Local Partners

10:10 BRIDGE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM
This program represents a unique partnership between Lexington One Elementary Schools and Mt. Horeb. School staff identify and nominate children that would benefit from participating in our unique after school program.

10:10 Bridge is committed to providing spiritual, emotional, physical, social, and academic support for children in our community with a complex and diverse set of needs. Each day the children receive recreation time and academic assistance.  In addition, each week provides new opportunities through life skills classes, academic curriculum-based activities, and Bible teaching.

How can I serve?
This year, programming will take place Tuesday through Thursday afternoons. There are many ways to serve including: being a mentor, helping with homework, helping in transportation, assembling to-go food, committing to pray for an individual child, or even subbing for any of these positions.

Important COVID-19 Updates:
High School Students are not able to serve at this time. Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older and out of high school.
Participant numbers are limited and there is a 1:1 ratio of mentors to children every day.
We are practicing social distancing, regular hand washing, wearing face coverings, and temperature checks of all individuals present.
There are new restrictions on shared materials and regular sanitization of all materials and programming space.

Contact Ellen Stewart for more information.

BACKPACK PROGRAM

Mt. Horeb partners with Harvest Hope Food Bank and other local churches to provide food for hundreds of hungry children in Lexington School District 1. Each week on Friday afternoons children in the program receive child-friendly, nutritious, and easy-to-open food to take home for the weekend. To volunteer with the Backpack Program, contact Lesa Gray.

CONCESSIONS OF HOPE

Concessions of Hope provides meals at Hope Plaza in Columbia for individuals and families experiencing homelessness. A team from Mt. Horeb participates in this ministry by preparing and distributing meals to an average of 150 individuals on the last Saturday of every month. This ministry provides not just food for the body but also encouragement and nourishment for the soul.

To learn more about Concessions of Hope, or to serve, contact the Missions Department.

EARLY RESPONSE TEAM

Our SC Early Response Team (ERT) consists of trained volunteers who respond when natural disaster strikes in the Southeast. They provide emergency repairs and/or assistance in the early days after a disaster to clean out flood-damaged homes, remove debris, place tarps on homes, and otherwise help to prevent further damage, while providing a caring Christian presence. Volunteers are trained to provide various types of physical, emotional, and spiritual assistance to disaster survivors.

Learn how to join Mt. Horeb’s ERT by contacting the Missions Department.

EMMANUWHEEL

EmmanuWheel mobilizes volunteers to build wheelchair ramps and assist in home modifications for mobility-impaired individuals who would not otherwise be able to afford the cost of such modifications. By addressing a real and specific need, volunteers share the love of Christ with members of the household they are serving. The Mt. Horeb ramp team has constructed over 100 ramps, stairs, porches and decks for men, women and children who were not able to safely get in and out of their homes.

Please contact Joe Pinkham for more information or to serve. No previous experience necessary!

For more information about EmmanuWheel, visit their website at emmanuwheel.org.

PRISON MINISTRY

The Prison Ministry spreads the Word and love of God to inmates in one of our local prisons. Our volunteers lead an in-prison weekly Bible Study and fellowship, and each year Bibles are distributed to interested inmates.

To learn more about this ministry, contact the Missions Department.