Mark Your Calendar For The Weekend of October 18-20!

We take service seriously and have incredible opportunities to be the hands and feet of Jesus throughout the Naperville area and beyond.

Knox Serves 2024 offers three days of service opportunities for existing (and new) mission partners providing the opportunity to help with multiple events. 

Take a look at the calendar for a weekend overview, or click on the event headers to learn more about each event and to sign up.

Calendar

We look forward to serving together!

Friday, October 18

Feed My Starving Children - Aurora , 7:15 pm– 8:45 pm
Please arrive by 7:00 pm. Hand-pack bags of life-saving meals which are shipped to people who need them most. Sign up before October 8th.
If you need help signing up please call 630-355-8181.
Adults, children age 6 and over with parent/guardian

Saturday, October 19

Hesed House- Aurora, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Landscaping bed cleanup and mulching front of new shelter building.
Adults, middle/high school age with parent/guardian

YMEN/DELTA- Chicago, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Light manual labor to help prepare for the incubator center ribbon cutting ceremony, & help closing up the urban garden.
Adults, middle/high school age with parent/guardian

Operation Support Our Troops: Letter Writing- Knox, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Seated activity.  Write thank you letters/cards; children can color pages, for "comfort and care packages" for soldiers stationed overseas.
Adults & children with parent/guardian

Loaves and Fishes Packaging- Knox, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Packing non-perishable food into 5 pound delivery bags.
Adults, children 10 & over with parent/guardian
Operation Support Our Troops: Warehouse Volunteer- Lisle, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Sort, organize & prep items, pack stockings & pack into boxes for overseas shipment to troops before the holidays
Adults & age 13+ with parent/guardian

Young Children & Family Project, Gift Bags- Knox, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Decorate and fill goodie bags for college students, nursing home staff, and home-bound Knox members. Open house hours - come as you can!
Children age 2+ to 7th grade with parent/guardian

Little Friends Home 1- Naperville, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Landscaping: tree limb removal, bush trimming, shrub removal, weeding, etc. at a nearby Little Friends home. Bring work gloves.
Adults & young adults 

Little Friends Home 2- Naperville, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Light outdoor landscaping (weeding, trimming) at a nearby Little Friends home. Bring work gloves.
Adults & young adults

Sunday, October 20

Naperville Half Marathon - Naperville, 6:00 am - 9:15 am
Direct runners in assigned areas & monitor safety.
Sign up by October 4. Password: KNOX.
Ages 16 & up.

Crop Walk- Grace UMC - Naperville, 1:00 pm
Join Team Knox Presbyterian Church for a 5K walk to raise funds for the global mission of Church World Service. Optionally stay & pack bags at Grace UMC for Loaves & Fishes.
Adults, children with parent/guardian

Lincoln Junior High: Youth Group Landscaping - Naperville, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Landscaping Lincoln Junior High School. Sign up by October 16 with Megan at mminor@knoxpres.org or 630-615-4336.
Confirmands and high schoolers
Lincoln Junior High: Gift Bags- Knox, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Mostly seated activity. Organize and assemble gift bags for Lincoln Jr High teachers & support staff with a short, hand-written thank you note.
Adults, middle/high school age with parent/guardian

Little Friends Home 1- Naperville,  12:00 pm- 4:00 pm
Landscaping: tree limb removal, bush trimming, shrub removal, weeding, etc. at a nearby Little Friends home. Bring work gloves.
Adults & young adults

Little Friends Home 2- Naperville, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Light outdoor landscaping (weeding, trimming) at a nearby Little Friends home. Bring work gloves.
Adults & young adults

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