Can one day change a city for the better? This article was originally published on the With You in the Weeds website. The ForColumbia team has republished it here by permission. Most ministries start out with one or two passionate people who are dedicated to a specific cause. A dozen people all working for a […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. — ForColumbia has been selected as one of 12 first-round recipients of the City of Columbia‘s Love Your Block grant program. The City has awarded the nonprofit $2,500 to support neighborhood-based projects in Columbia’s North Central Neighborhood. ForColumbia will use the grant to provide practical support to residents in the North Central Neighborhood, […]
Above: Approximately 50 ForColumbia volunteers served at the City of Refuge Shalom Center, a property gifted to this non-profit in 2024. The property includes a home used for transitional housing for refugees. These volunteers scraped and repainted the front door of the home, and installed an awning. ForColumbia is gearing up for its 11th annual […]
Every year, the ForColumbia Exec Team fields literally hundreds of inquiries such that our Frequently Asked Questions page almost writes itself. This year is no different. Please keep a link to this page handy. That way, you can easily text it to family members, the volunteers on your team, or anyone else looking for information […]
By Carla Fletcher ForColumbia Exec Team How does ForColumbia work behind the scenes? It would take way more than one blog post to describe the details. However, we asked Carla Fletcher, ForColumbia’s database manager, to give us a sneak peek into how 2000+ volunteers have been placed at over 100 serving sites, year after year, […]
By Lauren Eisleben ForColumbia 2024 Exec Team As of today, 52 local Christian churches have committed to partner with ForColumbia 2024 on April 27th. One of the most common questions we get asked during this season is, “How do all those churches work together, coming from various different backgrounds and worldviews?” We can only give […]
By Gretchen Shults Church Recruitment Team The ForColumbia 2024 Exec Team is in full swing as this is published. As of the second week in February, 50 local Christian churches have signed up to partner for our annual Day of Service on Saturday, April 27th. Now in its tenth year, the members of the Exec […]
Welcome to the 2024 ForColumbia season! Thanks so much for reading, praying, spreading the word, and signing up to participate as a ForColumbia volunteer on April 27, 2024. 2024 is our 10th year of serving Columbia, side by side. Where has all the time gone?! As we look back to when it all began in […]
By Shelly Mayer Director, ForColumbia 2024 [email protected] As we enter into 2024, the ForColumbia exec team has heard from some of the folks who were involved in ForColumbia 2015. That was when this annual day of serving our city, side by side, all began. Let’s take a moment and read some of Shelly Mayer’s words […]
We know with an event like ForColumbia, there are bound to be questions! We have answers. Read below to find out how we’re responding to some of the most frequently asked questions. What if it rains? First Stop: Check the home page of the ForColumbia website for updates on the weather and its potential impact […]
ForColumbia was founded in 2015 to bring Christians together to freely share the love of God by serving our community, side-by-side. We do this by organizing volunteers from Christian churches throughout mid-Missouri to serve individuals, non-profit organizations, and other public venues in an annual city-wide day of service.
