:00pm on Wednesday, April 16.
student ministry
kainos projects
Student Ministry Kainos Go: Serve Projects
Saturday, April 12 from 2:30-4:30
Our middle and high school students are participating in four different projects as part of their Kainos discipleship weekend that equips them to be ambassadors of Jesus.
- NHC Nursing Home (Kingsport)
- Hampton Community Church (Hampton)
- Lakebridge Senior Center (Johnson City)
- Keystone Community Center (Johnson City)
- Haven of Rest (Bristol)