HELPS

The HELPS Ministry of Alice Drive Baptist Church serves people in the local community who have needs they cannot accomplish (wheelchair ramps, yardwork, etc.).

Email Travis Pruden at tpruden@adbc.org for more information about other ways that you can serve LOCALLY. 

Stitches of Love

Meets 2nd Saturday of every month @ 10am – 3pm

The Cabin on Loring Mill Campus |  1305 Loring Mill Rd

Stitches of Love is a quilting ministry of ADBC.  Their mission is to be the hands of Jesus by using their gifts and talents to bless others.  In addition to doing fun projects together, they make baby quilts to donate to the crisis pregnancy centers in Sumter, to the young military couples at Shaw Air Force Base who go through parenting classes, to local nursing homes, and to members of the church who have babies.  They make comfort caps for ladies who have lost their hair due to chemo or other medical reasons. 

We welcome those who may be interested in sewing. If you don’t know how to sew, we will teach you. There are no dues or charges to our participants.

For more information: Email Libby Singletary at libby7168@yahoo.com or join their Facebook page: Stitches of Love Quilt Ministry.

Thimble Thursday

Meets weekly @ 10am – 2pm

The Cabin at Loring Mill Campus |  1305 Loring Mill Rd

Thimble Thursday is a weekly informal gathering where we work on charity projects that benefit the Sumter community (comfort caps for cancer patients, baby quilts for Sumter Crisis Pregnancy Center, Shaw AFB, local nursing homes, and ADBC members).  We also work on personal projects. Members are encouraged to bring their machines and join us. There is no set agenda.

We welcome those who may be interested in sewing. If you don’t know how to sew, we will teach you. There are no dues or charges to our participants.

For more information: Email Libby Singletary at libby7168@yahoo.com or join their Facebook page: Stitches of Love Quilt Ministry.

Sumter United Ministries

Sumter United Ministries is one of our largest local mission partners.  One of the ways we serve alongside them is by doing “Pack the Pantry” three times a year when we ask our church family to donate food items, which helps to re-stock their food supplies.  All these donations are then distributed to families in need right here in the Sumter Community. 

Our Bishopville Campus also participates and shares its donations with the Mt. Calvary Food Pantry.

Willow Drive

Our church partners with Willow Drive Elementary School in Sumter to provide care packages – food & snacks – for kids who may come into school hungry and may not readily have access to food away from school.  This need is met through our LIFE Groups as one of their GO Share mission projects.

Crosswell

We work with Crosswell Children’s Home in Sumter to help foster children and families. We celebrate each child’s birthday by buying items from their “Wish List” and providing a homemade meal once a month through our “Second Sunday Suppers” program. We also pray for the children, their families, caregivers, and the staff at Crosswell during these efforts and through the ADBC Prayer Ministry.

Durant’s Children Center

Durant Children’s Center, another of our church’s local mission partners, is a child advocacy center serving Sumter County. Its mission is to reduce and prevent child abuse and neglect. We serve them, primarily through our LIFE Groups, by helping to beautify their site and providing needed supplies as they seek to serve kids and families.