The Carrollton Ministerial Alliance

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WHAT IS THE CARROLLTON MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE?

The Carrollton Ministerial Alliance consists of a group of Carrollton Churches which voluntarily work together for the good of the community in the name of Jesus Christ. The ministers of those churches meet monthly nine times each year, and they work together for the good of the community.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO?

--Transient Aid (assisted by the Police Department).

--Weekly worship at Bristol Manor, Carroll House, Carrollton Nursing Center, Carroll County Memorial Hospital Extended        Care and Jefferson Park

--Food distribution at Christmas and at other times of the year, and other kinds of aid to local citizens on an emergency basis.

--Community worship services on the Sunday evening before Thanksgiving and on Good Friday.

--Regular weekly Ministerial Alliance newspaper columns.

--Sponsorship of Carrollton High School Baccalaureate.

--Working actively with HELP Services to help those in need in Carrollton and the area around. See the questions below to learn about HELP Services.

--Pastors meet monthly nine times a year for business and fellowship.

These ministries are supported through free will offerings given at our Thanksgiving and Good Friday services as well as through the gifts given by groups and individuals throughout the year. You may contribute to the alliance through your local church or through the church to which this page is linked.

WHAT CHURCHES ARE PART OF THE MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE?

All the churches of Carrollton are invited to be an active part of the Ministerial Alliance, and most of them choose to be. Various churches are involved in various ways. Some are involved in all the ministries of the alliance, and some take part only in the newspaper column or nursing home ministries of the group. We welcome churches and ministers to be involved in the way that fits them best.

Officers are elected in September of each year. The officers for this year are as follows:

H.E.L.P. Services of Carroll County was incorporated in November of 1995 and opened their doors to serve the needy of Carroll County on March 11, 1996. H.E.L.P. stands for Harmonized Efforts to Lessen Poverty. We are a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. We receive no government funding and are supported entirely by donations from individuals and groups in the local community. We are working together with Division of Family Services, Missouri Valley Community Action Agency, The Carrollton Ministerial Alliance and Red Cross in an effort to best meet the needs of the people in our community in hopes of eliminating duplicity of assistance. We have been able to provide a number of people with food, clothing, assistance with utility bills, household items after fires and school supplies.

We need donations of clothing, food, household items and cleaning and hygiene supplies. We also need ongoing monthly support to maintain our budget.  We continue to need people to help us haul recycling to Kansas City.

Dee Fergason is the director of H.E.L.P. Services.

H.E.L.P. Services also administers the H.E.L.P. Services Cancer Fund which provides Carroll County cancer patients with financial assistance, nutritional support, turbans, wigs, pillows and pads for seat belts.  For information about the Cancer Fund contact Dee Fergason at H.E.L.P. Services.

For more information about H.E.L.P. Services and its programs, call 816-542-0321 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays. Our address is:

These Alliance churches currently have web pages: