Local Outreach

Human Trafficking:  The Local View  May 21st @ 7PM, room 212-213  Human trafficking is a $32 billion global industry, the fastest-growing and second-largest criminal activity in the world. A welcome convergence of attention and political will has pushed Washington State to the front lines of the battle.  It is comfortable to think trafficking is ‘over there-or international’ – and it is.  But it is also in our own back yard. The AWARE organization documented loosing 300 young girls from Portland high schools, and another 100 from Vancouver high schools, last year alone.  How many were lost from Northshore or Lake Washington?  How many is too many?  What if it was your daughter, or granddaughter?  Come and learn about what trafficking looks like in Seattle, in Bothell, and the many opportunities there are to become involved, to make a difference in our community, and in God’s Kingdom. 

Informational meeting on May 21st at 7 PM in rooms 212-213 Northshore Baptist Church

Northshore’s annual Friendship Tea is this coming Saturday, April 28^th.  We are expecting 440 women!! This is a huge outreach and we have many, many guests who do not attend church.  It’s such an exciting opportunity! We need servers and a tear down/clean up crew: Servers: (Black Pants, White Shirt and Tie) need 25 men to serve from 10:15 am – 1:15 pm.
o   Arrive at 10:15 for instructions
o   Serve hot tea, iced tea and iced water to the ladies until  1:15 PM
o   Lunch provided  

Tear down/Clean up Worship Center, need 10-12 men from 2:45 pm – 4:45pm.  So grab a friend to volunteer along with you – You’ll be blessed!To serve, please respond ASAP to John & Loretta Trainor at tea4friendship@gmail.com and for the tear down/clean up crew please contact Beth Lisenby at Bethl@nsb.org.  Thank you so much for considering this and helping if you can. The Gospel is being presented  – it’s going to be a wonderful afternoon.

Check out this article from Converge Magazine on our own Juan Aragon, Chairman of NSB’s Community Health Ministries Team.

Monday April 2^nd from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm in the Student Center, is an opportunity to join Northshore’s Sewing B.  Seamstresses of all abilities meet monthly to sew projects such as pillowcase dresses to be sent to Nicaragua and other countries, chair packs and weighted lap pads used right here in the Northshore and Lake Washington School Districts.  Last month 105 sundresses were sent along with the women’s mission team to Los Cedros, Nicaragua.  In an earlier mission trip to Nicaragua the Sewing B group sent  40 dresses along with the mission team. After the dresses had been distributed, a little girl came up to receive her dress and cried when she found out there were no more dresses.  Another girl selflessly gave up the dress she had just received to her younger friend.  This young girl had no idea if she would receive another dress for herself.  Hearing the story the Sewing B group made her 2 very special dresses to choose from.  They were taken to her by the next mission team to go to Los Cedros. Sewing B will meet again May 7^th and will be making t-shirt dresses to be sent to India.  Donations of pillowcases, sheets, fabric, trims for dresses are thankfully accepted.  Please contact Ruth Wright

Come do the Can Do 5K/10K run this Saturday, March 31,2012 in Bothell.  What can you do to support this event?  See the website  www.Cando5k.org or contact Konnie at davekonnie@yahoo.com.   Put on by Northwest Special Families:  a parent-led community of families with children with special needs that offers supported social opportunities for children and families in North King and South Snohomish counties. Northwest Special Families aims to increase opportunities for social inclusion for children with special needs and their families through support, education and advocacy.

Each week the Mobile Medical Unit, aptly named HOPE, is driven from North Seattle to the Northshore Baptist Church Campus and set up to provide a warm, safe, and caring place for people from our congregation and our community to receive needed medical care. The Mobile Medical Unit is driven by volunteer drivers. Each week volunteers come from work and home to gather for prayer and a warm meal before going to their “stations” for the evening clinic. The warm meal is provided by volunteers. More volunteers provide support for the HOPE clinic by serving as Doctors, Nurses, Receptionists, Volunteer Coordinators, Site Coordinators, Case Managers, Schedulers, Spiritual Care, and Floaters (volunteering where most needed). Each person, serving in one part of the equation, adds up to a ministry of serving our Lord Jesus Christ through serving the needs of those around us. Opportunities to serve on this ministry team are available. For an application, more information about what the application process entails or other questions about Community Health Ministries contact us at Communityhealth@nsb.org.

Thank you to the 38 registered donors who came to NSB to donate blood on Monday February 27th.  The Puget Sound Blood Center staff was able to collect 32 units of volunteered blood which went towards saving or dramatically improving the lives of up to 96 patients in the Puget Sound area.  Each day, nearly 900 people must register to donate blood through Puget Sound Blood Center to meet the local demand, and fewer than five percent of the people who are able to give blood actually do so – and most of them give only once a year.   The next  opportunity to donate blood at NSB will be Monday April 30 from 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm.  Give a little – it gives a lot.  Donating blood only takes about 1 hour and can help three people.