Serve United
A strategic organization of the ACTS Group
Serving People Affected by Trauma
You can see it on the faces of families and individuals depicted on our recent news cycles. Fear and devastation take the spotlight as many thousands face the effects of hurricanes Henry and Irma. In Texas, Florida and surrounding states, many people are in shelters and relative's houses facing a future without a place to go home to and with very few possessions not destroyed. It's easy to see the faces of these people in trauma and desire to help. Our news cycles will not let us look away and forget them. And we should help them. We should not forget their faces.
In our local communities, there are also individuals and families facing trauma every day and yet they often go unnoticed. A family in poverty who cannot make rent with the loss of a job are faced to find a safe place in their car to spend the night. A child who has been taken away from parents due to abuse and neglect must face the trauma of leaving everything he has ever known when he is brought to a foster home with new smells, strangers and fears. A refugee teenager who can't sleep at night because when he closes his eyes, he is brought back to the terror of a war he has escaped. A young women who has been exploited and medicates herself with drugs in order to escape emotional triggers of her past that lead her down a dark road of despair. Trauma is all around us and it is mostly invisible. What can we do to serve those around us affected by trauma? The answer is never easy. But we can pray and seek to find answers as we follow a God of redemption. May your path be one that loves and serves vulnerable people affected by trauma.
Meeting the Needs of Kids and Families
Q Commons Sacramento- Healing our Divided Nation
In this season of division and disagreement, now is the time to come together to be part of the solution. Join Q Commons on Thursday, October 26, 2017, from 7:00 - 9:00, as we gather at Sacramento State Alumni Center to learn and consider how to faithfully engage our cultural moment and bring hope and leadership to your community. National speakers include David Brooks (Cultivating Virtue), Kara Powell (Confronting Our Technology Addiction) and Propaganda (Our Complicated Moment).
Click HERE to find out more and to register!
Don't live in Sacramento? Find a venue near you HERE
Folsom Community Service Day
September 16th 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Folsom community is coming together again for the 4th Annual Community Service Day event on Saturday, September 16— Folsom’s largest day of volunteerism. Community Service Day mobilizes thousands of volunteers of all ages and interests to complete projects throughout Folsom that will have a lasting impact in the community.
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Break Free Run, Folsom
October 7th, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Early-Bird Registration is open for the Break Free Run in Folsom! Join The Race to End Human Trafficking on October 7th.
Not only is this a fantastic way to support the vision to end human trafficking, but it’s also the perfect event to get family, friends, and co-workers involved too!
Register and create your team here!
Standing up for Kids and Families
October 14th, 10:00am - 2:00pm
This fun, family-friendly event has powerful speakers, 3D videos and a simulation where participants put themselves in the shoes of a child entering the foster care system. It will also feature a photo display of former foster youth and a vendor fair with over 25 local non-profits, agencies and ministries looking for people interested in wrapping around kids in need.
Learn more HERE!