06/11/2026
Our Lincoln County AE Community Care Day is this upcoming Saturday!
Thank you to these church partners and businesses partners for providing volunteers to help us serve CCI cancer patients with their yard work!
Awaken Life Church, Fayetteville First Baptist Church, Kirkland Baptist Church, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Prospect Baptist Church, and Orca Soft Wash
“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Mark 10:45
There are some acts of kindness we receive that we never forget. For me, one such act was gifted to me in 2013. I remember laying down on my living room couch after Brittany had dropped me off from another round of chemotherapy treatment. I was exhausted — utterly wiped out. I do not know how long I had been laying there when I heard it. It was the sound of a man talking, vehicle doors closing, and then a lawn mower firing up. As I became more awake, I realized it was really close, like just outside my big picture window.
But who could that be? Many of my neighbors were retired but who would be cutting their grass at that moment? I had to check it out. I used all of the strength I had to pull myself up and peek out the living room blinds. This was when I understood the gift that was being given to me. A church member and friend, along with two boys, had come to my house unannounced and were completing all of the needed yard work around my house.
I cannot tell you how much of a blessing these guys were to me. I told the Lord that if He healed me, I wanted to do that (yard work) for other patients. And in 2023, we began our Community Care Days in Lincoln County (TN) and Madison County (AL), and have since expanded into Limestone County (AL). As we prepare to complete yard work for cancer patients on June 13th, I’m thankful for God’s healing hand and the opportunity to serve Him by serving others.
-Corey Buckner, Executive Director of Always Endure
