Be On-Mission

On-Mission Locally

We encourage you to join God on-mission as you serve at Hershey Free Church. We believe this is a way for you to commit to a local body and begin to form connections and friendships.

KidStep Ministries

Sunday Morning Nursery is looking for loving volunteers to serve our cutest and most important guests! Each week we have three classes for babies and toddlers up to 3 years of age, and we need your help to keep our nursery open. This ministry is so important as it offers parents an opportunity to attend our worship service or a connect group without distractions. KidStep is also looking for volunteers to staff KidStep during the summer to give their volunteers some time off.

CORE Ministries

CORE has opportunities to serve as small group leaders on Sundays and Wednesdays. They also have a Wednesday cafe and could use volunteers to bake cookies and sell candy to students.

Welcome Team

On any given Sunday morning, several new guests enter our building. It takes approximately seven different touch points for a guest to feel welcomed. We have opportunities to serve at The Hub, as a greeter, or on the Coffee Team.

For these opportunities and more, fill out the form below and someone from our staff will get back to you shortly.

Back-to-School Bash | September 20 | 2 to 4:30 PM | Back Parking Lot

As a church, we desire to create environments that equip you to strengthen your relationship with Jesus and also to go out into the community to show the love of Jesus to others. An easy on-ramp for community engagement is during the start of a new school year. To this end, we are hosting a Back-to-School Bash on September 20, from 2 to 4:30 PM, in the church back parking lot. We encourage you to join us by bringing your family, inviting your kids’ friends, or volunteering at the event. We will have carnival games, a petting zoo, snack food, and community tables. The event is free and open to all kids from birth to those entering 5th grade. Sign up to volunteer.

On-Mission Locally

We encourage you to explore your passions and be on-mission in the community. Consider serving with one of our church partners, Love INC and Downey Elementary School, or with one of the many good ministries in Central PA.

Downey Elementary

One of our key values at Hershey Free Church is to make a difference in our community. One way we live out that value is by partnering with Downey Elementary School in Harrisburg. Giving support to the staff helps them feel encouraged in an area where there often isn’t much of that. One way to do that is through providing monthly treats. One teacher recently commented that the monthly treat “lifts everyone’s spirits up and often is much-needed. Thanks soooo much for loving Downey.” Another staff member remarked, “Wow!!! You all are awesome. We appreciate you!”

We are looking for additional people to join the Teacher Encouragement team. This involves preparing treats such as cookies or cupcakes for the Downey staff. Treats can be dropped off at Hershey Free. You do not need to participate every month. Contact Karen Markey

(kmarkey25@gmail.com) for more information.

Love INC

Hershey Free Church has an ongoing partnership with Love INC. One of their ministries offers homes to needy families. In addition, Love INC seeks to help these families get on their feet for long-term success by partnering the family with a care team. Hershey Free has been asked to help assemble an advocate and care team for a single mom in the area. Ideally, the advocate and care team would be 3-5 people who could walk alongside this mom and her kids. The team's key responsibility is to build a relationship and support them as needed. Some ideas may be helping to set up a budget, assistance with transportation, inviting to church events or birthday parties, and above all, sharing God’s love with this family. If you'd be interested in being part of a church support team to help this family please contact Dave Hyatt at dhyatt@hersheyfree.com.

On-Mission Globally

We want to help foster in people a passion for Jesus Christ that moves them to declare and demonstrate the gospel to their neighbors, the region, and the nations. Short-term teams are groups of people from Hershey Free Church sent to serve alongside our partners and long-term missionaries to accomplish meaningful gospel ministry, deepen relationships with partners, and see lasting spiritual growth in team members' lives, to the glory of God.

Specific partnerships give focus to our global outreach efforts and provide tangible ways for our congregation to grasp and become more personally involved. Hershey Free Church partners with one of our missionaries for a fixed period of time towards mutually established goals that neither of us could accomplish independently. We have chosen to focus on partnerships that reach out to unreached peoples with the gospel (an unreached people group is one where less than 2% of the population follow Christ).

Short-Term Trip Zoom Calls

Hershey Free Church values making a difference in both our local communities and globally. Short-term teams offer individuals a chance to serve alongside our global partners. You will deepen relationships with those on your team and have meaningful gospel ministry in a cross-cultural environment. These trips also serve as a way to strengthen your faith as you see God at work around the world. If you are interested in learning more about trips, join David Craft at a monthly Zoom meeting every 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 PM.