2023 – Hands Together, Main Street’s churchwide day of service, is back!  We had 70-80 workers performing service projects at nine organizations or church projects -> Ciener Garden, Next Step Ministries, at Books-A-Palooza and projects on our own campus.

2019 – HANDS TOGETHER – Our 12th annual church wide day of service, will be on Sept. 14th.  About 100+ members typically visit various local non-profits for service related projects, including Next Step Ministries of Kernersville, as well as the Open Arms Community Center in Winston-Salem

2017 – HANDS TOGETHER – Our 10th annual church wide day of service, was on October 7th.  About 100+ members visited various local non-profits for service related projects, including Next Step Ministries of Kernersville, as well as the Open Arms Community Center in Winston-Salem

Sign-Up Form | Volunteer Opportunities  | Child Care Request _______________2016 – HANDS TOGETHER – Our 9th annual church wide day of service, was on September 17th.  About 150+ members visited various local non-profits for service related projects, including Next Step Ministries of Kernersville, as well as Mt. Zion Community Center, Open Arms Community Center in Winston-Salem.

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_______________2015 – HANDS TOGETHER – Our 8th annual church wide day of service, was today, September 12th. About 160+ members visited various local non-profits for service related projects, including Next Step Ministries of Kernersville, as well as Mt. Zion Community Center, Open Arms  Community Center in Winston-Salem. The morning’s highlight was our pastor accepting a chocolate pie from the Sunday school classes with the most participation.

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2014 HANDS TOGETHER – Our 7th Annual Hands Together Day, Sept. 13, 2014, at Main Street UMC was a great success. We had 200+ members of our congregation serving area non-profit ministries including: Bethany Café, Bethesda Center, UMC Children’s Home, Children Singing at Area Nursing Homes, Crisis Control, Kid’s Café, Next Step Ministries and Thrift Store, Open Door Ministries, Prayer Shawl Ministry, Samaritan Ministries, Shepherd’s Center, and Trustees Church Repairs and Improvement.

Bethany Café, – Team Leader Vicki Horner. Serving breakfast, lunch & delivering meals to
homebound participants…
Bethesda Center for the Homeless Team Leader Mike Young – Teens go monthly to Bethesda to share a
meal and worship…
Cemetery Clean Up Team Leader Mark Porter – Boy Scout project…
Child Care/Children’s Activities –
Children’s Home, Team Leader Chuck Foster 4-24 volunteers – Help landscape and beautify …
Children’s Nursing Home Singing Team Leader Nancy Blakemore – Taking children to sing at area nursing
homes. ..
Community Garden Team Leader Anita McCauley 4-12 volunteers – Spend a morning in our garden…
Crisis Control Ministries Team Leader Marc Engle 4-12 volunteers – Landscaping, bush trimming and parking lot cleanup…
Food Storage Team Leader Dennis Garman – This is an alternative date project. Dennis will take a team to help sort food at Second Harvest on Sat. November 9.
Forsyth Jail & Prison Ministry Team Leader Chip Cole 8-12 – This team will present a mini-Kairos/Pilgrimage-type program at Forsyth Correctional Center…
Homebound Visitation Team Leaders Dale & Margie Hilton 10-20 – Visits to homebound members…
Kids Café – Kids Café, a school-year dinner and tutoring ministry…
Next Steps Domestic Violence Shelter Team Leader Randy Carver – Painting 3 bedrooms.
Next Steps Ministries Thrift Store Team Leader Willie Craven – This store needs shelves built, painting done and other projects.
Open Door Ministries Blair & Sam Howard Team Leaders 5-10 – A variety of physical repair, landscaping, cleaning and organizing or painting projects…
Prayer Shawl Ministry Judy Osborne Team Leader – Spend your morning knitting.
Samaritan Ministries Team Leader Lisa Tolliver – to assist in food preparation…
Shepherd’s Center Wayne Boger Team Leader – This team will do handyperson projects requested by senior citizens in our community…
Trustees Church Improvement Justin Lang Team Leader – Help spruce up our buildings and grounds…

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2013 HANDS TOGETHER – Our 6th Annual Hands Together Day, Sept. 21, 2013, at Main Street UMC was a great success. We had over 200 members of our congregation serving area non-profit ministries including: Bethany Café, Bethesda Center, Cemetery Clean Up, UMC Children’s Home, Children Singing at Area Nursing Homes, Community Garden, Crisis Control, Second Harvest, Forsyth Jail and Prison Ministries, Homebound Visitation, …Kid’s Café, Next Step Ministries and Thrift Store, Open Door Ministries, Prayer Shawl Ministry, Samaritan Ministries, Shepherd’s Center, and Trustees Church Repairs and Improvement.

Also our Bethany Café served 158 meals at breakfast, 104 meals at lunch, 50 meals on wheels, and 48 meals to the prisoners at the Forsyth Prison on Cherry Street. Thanks to everyone who was able to participate