Grace for the City Serve Day
October 3rd, 2026
For the City Serve Day is an opportunity for our church family to go outside our walls and serve our local partners in practical, tangible ways. Whether we are preparing a meal, organizing donations, or creating something that helps meet a need, every project is a chance to come alongside organizations already doing good work in our community.
Choose a project that fits you, your family, or your small group, and join us as we serve Clarksville together!
Project Descriptions
If you want to serve, show up at the location and time listed below:
Manna Café
Serving Breakfast
Start your Saturday by helping Manna Café serve breakfast to members of our community. Manna Café Ministries works throughout Clarksville to provide food, resources, and compassionate support to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity and other difficult circumstances.
Our Grace team will come alongside their staff and other volunteers to help with the morning meal. Depending on the needs that day, volunteers may assist with setting up, preparing or serving food, welcoming guests, keeping the dining area organized, and cleaning up after breakfast.
This is a great opportunity for anyone who enjoys hospitality, working as part of a team, or simply offering a warm smile and welcoming presence to our neighbors.
Location: 503 D Street, Clarksville, TN
Project Time: 8:00am–10:00am
(Family Friendly)
Loaves & Fishes
Cookout & Assembling Lunches
Loaves & Fishes cares for people in our community by providing meals and meeting practical needs. During For the City Day, our Grace team will help prepare a hamburger/hot dog style meal and put together bagged lunches to be delivered to the community. Be prepared to be helping with food prep and assembling lunches to be distributed in the community.
Location: 825 Crossland Ave, Clarksville, TN 37040
Project Time: TBD
(Family Friendly)
Loaves & Fishes
Delivering Lunches
This will be a team that goes out with the Loaves and Fishes staff to deliver the prepared meals to the community. Must be 18 & up to participate.
Location: 825 Crossland Ave, Clarksville, TN 37040
Project Time: TBD
(18 & up Only)
URban Ministries
Cleaning & Organizing
Urban Ministries serves individuals and families throughout Montgomery County by providing practical assistance, resources, and support during times of need. For the City Day gives us the opportunity to serve the people who spend every day serving others.
Our Grace team will complete a practical project for Urban Ministries. Final details are still being determined based on their greatest need but the project will likely involve organizing donations or supplies, cleaning and refreshing spaces, assembling materials, or helping haul donations to another site. Sometimes one of the best ways we can serve a ministry is by taking care of the behind-the-scenes work that allows their staff to focus more fully on the people walking through their doors. Final project details will be shared soon.
Location: Address TBD
Project Time: 9:00am - 11:00am
(18 & up)
YAIPAKS WAREHOUSE
Warehouse organizing
Help our partner YAIPak Outreach get resources organized and ready to reach people in need. YAIPak serves vulnerable individuals and families by distributing practical necessities and mobilizing resources for communities locally and beyond.
During this project, our Grace team will work in the warehouse helping sort, organize, prepare, and arrange donated supplies. When supplies are organized and ready to go, YAIPak can respond more quickly and effectively when needs arise. Come ready to work together, move some boxes, organize resources, and help so that YAIPak can continue serving people well. Please wear: Comfortable clothes and closed-toe shoes appropriate for warehouse work.
Location: 1255 Paradise Hill Rd, Clarksville, TN
Project Time: 10:00am–Noon
(Family Friendly)
Empty Bowls
Paint a Bowl, Help Feed Our Community
Gather your family or friends and spend the afternoon getting creative for a great cause! During our Empty Bowls project, participants will paint bowls that will be used in a February fundraiser addressing hunger and food insecurity in our community to benefit our local partners: Loaves and Fishes, Manna Cafe and Urban Ministries.
For a $5 donation per bowl, you can choose a bowl, paint it, and add your own creativity to this community-wide effort. No artistic experience is needed, just come ready to have fun and contribute to something meaningful.
This project is especially perfect for families because even younger children can participate. It is an easy, tangible way to begin conversations about generosity, hunger, and what it means to use what we have to care for our neighbors.
Come anytime between 2:00 and 4:00 PM, paint a bowl, and be part of helping our community care for people who need a little extra support.
Location: 2853 Dunlop Ln, Clarksville, TN 37043
Project Time: Drop in between 1:30–3:00pm
Donation: $5 per bowl painted
(Family Friendly)
Local Partners
These organizations are always looking for volunteers. We encourage you to jump in and find a place to serve on a regular basis in our city at any one of our 5 local partners!
Questions? Email our Outreach Director, Christy Crosby at ccrosby@graceclarksville.com
Manna Café Ministries
Manna Café Ministries serves people in need in Clarksville/Montgomery County through serving hot meals, providing food box distribution, and other vital resources. Propelled chiefly by volunteers, Manna Café strives to restore hope, dignity, self-reliance, community, and the love of God through Jesus Christ.
Urban Ministries
Urban Ministries is an organization here in Clarksville that provides assistance with food, shelter and monthly living expenses as well as transportation, medical needs, and clothing. They also have a Safehouse for women & children experiencing domestic violence, as well as a transitional house for homeless families to assist them in getting off the streets.
Hope Pregnancy Center
Hope Pregnancy Center is a Christ-centered medical pregnancy help center committed to providing accurate information and quality services to women and couples facing an unexpected pregnancy. They provide help through education & assistance as well as other services and programs for crisis pregnancy situations, post-abortion trauma, and more.
Loaves & Fishes
Loaves and Fishes serves 150-200 meals daily to anyone that is hungry six days a week and distributes thousands of lbs. of food to 30+ other area churches agencies helping to reach the needy in the community. They also have community shower days for those that need access to a hot shower.
YAIPak Outreach
YaiPak Outreach exists to serve the under-resourced through acts of kindness.Their mission is to meet those that are neglected, hurting, or afflicted where they are in order to provide support, comfort, and resources aimed at promoting positive life changes and reminding them that they are loved and important. They work with the homeless and veteran communities in our city as well as with the foster care system to care for those kids & families. YaiPaks also has a disaster relief program that partners with local communities during times of need.