New Heights CCDA

08/31/2026

Please nominate New Heights Auto Services for Best Mechanic/Auto Repair in the Herald-Palladium Readers’ Choice Awards.

New Heights Auto Services is our retail auto repair shop. When customers choose the shop for their vehicle maintenance and repairs, they receive honest, professional service while also helping support the work of New Heights Auto Ministry.

Growth at the retail shop creates more resources and more opportunities to help people overcome transportation barriers, remain connected to work and essential appointments, and move from scarcity to stability and on to success.

You can nominate once per day through September 4. The original post below includes the link and instructions.

Thank you for supporting a local business that helps make a meaningful ministry possible.

Please nominate New Heights Auto Services for Best Mechanic/Auto Repair in the Herald-Palladium Readers’ Choice Awards.

At New Heights Auto Services, honest work means more than providing dependable vehicle maintenance and repair. Our retail shop helps support New Heights Auto Ministry, creating more opportunities to address transportation needs and serve people throughout our community.

You can nominate once per day through September 4.

To nominate:

1. Go to https://www.heraldpalladium.com/contests/readers_choice/ #/gallery?category=6104502&group=555589
2. Enter New Heights Auto Services.
3. Click Nominate.
4. Enter your email address.

The first time you nominate, check your inbox for a confirmation email if prompted.

Thank you for trusting our team, supporting a local business, and helping us serve our community.

08/27/2026

Today, Anita drove away in a 2001 Toyota RAV4!

Without a vehicle, Anita could not reliably get to work and had to depend on others for essential transportation. She shared that reliable transportation would help her family get to work and school, arrive at medical appointments on time, and no longer rely on third-party rides.

This RAV4 was generously donated to the New Heights Auto Ministry, then prepared for Anita with the help of our staff and volunteers. We are especially grateful for Eric, pictured here, who regularly works alongside our auto staff to help rehabilitate donated vehicles and prepare them for their next chapter.

One person donated a vehicle. Another donated his time and skills. Together, they helped provide Anita and her family with greater stability, independence, and hope.

Congratulations, Anita! We are grateful to see you begin this new chapter.

08/26/2026

New Heights CCDA (New Heights CCDA) is a nonprofit of First Church (First Church of God) serving our community through programs focused on transportation, food security, community development, and practical support.

And one important part of that mission is New Heights Auto Services (New Heights Auto Services)

New Heights Auto Services is a professional, full-service repair shop open to everyone — but every repair has a purpose beyond the garage. As a social enterprise, 100% of its profits support New Heights Auto Ministry, helping provide reliable transportation to individuals and families in our community.

In this video, Chris Britton (Chris Britton) our dedicated Executive Director of New Heights CCDA, shares more about the heart behind New Heights Auto and the work being done to move our community forward.

And this is where we need our First Church family and wider community. 🤍

When your car needs an oil change, maintenance, or repair, consider choosing New Heights Auto Services. Have a vehicle you no longer need — running or not? Consider donating it. Every service, every donated vehicle, and every person who chooses New Heights helps us continue building something meaningful together.

Your repair can help someone else get back on the road.

Learn more:
🔗 First Church Local Outreach: myfirstchurch.com/local-outreach
🔗 New Heights CCDA: newheightsccda.com
🔗 New Heights Auto Services: newheightsautoservices.com
☎️ Call or Text: (269) 932-3637

08/25/2026

Please nominate New Heights Auto Services for Best Mechanic/Auto Repair in the Herald-Palladium Readers’ Choice Awards.

New Heights Auto Services is our retail auto repair shop. By providing honest, professional vehicle care to the public, the shop helps support New Heights Auto Ministry and creates more opportunities to address transportation needs in our community.

Reliable transportation helps people get to work, school, medical appointments, church, and all the places life requires. Supporting the retail shop helps us continue walking alongside people as they move from scarcity to stability and on to success.

You can nominate once per day through September 4. Follow the link and instructions in the original New Heights Auto Services post below.

Thank you for helping us keep people moving forward.

Please nominate New Heights Auto Services for Best Mechanic/Auto Repair in the Herald-Palladium Readers’ Choice Awards.

You can nominate once per day through September 4. Here is how:

1. Visit https://www.heraldpalladium.com/contests/readers_choice/
2. Select Auto Services.
3. Scroll to Mechanic/Auto Repair
4. Enter New Heights Auto Services.
5. Click Nominate.
6. Enter your email address.

The first time you nominate, check your inbox for a confirmation email if prompted.

At New Heights Auto Services, our work is about more than repairing vehicles. Reliable transportation helps people get to work, school, medical appointments, and all the places life requires.

Thank you for trusting New Heights and helping us keep people moving forward.

08/17/2026

08/14/2026

We are grateful for our partnership with Whirlpool!

07/01/2026

When you choose New Heights Auto Services, you’re doing more than maintaining your vehicle—you’re investing in your community.

Every oil change, brake job, and A/C repair helps support New Heights Auto Ministry, providing reliable transportation to individuals and families working toward greater stability.

If your vehicle’s A/C is struggling during this extreme heat, our team is here to help. You’ll receive honest, professional service, and every dollar you spend helps make reliable transportation possible for someone who otherwise couldn’t afford it.

That’s the power of a social enterprise: your everyday purchase creates lasting community impact.

Thank you for supporting the mission.

🥵 This heat is no joke.

If your vehicle’s A/C isn’t keeping up, don’t wait until it quits completely. Whether your air is blowing warm, takes too long to cool down, or just isn’t performing like it should, our technicians can diagnose the problem and get you back to driving comfortably.

Our A/C services include:
• A/C system diagnostics
• Leak detection
• Refrigerant service
• Component replacement and repair

Stay cool this summer. Schedule your appointment today.

📞 Call or text us at 269-932-3637
🌐 Or schedule online at newheightsautoservices.com

Every repair you trust to New Heights Auto Services helps support New Heights Auto Ministry, providing reliable transportation to neighbors in need.

06/30/2026

We are really excited about this new clinic happening at New Heights Laundry Hub. This is exactly what we envisioned when we set out to open this community space.

🩺💜 FREE Medical Clinic at New Heights Laundry Hub 💜🩺

Need basic medical care but don't have health insurance or Medicaid?

Southwest Bridge Health Medical Clinic is here to help!

📅 Every Monday
⏰ 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
📍 New Heights Laundry Hub

This clinic provides free medical services for individuals who do not have health insurance or Medicaid.

No appointment needed—just stop by and see how they can help.

Please help us spread the word by sharing this post with friends, family, and neighbors who may benefit from this valuable resource. 💜

05/19/2026

What if some of the most meaningful change happening in our communities is also the hardest to measure?

Later this month, our Executive Director, Chris Britton, will be presenting at PechaKucha Night Benton Harbor. Through a series of fast-paced stories and reflections, Chris will explore how our culture often measures impact through visibility, scale, and recognition…while some of the most transformative work happens quietly, slowly, and relationally.

From transportation and food insecurity to community development in Benton Heights, this talk reflects on what it means to truly invest in people and neighborhoods for the long haul.

We’re grateful for opportunities like this to share the heart behind the work happening through New Heights CCDA and to participate in important community conversations.

We’d love to see you there.

Meet Chris Britton, another of the speakers, joining us on Thursday evening at 7:00 pm at Shadowland Ballroom to share his story.

Chris Britton is the Executive Director of New Heights CCDA in Benton Heights, Michigan, where he leads community development efforts focused on transportation barriers, food insecurity, and long-term household stability. Through programs like New Heights Auto Ministry, the Community Food Network, and the Laundry Hub, Chris works at the intersection of direct service, relationship-based community development, and social enterprise. In addition to his local work, Chris has been involved in social and human services and humanitarian efforts in communities around the world. He is passionate about helping communities rethink how impact is measured and how meaningful change is created.

Get your tickets to hear Chris and others on Thursday evening by visiting: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1986906038447?aff=oddtdtcreator

04/28/2026

We’re proud to celebrate Kathy Craig, who was recently honored with the Margaret B. Upton Volunteer Leadership Award, Berrien County’s most prestigious recognition for lifetime volunteer service.

Kathy leads our Community Food Network with a rare combination of vision and humility. Under her leadership, the program has grown into more than a food distribution effort it’s a place where relationships are built, dignity is restored, and neighbors support one another in meaningful ways.

Her impact extends far beyond New Heights, but we see it firsthand every day in the lives of the families we serve.

We’re grateful to see Kathy’s work recognized by the broader community, and honored to have her as part of New Heights.

The United Way of Southwest Michigan has announced the recipients of its annual Volunteer Leadership Awards. United Way Senior Director Zack East tells us the awards were given out at the organization’s Annual Celebration, held on April