About Our Ministry
Helping Hands is an outreach ministry dedicated to supporting individuals within our church body and throughout the community by providing various forms of assistance and care to those in need.
Need a helping hand?
Know someone who does?
Fill out the form below or contact the church office!
Office 763-631-4858 pauline.ewert@newlifechurchmn.com
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Come be a part of Helping Hands
Serve. Encourage. Make a difference.
We are seeking compassionate and dependable volunteers who feel called to serve both our church family and the surrounding community through practical, hands-on support. Whether you can commit a few hours each week, serve occasionally, or assist with special outreach events, your willingness to help will make a meaningful and lasting difference.
VOLUNTEER
OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES
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Free laundry services available for those in need on the second and fourth Monday of each month from 5:00–7:00 pm. This is a community-wide sponsored effort. New Life will host in August and February.
Location: Washboard Laundromat
804 S. Rum River Drive, Princeton​
Day Of Kindness
A community wide event where local churches and businesses spread kindness by giving away a free item or service. This happens the first Saturday in August. New Life gives away free ice cream.
Thanksgiving Boxes
New Life blesses families in need by putting together boxes with all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal, plus about a weeks worth of groceries. This happens the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. We collect the various food items, pack into food boxes and deliver!
Free Community Meal
A community wide event where local churches provide a free meal to those in need. New Life host January, February and March.
Operation Christmas Child is a global project run by Samaritan's Purse. It invites people to pack ordinary shoeboxes with toys, school supplies, and hygiene items. These boxes are then shipped worldwide to children in need as a tangible expression of God's love, paired with a presentation of the Christian Gospel. New Life is a drop off location for the local area. We collect shoe boxes, pack into shipping boxes and deliver to the distribution site in Cambridge. This happens the third week in November.
God Is Greater
A Halloween alternative. New Life transforms our Church into a themed carnival type experience. We spend the week decorating and setting up. The day of Halloween we have free candy, food, petting zoo, inflatables and games.
Christmas Giving Tree
A community wide event where local churches and businesses give gifts to families in need. We collect gifts in December, organize by family and families come to collect gifts. This happens the week before Christmas.
Physical community needs
We receive a variety of practical requests from those in need and do our best to meet them whenever possible. Examples include yard work, minor home or car repairs, housekeeping, rides to church or appointments, and meals.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers needed to help with the free Laundry Love services available for those in need on the second and fourth Monday of August, from 4:45–7:00 pm. (filled)
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God Is Greater preparations will begin the week of October 25. More info to come.
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