Community Service continues to be a vital part of Mountainside’s community outreach.  Our latest effort came in the form of food baskets for Thanksgiving.  Thanks to the generous support of the Mountainside family, we were able to feed over twenty families consisting of seventy-two individuals.  Throughout the year, Community Service provides food assistance for families in need. 

The Community Service Department is also responsible for securing food from the Atlanta Food Bank.  This involves placing orders based on the needs of community, product selection and pick-up and delivery.  Mountainside is an active member of the Atlanta Food Bank and is certified to accept USDA food goods which gives us a greater variety and more wholesome food selection.  As an Atlanta Food Bank member, we are able to purchase our food orders for a nominal fee.  Your support of Community Service helps us in this effort.

During the month of August, the Community Service Department embarked on it's first ever “Back-2-School event.”  This community outreach program provided free school supplies to neighborhood children in the surrounding community.  Over one hundred children in the community surrounding Mountainside visited this event to receive their school supplies.  In a festive atmosphere they were entertained by Bible story and other activities.  The boys received free haircuts and some of the girls got their hair braided.   The parents visited tables set up by Mountainside’s various ministries.  As a result of this activity, a number of parents requested Bible Study. We were blessed with tremendous support from the Mountainside family.  We are looking forward to this event next year.

The activities of Community Service are very important, however, the most important goal is to be a witness and win souls for Christ.  Every thing that is given away whether it is a bag full of school supplies or a box full of food it is accompanied with various tracks and spiritual materials for adults and children. 

The Community Service Department would like to thank everyone for their continued support and we give all honor and glory to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as we continue to “live and share Christ in the Community.”   For those of you who may not know, it is our motto here at Mountainside to Live & Share Christ in our Community.  We are anxiously awaiting the doors the Lord will open up for us to serve Him in the upcoming year.  Join us as we continue to share Jesus.