BY STORMIE PERRY
This year counts as the tenth annual of ShareFest, an event put on by many churches in Central Arkansas in order to make a difference in their communities. There are a couple of different activities that are done within ShareFest, including a day of prayer walks, a food and coat and blood drive, a Love Offering, and a day of service. There are about one hundred churches that come together to make these events possible.
The day of prayer walks is decided on by each church participating. They are days set aside for a group of people to come and pray. Some things that were prayed for in the prayer walks were for our leaders, families, schools, neighborhoods, and that God would be glorified in our city. ShareFest also has a food and coat drive for three weeks. There is one more week for anyone to donate food and/or coats, which can be dropped off at local churches involved in ShareFest or at Fellowship Church. The food and coats that have been donated will go to people in the community who need them. ShareFest has partnered with two organizations for these two drives for the past six years. For the food drive, ShareFest has partnered with "Hereʼs Life Inner City." For the coat drive, ShareFest has partnered with the Salvation Army. There was also a blood drive, which was November 16th. This was a day to give people the chance to donate their blood for a good cause.
ShareFest also has a Love Offering, which is a special offering that is taken up by ShareFest Church Celebration on November the 23rd. This activity gives people the chance to give their money to people who need it.
There is one more activity that ShareFest puts on, which is a day of service. The day of service is a day where many volunteers take a day to help their community. There are several projects that the churches involved with ShareFest do, such as cleaning up yards and neighborhoods, working on homes and schools, and helping out in the community. Some of the school projects that Fellowship Church are involved on this year are Franklin Elementary, Stephens, Robinson Middle School, Wilson Elementary, Otter Creek Elementary, Arkansas Baptist College, and Academic Plus Charter School. These projects were done on November the 22nd.
Anyone can get signed up to help serve their community at their local church that is involved with ShareFest. This is a great opportunity for anyone to make a difference in other peopleʼs lives in their community. Many of the ShareFest projects are over for this year, but if you are interested in getting involved or getting your church involved next year, contact ShareFest office at (501) 225-0070, or you can get a group together and create your own project to serve someone in your community. For more information go to "fellowshiponline.com"
