God’s love changes lives, and we believe the Church is called to carry that love beyond our walls through local outreach and global missions.
There’s a place for you to make a difference.
Loving and Serving Our Community
Our mission begins right where we live.
CLC partners with local ministries and organizations that are meeting practical needs and serving people throughout our community and surrounding region.
These partnerships give us opportunities to put our faith into action, care for people, and demonstrate the love of Jesus in practical ways.
Throughout the year, CLC brings people together to serve our community through local outreach opportunities.
Love in Action
Sharing His Love
Reaching Our Community
Loving Our Neighbors
Making a Difference
Giving Hope
Beyond Our Walls
Making Jesus Known
Helping Widows, Seniors, & Single Parents
Isaiah 1:17
Isaiah 1:17 is a ministry to widows, seniors, and single parents, which is project-based on an as-needed basis. Once a project request is evaluated and confirmed, an email will be sent to anyone who has affirmed their interest in serving in this ministry.
Common requests are minor home repairs, yard work, assistance to move, transportation, etc. Please let us know if you have any “other” skill sets not listed that would benefit this ministry.
Learn to do right; seek justice. defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17 NIV
Street Outreach & Evangelism
Kensington Outreach
Kensington Outreach brings CLC volunteers into Philadelphia’s Kensington community to share the gospel, pray with people, and demonstrate the love of Jesus through personal connection and compassionate outreach.
The team traditionally serves one Saturday each month from spring through fall, creating opportunities for worship, prayer, conversations, and hands-on ministry. New volunteers are welcomed and connected with ministry leaders before participating.
Senior Care & Companionship
HumanGood
HumanGood provides senior living and affordable housing communities, including Bensalem Presbyterian Apartments, where CLC has opportunities to serve older adults in our local community.
Volunteers help residents with everyday household tasks, such as cleaning refrigerators, turning mattresses, and organizing living spaces. Just as importantly, they spend time listening, talking, and building meaningful connections that remind residents they are valued and cared for.
Food Pantry & Community Resources
Feast of Justice
Located in Northeast Philly, this grocery store-style food pantry uses volunteers to effectively feed about 550 families each week. Through food distribution and connections to essential services, the organization helps address hunger, meet practical needs, and bring hope to the community.
CLC partners with Feast of Justice through group serving opportunities that support food distribution, pantry operations, and other community needs.
Meal Preparation & Food Assistance
Caring for Friends
Caring for Friends provides nutritious meals to homebound seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and neighbors experiencing food insecurity throughout the Philadelphia region.
Through Rita’s Kitchen, CLC volunteers can help prepare ingredients, cook, portion, and package meals for delivery. From working in the kitchen to organizing supplies, these opportunities help provide nourishment and care to people who need it most.
Serving Hot Meals in Kensington
Cast Your Cares
Cast Your Cares serves individuals and families in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood through hot meals, food assistance, and compassionate outreach.
CLC has partnered with this ministry for many years, helping prepare and serve meals while building relationships with people in the community. Outreach has included serving on the second Saturday of each month, with additional CLC group opportunities planned throughout the year.
Women's Recovery & Restoration
True Light Recovery
True Light is a Christian recovery ministry dedicated to providing safe havens for women to recover and heal from addiction, abuse, and sexual exploitation. As a ministry supported by CLC, we offer an opportunity to serve at their True Light Thrift Store.
- Drop Off Donations
- Sorters for donated items
This is a great opportunity to serve the community that True Light impacts!
Women's Care & Support
ChoiceOne
ChoiceOne provides a safe, compassionate environment for women facing unexpected pregnancies, relationship difficulties, emotional struggles, and other challenging circumstances.
Through confidential counseling, pregnancy-related services, parenting education, and practical resources, ChoiceOne helps women find support for their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Rooted in Christian faith, the ministry seeks to remind every woman that she is loved, valued, and never alone.
Family Support & Shelter
Family Service
Family Service of Bucks County supports individuals and families facing homelessness, mental health challenges, substance use, and other difficult circumstances. Its programs include counseling, community resources, and the Bucks County Emergency Homeless Shelter.
CLC partners with Family Service through practical outreach projects, including preparing meals, organizing donations, and helping meet needs at the shelter. These opportunities allow volunteers to serve families and individuals in our own community.
Evangelism & Discipleship
Restoring Hearts Ministries
Restoring Hearts Ministries is a Christ-centered outreach ministry dedicated to sharing the gospel and encouraging people to grow in their relationship with Jesus.
Through evangelism, hands-on community outreach, discipleship, and personal encouragement, the ministry seeks to reach people with the hope of Christ and strengthen believers in their faith. Its work combines sharing God’s Word with practical expressions of His love.
Homelessness & Community Care
Philly House
Philly House serves people experiencing homelessness, hunger, and hardship in Philadelphia by providing meals, shelter, and compassionate care.
Rooted in Christian faith, the ministry offers more than temporary relief. Through personal relationships, supportive programs, and trauma-informed care, Philly House helps individuals find stability, restore dignity, and take steps toward lasting life change. Its work reflects the love of Jesus through practical care for people in need.
Food Distribution & Hunger Relief
Small Things Philly
Small Things Philly helps address food insecurity by distributing nutritious food, fresh produce, and essential household supplies through a network of community partners across the Philadelphia region.
Working alongside local churches, food pantries, and neighborhood organizations, Small Things helps bring resources directly to families who need them. Its programs include food distribution, community markets, and initiatives that support long-term family stability.
Pregnancy & Family Support
Magnolia Women's Center
Magnolia Women’s Center provides free, confidential pregnancy services and compassionate support to women and families facing unexpected pregnancies. Services include pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, education, emotional support, and resources for pregnancy and parenting.
As a Christian ministry, Magnolia seeks to help women make informed decisions while providing ongoing encouragement and practical care. Serving opportunities may include client support, special events, and Bible studies, with appropriate training and guidance.
Humanitarian Aid & Relief
United Ukrainian American Relief Committee
The United Ukrainian American Relief Committee provides humanitarian assistance to Ukrainian families and communities affected by war, displacement, and other hardships.
Founded in 1944, the organization supports people in Ukraine and Ukrainian communities around the world through emergency relief, essential supplies, educational initiatives, and assistance to displaced families. Its work brings practical help and hope to people facing difficult circumstances.
Serve Our Community With CLC
Interested in serving through Local Missions? Let us know, and our team will connect you with upcoming opportunities and next steps.
Together, we’re helping send and support those called to go.
The mission of Jesus reaches far beyond our own community.
CLC supports missionaries and ministry partners who are sharing the gospel, making disciples, strengthening churches, developing leaders, and serving communities in the United States and around the world.
Through prayer and financial support, our church family helps send and sustain those who have answered God’s call to go.
Learn more about Assemblies of God World Missions and how the gospel is being carried around the world.
Our reach goes beyond Bensalem. Through the faithful generosity of our church family, CLC supports missionaries serving in the United States and around the world.
Reaching the World
Serving the Nations
Sent to Serve
Every Tribe and Nation
Global Impact
Sending From Our Church Family
There’s something especially meaningful when someone from our own church family answers God’s call to go.
CLC’s Missionary Associates serve beyond our local community, and our church family has the opportunity to stand with them through prayer, encouragement, and financial support.
Dodi Price
Account # 29B2536
Dodi serves with the INSPIRE Project, traveling internationally to minister to women and girls through events, discipleship, and leadership development. INSPIRE also provides mentorship and support to pastors and women’s ministry leaders around the world.
Tamika Wilson
Account # 29B2015
Tamika is preparing to serve in Liverpool, England, where she will work alongside a local church plant, helping with discipleship and providing ministry support as the church reaches its community with the gospel.
Jessica Gibboni
Account # 2920627
Jessica preaches the Gospel and is making disciples in Barcelona, Spain. She leads group ministry, hosts workshops, and empowers coaches to support over 100 groups of new believers.
Making a Difference Together
Giving to missions is part of the regular rhythm of generosity at CLC.
On the third Sunday of every month, we collect a special Missions Offering that helps support missionaries, ministry partners, outreach efforts, and opportunities to share the hope of Jesus here at home and around the world.
Every gift matters. Together, our generosity allows us to go farther, support more missionaries, strengthen ministry partners, and help more people experience the life-changing love of Jesus.
Get Involved. Be Part of the Mission.
Missions isn't something only missionaries do. It's something we do together as the Church.
Go by serving people right here in our community.
Give to help send and support those called to go.
Pray for those serving and the people they reach.