Worship Without Walls
SUNDAY, SEPT 6
For the first Sunday in September, we’ll be taking worship outside the walls of the church to serve our community! We’ll have various service projects going across Cape during our usual worship time.
Not into church? That’s okay.
Everyone is welcome to serve alongside us in the community, whether you’re religious, skeptical, spiritual, atheist, connected to a church, or not at all. Check out the projects below and sign-up!
Thank You For Serving!
If you’d like to find out more about the area you served in, some of the organizations we partnered with today were The SEMO Foodbank, United Methodist Committee of Relief, SEMO Pets, and The Baptist Student Center. These are all organizations you can volunteer with on your own!
We hope today inspired you to look for ways you can serve the community and pay attention to the needs around you. You don’t always have to serve with Compass Church, but if you’d like to, join our Mission Group!
PROJECTS
SEMO Pets Volunteers
Where: SEMO Pets – 180 Weston Street, Cape GIrardeau
What: Youth and Kids are invited to volunteer for an afternoon at SEMO Pets! There will be various stations such as: dog bathing, dog walking, play yard, socializing, and making enrichment! Volunteers will rotate through stations. Wear something you can be active in and don’t mind getting wet or dirty. Bring a water bottle and sunscreen!
When: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
FELLOWSHIP HALL • DISASTER RELIEF HYGIENE KITS
Where: Grace UMC, 521 Caruthers Ave.
What: Help assemble 150 hygiene kits for UMCOR (United Methodist Conference on Relief). UMCOR will distribute these kits to areas that have been affected by disasters. You can also donate money to help fund the kits. Supplies for 150 kits of which will cost around $1600 plus shipping. This is a project that anyone can do with no strenuous physical activity.
When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
PARKING LOT • MOBILE FOOD PANTRY
Where: Grace UMC Parking Lot, 521 Caruthers Ave.
What: We will be distributing boxes of food from the SEMO Foodbank to our hungry neighbors. Food insecurity is up in Southeast Missouri -1 in 5 residents and 1 in 4 children now lack consistent access to enough food (Southeast Missourian July 28, 2026). Helping to fill that gap is a way for Compass to demonstrate love to our community. Bring: Hat, sunscreen, water, and comfortable shoes.
When: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Food distribution begins at 10:30 AM).
Baptist Student Center • SEMO Campus Prayer Warriors
Where: Baptist Student Center Chapel, 909 Normal Ave.
What: Pray blessings on everyone who spends time on SEMO’s campus. Prayer points, topics, and scripture will be provided as guidance. Pray silently or aloud as you feel called. Wear your Compass T-Shirt (if you have one!).
When: 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
DIVE DEEPER
Worship Without Walls by Omokhai Imoukhuede is a 7 day devotional about taking worship into our daily lives.
There are many ways to worship beyond the singing we do in service together. And while that form of worship is beautiful and meaningful, we’re missing out if that’s our only form of worship. We can, and arguably should, worship throughout the mundane, the difficult, and even the spectacular moments of our lives.
Compass Church is featuring this devotional on our page in the Bible app (YouVersion). Follow along with us to open up new ways to worship throughout your week!
MORE RESOURCES
The signature work of the famed 20th century pastor and writer A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God has been called “one of the all-time most inspirational books.” First published in 1948, this Project Gutenberg edition makes a true classic of Christian thought available for today’s readers.
What if there’s a better way to help people in poverty? Bestseller When Helping Hurts has changed the way thousands of church and ministry leaders approach poverty.
Veteran urban activist Robert Lupton reveals the shockingly toxic effects that modern charity has upon the very people meant to benefit from it. Toxic Charity provides proven new models for charitable groups who want to help – not sabotage – those whom they desire to serve.
PROJECTS
SEMO Pets Volunteers
Where: SEMO Pets – 180 Weston Street, Cape GIrardeau
What: Youth and Kids are invited to volunteer for an afternoon at SEMO Pets! There will be various stations such as: dog bathing, dog walking, play yard, socializing, and making enrichment! Volunteers will rotate through stations. Wear something you can be active in and don’t mind getting wet or dirty. Bring a water bottle and sunscreen!
When: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
FELLOWSHIP HALL • DISASTER RELIEF HYGIENE KITS
Where: Grace UMC, 521 Caruthers Ave.
What: Help assemble 150 hygiene kits for UMCOR (United Methodist Conference on Relief). UMCOR will distribute these kits to areas that have been affected by disasters. You can also donate money to help fund the kits. Supplies for 150 kits of which will cost around $1600 plus shipping. This is a project that anyone can do with no strenuous physical activity.
When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
PARKING LOT • MOBILE FOOD PANTRY
Where: Grace UMC Parking Lot, 521 Caruthers Ave.
What: We will be distributing boxes of food from the SEMO Foodbank to our hungry neighbors. Food insecurity is up in Southeast Missouri -1 in 5 residents and 1 in 4 children now lack consistent access to enough food (Southeast Missourian July 28, 2026). Helping to fill that gap is a way for Compass to demonstrate love to our community. Bring: Hat, sunscreen, water, and comfortable shoes.
When: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM (Food distribution begins at 10:30 AM).
Baptist Student Center • SEMO Campus Prayer Warriors
Where: Baptist Student Center Chapel, 909 Normal Ave.
What: Pray blessings on everyone who spends time on SEMO’s campus. Prayer points, topics, and scripture will be provided as guidance. Pray silently or aloud as you feel called. Wear your Compass T-Shirt (if you have one!).
When: 10:45 AM – 12:00 PM
