Local

Our passion for our church family is that we don’t just become an inward-focused church, but an outward-focused church... seeing the physical and spiritual needs in our community and meeting those needs with the love and compassion of Jesus. We desire not to see just a few of us involved, but all of us including individuals, small and large group communities intentionally reaching out and making a difference in practical ways. In order to best do this, we support and team with our Local Partnerships.

Here are some practical ways that you can join the BVG community in partnering with organizations and people who are already responding to needs in the Modesto area.

Be Informed - Pray
Below, you see many, many opportunities where you can make a difference being Jesus right here in our community. Learn about each need and vision, feel free to e-mail or call them and pray for them. Thank God that we have other Christ-followers here in our area who are building His Kingdom where there is a lot of evil and hurt, but also hope through the compassion of Jesus and His followers.

Take Action - Go
• As you learn about each of these opportunities, ask God what He would want you to do. Where do you fit in using the abilities and passion God has given you.
• Talk to the leaders and see if you (and/or friends, family, small group, etc.) could visit them and see how they are making a difference.
• Once you found the place where God would want you to serve, be committed on a regular basis. Maybe this starts off monthly or maybe over time as you build relationships, this becomes weekly.   

What Do I Say When I’m Serving?
• Be a friend. Engage in conversation with people while you serve.
• When people ask, share why you are doing what you are doing.
• Listen to people and their stories. Be prepared to share yours.

Sacrifice - Give
We have been blessed not to keep everything we own and earn to ourselves, but to give it away.
• The first way in which we should give is to our church. We do this every week during our weekly worship gatherings when we give our offerings to the Lord (Malachi 3, 2 Corinthians 8). When you give to our church, we give back into our community and world. We support in a significant way these organizations and people you see on our site. Without your sacrificial giving, they would not be able to lead, help people and get us involved with them. They need us, but we need them if we’re going to make the biggest difference we can in our community.
• The second way we can give is right to the organizations or people we are serving. When you see a need, meet it. Sometimes this kind of giving is not always financially, but in practical ways like food, extra clothes, blankets, etc.

Each one of our church’s large group communities (Children, Single Adults, Primetime, etc.) are adopting one local partnership. If you are a part of one of these communities, talk to one of your leaders on how your group can make the biggest impact with the partnership you are adopting.

Please click on the below images to find out more about our local partnerships.

For more information please contact us.