Serving our Community

Investing in Our Community and Beyond

Refugee Hope Partners

Refugee Hope Partners (RHP) is one of Redeemer's mission partners. This local organization exists to love our refugee neighbors with the hope of the gospel in partnership with the local church.

1. Pray With Them

Pray for the most vulnerable in our community - the elderly, those with significant ongoing medical issues, newborn babies, and expecting mothers. Pray for healing as many of our refugee friends are reliving past trauma through this current crisis. Pray for economic stability for our population. Pray for students who may potentially be out of school for an extended period of time and the resulting educational, physical, and emotional ramifications. Pray for our staff will be bold in sharing the gospel during this time.

2. Sponsor a Family

We are seeking to match churches and small groups with specific families to provide weekly supplemental food boxes. Having food needs met will allow RHP to shift into supporting families with other pressing issues.  Besides increasing numbers of adults losing jobs, we are bracing for those in our community to become infected with COVID-19. We trust God as we walk forward in faith to love our refugee neighbors. We are committed to being “boots on the ground” in Jesus’ name.

At Redeemer, we are encouraging community groups to consider adopting a family. If you would like to talk with someone, please contact the office.

3. Donate Financially to RHP

If you do not live locally or you are unable to donate supplies and food at this time but feel led to partner with RHP, please consider financially giving toward their general fund. These donations will go towards our efforts in loving our local refugee community well during this time.

To learn more about Refugee Hope Partners, visit their website.

North Raleigh Ministries

North Raleigh Ministries (NRM) serves people with financial needs living in seven zip codes in North Raleigh: 27604, 27609, 27612, 27613, 27614, 27615, and 27616. NRM is located in the Lowe’s shopping center at Strickland, Harvest Oaks, and Six Forks Roads. They operate a Crisis Center, Thrift Store, Food Pantry, Education Center for adult classes such as Jobs for Life and Faith in Finances, and a Community Garden (on-site behind their center). They collaborate with the Interfaith Food Shuttle in its BackPack Program providing weekend food to Wake County students receiving free or reduced school lunches. Volunteer hours are flexible following participation in a brief orientation program. Volunteers choose tasks as varied as interviewing clients and gathering their financial data, sorting donations in the Thrift Shop, serving as a Jobs for Life mentor, supervising or stocking the Food Pantry or Thrift Store, data entry in Microsoft Office, and cleaning. Want to know more? Check out their website. If interested in volunteering, contact North Raleigh Ministries at 919-844-6676.

Safe Families

Safe Families for Children surrounds families in crisis with caring, compassionate community. They are a volunteer-driven nonprofit that provides hope and support to families in their local communities. Safe families looks to the community to support the children and their families and, ultimately, keeps the families together.

The three objectives of Safe Families for Children are:

1. Keep children safe during a family crisis such as homelessness, hospitalization, or domestic violence in an effort to prevent child abuse and/or neglect.

2. Support, and stabilize families in crisis by surrounding them with caring, compassionate community.

3. Reunite families and reduce the number of children entering the child welfare system. They seek to be an alternative to foster care, where appropriate.

Safe Families volunteers are…

• Host Families: Screened and approved by Safe Families, Host Families take in children for short periods of time.

• Family Friends: They provide support to Families in Need (e.g., mentoring and transportation) and Host Families (e.g., babysitting and providing meals).

• Resource Friends: They provide various types of goods and services to Families in Need to help parents get back on their feet.

• Family Coaches: They are trained to provide resources and casework-like services to Families in Crisis. They also ensure that kids are well cared for in Host Family homes.

• Safe Families Churches: These are spiritual communities that support Safe Families as a ministry of their church. There are three church levels: Participating Church, Lead Church, and Community Lead Church.

Christian Life Home

Christian Life Home is a Christ-centered home for young pregnant women. They receive prenatal care and nutritional meals that are essential to their and the baby’s health.  Christian Life Home also provides weekly counseling and information on both parenting and adoption options. Classes provided for the young women give them information to help prepare them for their future and the baby's future. They offer a range of classes including prenatal care and nutrition, childbirth, parenting, adoption, decision making, financial planning and budgeting, and building healthy relationships. They also teach them household management skills, employment skills, and personal goal setting. To read more about this ministry and how you can get involved, visit their website.

Christian Library International

Redeemer is collecting used or new Christian books for Christian Library International (CLI), a Raleigh based ministry that sends them to prisons, free of charge. If you are able, please include a $10 check with your donation to help CLI with processing and shipping expenses. (Please make the checks payable to CLI.) You can drop off your donations in the book bin located in the foyer. For information about this ministry, see their website.