What CAN You Do to Help During the Coronavirus?

These are crazy times we are living in. It seems that every day we get more instructions on what we can no longer do without jeopardizing the health and safety of those around us. As Christians it is certainly our duty to obey those rules and guidelines out of love for our vulnerable neighbors as well as respect for our government officials. But, instead of focusing on what we CAN’T do, I want to share some things that we CAN do to love and serve our neighbors.

Light of the Village

One of our partners here at Harbor Community Church is a local ministry called Light of the Village (LOV). They are a Christian ministry who work in some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in the Mobile area. They serve the beautiful people in these communities with the love of Christ year-round. Below are a few of their programs but check out more of what they do HERE!

  •  After School Care Programs

  • Summer Bible Camps

  • Sunday Morning Bible Study

  •  In School Academic Support

  • Summer Internships

  • Job Training through Lights of LOV Candle Making Ministry 

  • Ministry right now is difficult for all of us, since nobody can have any real contact due to “social distancing.” But, Light of the Village is still finding ways to serve those who are being hit hard by the far-reaching effects of COVID-19. We want you to help us support the incredible work they are doing!

Food & Supplies

Light of the Village is currently taking donations and delivering bags of food and supplies to many of the families that they know and serve. With the current pandemic, many people have lost jobs or had hours cut. And since school is out for the remainder of the year, parents are scrambling to find help with kids as well as the extra task of feeding the whole family. For many the idea of finding food and other essential items right now brings on tremendous stress and fear. I think we all know how precious those rolls of toilet paper are right now! 

We have an opportunity to partner with LOV to ease that burden for some families that really need it right now. We can join with them in serving our neighbors in need by DONATING the items below. I pray that you would join with us as we do our best to love our neighbors, especially during this unprecedented season.

Needed Items

**Please only donate items from this list as these will fill specific needs.**

Cleaning products:

  • Bleach bottles or spray

  • Lysol wipes

  • Lysol spray 

  • Other disinfecting sprays

  • Paper towels

  • Toilet paper

Children’s activity books and games:

  • **Easter candy! (needed by Monday, April 6)

  • **Plastic eggs! (needed by Monday, April 6)

  • Sidewalk chalk

  • Bubbles

  • Card games

  • Puzzles

  • Coloring books

  • Children's activity books

Food items:

  • Grits

  • Pancake mix

  • Cereal

  • Pop tarts

  • Bread

  • Canned chicken

  • Canned tuna

  • Manwich

  • Vienna sausages

  • Canned spaghetti 

  • Canned ravioli 

  • Pork and beans 

  • Hearty canned soups

  • Fruit cups/canned fruit

  • Jelly

  • Ramen noodles

  • Easy Mac 

  • Snack Crackers

  • Saltine crackers

You can also donate financially online or via Venmo (@lightofthevillage) and their staff will make the necessary purchases!

Contact Info:

If you have items to donate please contact Emily Lawrence by phone at 205-542-0369 or via Facebook Messenger [Emily Lawrence (Moore)] to coordinate when and where to drop them off!