Kathrine Alderman
ECB Publishing, Inc.
The Monticello Church of the Nazarene, located at 1590 N. Jefferson St., is now hosting their Community Resource Center for regular hours!
The Community Resource Center at the Church of the Nazarene has been a project in the works for a while now. It started with their clothing closet, a clothing giveaway the Church would hold on the first Saturday of every month. When the clothing ministry started to grow, they realized they could use the old school building behind their church to help expand the project, as it was only being used for church events at the time.
The upstairs of the old school was filled with boxes full of toys, clothes and household items, and they worked hard to organize it all so it would be easy for people to come and navigate through to find what they need. The Center is fueled entirely by donations, which the Church has been blessed to receive quite a bit of from the community. Everything in the center was freely given to them so they are freely giving it away to all those who need it. The Center is for anyone and everyone and for all aspects of their home lives. It's a space the church built to be where anyone can come and get what they need, and is a come as you are atmosphere with no restrictions.
The hours they have set now are the first and third Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and every Tuesday evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. They have clothes for all ages and sizes, housewares, toys and sometimes furniture. So, come on down to the Church of the Nazarene and check out their Community Resource Center. Again, it's all free and anyone is welcome to come and get what they need.
If you would like to donate to the Center, they accept all kinds and all sizes of clothing. You can drop the clothing off at the church in a bin labeled for clothing donations under the carport attached to the main church building. For larger donations, the church does ask that you contact them before bringing it in so that they can make sure it is out of the elements.
For more information or for any questions please call Pastor Bethany Grosvenor at (850) 544-7413.