Love your neighbor Sundays.

(most) Fourth Sundays.

 

We believe the call to love our neighbor extends far beyond simply telling people about God’s love, but showing God’s love in real and tangible ways — with no strings attached.

That’s why once a month (usually on fourth Sundays), we intentionally carve out space as a community to serve and bless our neighbors and to work together for the common good.

Additionally, Love Your Neighbor Sunday is an opportunity to expand our understanding of what it means to care for the poor, oppressed and marginalized by bringing attention to different issues happening around us and by highlighting the work and stories of community leaders and organizations who are on the ground loving and serving our neighbors on a regular and ongoing basis.

Our hope is that as we practice loving our neighbor together in community once a month, we would be empowered and inspired to live a holistic lifestyle of love for neighbor, every single day of the week.

Sunday, November 23rd

Common Good x Bellevue Family YMCA
Families & Youth Friendsgiving Brunch

Help Us Create a Welcoming Friendsgiving for Our Neighbors

For our last and final Love Your Neighbor Sunday of 2025, we’re partnering with our friends at the Bellevue Family YMCA to host a Families & Youth Friendsgiving Brunch on Sunday, November 23rd from 11am–1pm as we bless our neighbors experiencing hardship with a free meal, hot drinks, pumpkin pie, kids crafts, music, and community — plus free turkey and grocery gift card giveaways!

This invite will go out to over 500 families and youth currently on Bellevue Family YMCA's free & reduced meal assistance program and to families who are part  of 4 Tomorrow programs. If you have a heart for hospitality, enjoy helping behind the scenes, or simply want to show love in a tangible way, there’s a place for you to serve.

Here Are 4 Ways You Can Serve

1) Purchase/prepare select food items to bring to the event
(All items purchased are reimbursable; save receipts!)

  • Food Items Needed (preset brunch menu): Choose one or more of the following food menu items to prep/purchase/bring:

    • Menu Item #1: Egg Casserole;

    • Menu Item #2: Breakfast Sausages;

    • Menu Item #3: Fruit (grapes, apples, oranges)

  • Food Prep Instructions & Signup Sheet: Link to recipes, serving size, ingredient list, and food prep instructions can be found here. Mark on spreadsheet which items you plan to contribute.

2) Setup & Cleanup Team:

  • Arrive at 9:30am at Bellevue Family YMCA to help setup and decorate the space.

  • Help cleanup after the event concludes. 

3) Hospitality Team: 

  • Kitchen Prep - Prepare, warm, and plate food items

  • Serving Line - Serve portioned meals with warmth and a smile

  • Beverage Station - Keep coffee, hot apple cider, and hot chocolate stocked and flowing 

4) Community Engagement Team: 

  • Warmly greet our guests at the door and provide instructions on how to engage the space. 

  • Pass out "Turkey Gift Cards" for the first 25 people in line

  • Manage the "Grocery Gift Card Spin the Wheel" for guests to have a chance to win gift cards

  • Help oversee/interact with guests in our "Kids Craft" activities room and assist kids with crafts

Sign Up to Serve
by Thursday, Nov. 20th

Click on the button below to open the form and sign up to serve.
Questions? Email jason@commongood.church.

 

What does it look like to love our neighbors?

While there are endless possibilities for what loving neighbor can look like, the following four categories might be helpful to consider as you discern how God might be inviting you to engage. We’ve also curated a list of community partner orgs here that you can connect with for a variety of volunteer opportunities.

 
 
 

Relationships.

Who outside of your immediate circle can you intentionally build genuine relationship with and invest in?

Hospitality.

How can you create a safe and inclusive space where someone who feels alone can belong and feel valued and loved?

Service.

How can you give of your time, energy and resources to bring help, relief and aid to someone that is hurting or in need?

Advocacy.

How can you use your voice, privilege, and influence to address broken systems and structures that are oppressive?

Community partner conversations.

If we’re truly going to be for the common good, the scriptures challenge us to pay special attention to caring especially for those who have been ignored, forgotten and deemed the least and the last in our societies (Matthew 25:31-46, James 1:27).

Check out some of the amazing conversations we’ve had with community leaders and organizations that are doing great work in service to some of the most vulnerable in our communities.