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The purpose of Community Compassion is to glorify God by meeting the spiritual and physical needs of our neighbors (Matthew 9:35-38). Read this entire page for the breadth of this ministry and how we are trusting God to fulfill this purpose. BCC is currently looking for lay leadership to oversee this ministry.
Have a desire to help with a Community Compassion ministry? Click here.
Have a need that a Community Compassion ministry may be able to help with? Click here. Although we cannot guarantee that we will be able to meet your need, we will certainly do what we can! Please note that we are best able to handle requests located on the east side of the Illinois river. Read below for the avenues from which we trust the Lord to meet needs.
COMMUNITY COMPASSION MINISTRIES OF BCC
Short Term Projects
The Community Compassion ministry was birthed by offering many short term projects for BCCers to get involved in. Some of the ministries below started as short term projects and have turned into long term ministries. Contact the office for more info on other short term compassion projects coming up at Bethany Community Church.
Benevolence Point People
The purpose of the benevolence point people is to glorify God by following up with benevolence callers trusting the Lord for movement from relief to restoration (2 Corinthians 5:19).
Rebuilding Hope Initiative (RHI)
The purpose of the Rebuilding Hope Initiative is to glorify God as we bring the gospel to neighbors in need of home restoration. From a local fire to an international natural disaster to a need for general home restoration due to lack of funds, BCC desires to bring hope in physical and spiritual ways. For more info on BCC's role in local disaster relief, see our partnership with the Tri-County COAD below. BCC also looks to send teams around the country and globe. RHI also facilitates short term local opportunities to serve our neighbors through physical restoration of their homes due to a lack of funds. These "trips" typically take place in the summer over a 3-4 day long weekend and can involve the entire family, and sometimes they are just a day project.
Contact: Pending
To apply for a trip away from the area or to do a multi-day trip locally, see the description of what it takes here by clicking on Relief Team Participant Description and apply here.
Contact: Ben Davidson (Disaster RHI) or Pending (Local RHI Opps)
Help a Household
The Help A Household ministry is privileged to do our best to supply general household necessities (paper goods, toiletries, cleaning supplies, etc.) to those who do not already attend Bethany Community Church. If you attend BCC and would like to join the Help A Household team, please contact us.
Contact: Pending
HAH store items accepted:
Toilet paper
Paper towels
Cleaning supplies
Toiletries
Contact: Pending
Jail Ministry
We continue to minister to the men awaiting trial or sentencing or are serving a short term sentence (less than 12 months) at Woodford County Jail by providing Bibles and conducting a weekly bible study every Sunday morning. The men in jail who participate in the studies do so voluntarily. Opportunities to participate in this ministry include: prayer, sending letters (sent from the BCC office), packages, and reading materials.
Contact: Tom Bunton, Chuck Boysen
Make a Meal
Make a meal ministry is open to anyone wanting to volunteer to help prepare meals for the families BCC has helped through benevolence requests. The meals are prepared then frozen to have available to distribute as needed. Volunteers gather in a group to prepare the food periodically as needed.
Contact: Pending
PARTNERSHIPS IN COMMUNITY COMPASSION
My Sister's House Partnership
MSH trusts in the sufficiency of God’s Word to provide hope and healing to hurting single women and their children through gospel centered discipleship, community, and care. The ministry is located at 511 Walnut St. in Washington. For more information, go to mysistershse.org. BCC partners by providing counsel, work crews, food/material drives and more.
Contact: Mark & Tammy Herrmann or Ben Davidson
Heartline and Heart House Partnership
They are one organization offering two diverse services to assist those in need in Woodford County as well as the city of Washington. Heartline offers numerous forms of assistance. Heart House offers shelter services to women and children. For more info, go to https://heartlineandhearthouseorg.squarespace.com.
Contact: Brandi Gerber or Ben Davidson
Peoria Rescue Ministries Partnership
The purpose of our relationship with Peoria Rescue Mission is to glorify God as we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord to those in need in the Peoria area (Ps. 34:18; Luke 4:18-19). BCC assists at chapel services and has individuals involved in the Empower Life Center/The Walk.
Contact: Jill Sutter or Ben Davidson
Tri-County Community Organizations Active in a Disaster (COAD) Partnership
We continue to trust the Lord for ways we can help those who have experienced natural disasters. Bethany Community Church currently leads the Volunteer Management arm of the Tri-Country COAD of Central Illinois. For more on the COAD and how you can be involved, go to the COAD Facebook page here. We could use your help!
Contact: Ben Davidson
Washington Helps Its People (WHIP) Food Pantry Partnership
Currently, BCC sends people to work at WHIP. WHIP is a community-based, food pantry for those in need. Volunteers are needed the first and third Wednesdays of the month to help stock shelves and fill sacks, to pick up donations, check expiration dates, and carry groceries to cars. This is a great opportunity to minister to those coming to the pantry for help as well as minister to fellow volunteers. If you would like Community Compassion to consider partnership with other pantries, please let us know.
Contact: Leesa Gerber or Ben Davidson
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