Outreach Support Services
Scholarship Committee
Each year the Longboat Island Chapel awards college scholarships to recipients who apply and are interviewed by the Scholarship Committee, comprised of several church members and the pastor, according to the guidelines of the Harry and Anne Ferries Scholarship Fund.
Scholarships are funded to qualified high school seniors and previously enrolled college students from Manatee and Sarasota counties who have been accepted into a college or university.
Community Outreach
The Chapel, in keeping with its values of love and service, endeavors to make a difference in the local community. The outreach can be in the form of cash contributions as well as countless volunteer hours. The Chapel conducts Weekly Food Collections for Foodbanks and Monthly Clothing and Necessity Collections for Local Services.
Our most active ministry partners are:
- Turning Points (https://tpmanatee.org/) – We work with them weekly
- Paradise Center for Healthy Living (https://theparadisecenter.org/) (This began as a ministry of the Chapel)
- Regular Blood Drives, SunCoast Blood Centers (https://suncoastblood.org/)
- Stillpoint Missions (https://stillpointmission.org/)
- Our Daily Bread of Bradenton (https://www.ourdailybreadofbradenton.org/)
- Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee (https://mealsonwheelsplus.org/)
The Chapel makes a difference with many organizations such as:
- Jim Russo Prison Ministry: residence program to reintegrate those on probation into society
- Mt. Carmel Resource Center: food, education, job preparation, English classes for the homeless and needy
- Our Daily Bread: provide nutritional needs for poor and needy
- Resurrection House: homeless services – laundry, medical, bicycles, personal ID
- Riverview High School Foundation (CYESIS): supplies for babies as single mothers and fathers attend high school classes
- Scholarship Fund: awarded by the Longboat Island Chapel’s Scholarship Committee
- Stillpoint House of Prayer: services for migrant and disadvantaged persons/Bible study/prayer groups/books for children/diapers for babies
- Turning Points: services for the homeless in Manatee County
Share Your Time and Talents
- Telephone Calling: Longboat Island Chapel (941-383-6491)
- Folding Newsletters: Longboat Island Chapel (941-383-6491)
- Cards in the Mail: Longboat Island Chapel (941-383-6491)
- Prayer Shawls: Longboat Island Chapel (941-383-6491)
- Stillpoint House of Prayer (941-748-6835), or Project Light (941-745-1659)
- Fundraising: Turning Points (941-747-1509) or Mt. Carmel Resource Center (941-981-5354)
- Distributing Clothing: Stillpoint House of Prayer (941-748-6835) or the Lord’s Warehouse (941-383-4738)
- Distributing Diapers: Stillpoint House of Prayer (941-748-6835
Other Support Services
Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) meets at the Chapel and on Zoom on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. Check the A.A. District 4 Sara-Mana Meetings schedule for the most current information.
Al-anon meets at the Chapel and on Zoom on Sundays at 7:00 p.m. Check the Florida District 12 Al-Anon Family Groups (AFG) Meetings schedule for the most current information.