People are missing their sense of worth. That shows itself in addiction, poverty, and overall struggle. That’s where Freedom Center Church comes in. We want to meet people where they are. Our community needs to know that we love them, we are for them, and they have value.

We help people navigate through life by offering in-person and online weekly educational services open to the public free of cost covering various topics. As of today, we have covered topics, such as, health and fitness, finances, career leadership and excellence, family and marriage, grief and loss support, addiction recovery, mental health and more.

We fund, plan and serve countless hours during several free events we host annually that on average serve more than 75 people, such as, Veterans Day Breakfast for veterans and their families, Back to School giveaway of backpacks and other school supplies, two annual Community Summer BBQs, a 3-day kids & teens summer event called VBS, customized Valentine’s cards for elderly shut-ins that receive Meals on Wheels, Valentine’s evening childcare known as “Kids Night Out”, and other annual or one-time events.

Four years ago, we mobilized the National Red Ribbon Week campaign in the Questa schools for the first time in decades by providing red ribbons to the staff and students. Since then, we have continued to purchase these ribbons annually and held a community Candlelight Vigil in hopes to keep the National Red Ribbon campaign going, bring awareness to the community and in hopes to bring healing to those who have lost loved ones due to drugs. 

In 2018, we supplied the Questa Independent School District with over 80 team logo t-shirts for staff and teachers to help boost morale. Plus, we provided furniture for the teacher parsonages for the teachers who moved from the Philippines to Questa. Additionally, we have purchased and served refreshments for various functions held by QISD, like Veteran’s appreciation and school board public forums.

In 2019, we sponsored a weekly meeting space, purchased snacks, crafts/activities, uniforms and accessories totaling over $2,200 for a young girls cheer group called the Sparklers. We believed in the leaders of this group because they taught the girls to value theirselves and inspired them to treat others with respect. Unfortunately this group stopped meeting due to COVID-19.

However, we did not allow COVID-19 to stop us from reaching our community. In April 2020, we supported four local restaurants with business by purchasing gift certificates and food to give away to several front-line essential workers in our community: Questa Presbyterian Medical Service employees, Questa Supermarket employees, Questa School Lunch employees, Village of Questa public works employees, office staff, MVD, and the PD dispatcher, and 32 Emergency Medical services employees. In May, we provided free professional individualized front porch photos of the class of 2020 graduates. We also donated 12 cases of food to our local food pantry. In August, we held a drive-thru Back to School giveaway disbursing 100 backpacks filled with earphones and snacks. In November, we gave our local front line workers, hundreds of goodies such as Little Debbie Donuts, Rice Krispy Treats, Activate drink mix, etc. to the Questa police station, EMT and Fire department, Questa Health Center, and the Town of Red River Police station.

In 2021, we continued showing generosity in much of the same ways we did in 2020. We hosted a community wide Easter Egg hunt with over 2,500 eggs; offered two free car washes in our community; sent over 20 students to kids and teens camp in Ruidoso, NM; gained new partnerships with several community organizations/churches to continue the back to school giveaway and give away even more items than in years past; purchased Red Ribbon bracelets for 4 local schools and community members, supplied the Elementary school with cups to write a drug free message on their school fence, and served hot cocoa at the candlelight vigil;  served and hosted an amazing free Veterans Breakfast; plus, we gave our community two days to receive free gently used clothes, food, toiletries and more. More to follow…