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2007 Missions Venture
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New church start support activities. August 10-11, 2007. LaCrosse, WI. Sponsored by Minnesota-Wisconsin WMU , Contact: Cadle@mwbc.org |
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Adopt a Missionary
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Take a special interest in a particular missionary. Learn of his/her needs and lead your church in praying for and helping that missionary. |
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Adopt a Mother
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Locate a young mother in your community who is unchurched. Develop an ongoing relationship, provide child care, and connect her to other young mothers. |
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Adopt a new church to pray for
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Use information from web sites to gather prayer requests for new churches. |
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Adopt an MK
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Contact a local college to obtain a list of missionaries' kids who are students there. Find ways to reach out to them on an ongoing basis. |
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Adopt an Unreached People Group
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Get information about an unreached people group. Keep the needs of this group at the forefront of your church's prayer ministry. Discover ways your church can help reach this people group. |
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Arkansas Partnership Projects
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Participate in Arkansas partnership mission projects to Brazil, North and South Dakota, Seattle, and Bulgaria. For more information, e-mail rlee@absc.org. |
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Assist church planters
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Contact a church planter. Ask what resources they can use. Determine what you can do. Send them the agreed upon material. |
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At-Home Clothing Ministry
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Offer to use your sewing skills to repair used clothing before it is given away. |
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Attend a missions event in Kentucky
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For missions inspiration and/or training, choose from EXALT (Acteens Conf), KY WMU Annual Meeting and Children's Event, World Missions Unlimited, Fall Retreats, Youth on Mission Night, and others. For more information: www.kybaptist.org/kywmu |
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Attend missions camp in Kentucky
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KY WMU provides missions camps and overnights at Cedar Crest and Jonathan Creek for girls. KY Brotherhood provides camp for boys at RABRO. For camp brochures, email: kywmu@kybaptist.org or visit our website: www.kybaptist.org/kywmu |
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Attend missions education camp at Camp La Vida
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South Carolina WMU owns and operates Camp La Vida. Each summer for nine weeks, over 200 girls, boys, and teenagers can participate in missions camping. |
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Babysitting for Missionaries' Kids
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Offer to babysit for young children of missionaries so they can fulfill speaking engagements or just enjoy an evening out. |
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Bake a Welcome Gift
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Give a homemade, baked gift to a new family in your neighborhood. Look for opportunities to invite them to your church. |
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Be a Friendly Visitor with Homebound Persons
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Contact a local home health care agency to learn the name of a homebound person whom you can visit on a regular basis. Follow through and develop a relationship with that person who needs you. |
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Be an Advocate
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Write letters about social and moral issues, persecution of Christians, missionaries' needs, etc. and send them to local publications and other media, and to public officials. |
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Become a Mentor
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Select a promising teen or adult and establish a mentoring relationship. Help them grow toward a mission lifestyle. |
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Become involved with a IMB/SC partnership project
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The SC Baptist Convention is in partnership with Taiwan. Most projects will be about two weeks in length. Projects include prayerwalking, servant evangelism, discipleship, teaching English as a Second language, sports evangelism, music, and drama. |
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Become involved with a KY/IMB partnership project
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Volunteer for a KY international missions project. Current partnerships include the European Baptist Convention, Poland, and Tanzania. For additional information visit the KBC website: www.kybaptist.org |
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Befriend a Missionary
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Instead of sending meals and other things to missionaries on stateside assignment, invite them to your home for a meal. Develop a friendship with them. |
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Begin a Foster Parents Support Group
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Provide activities for parents of foster parents, as well as a support group for prayer and encouragement. |
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Bible Study for women
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Resources and products for use in Bible studies for women |
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Birthday Party Pack
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Assemble a birthday party pack with a cake, simple gifts, etc.Take it and throw a party for a child or youth in a children's home or detention center. |
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Birthday Prayer Calendar
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Pray for missionaries on their birthdays to give them special, uplifting recognition. Ask God to be with their specific needs of that day. |
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Block Party
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For this large-scale project, coordinate volunteers to set up booths with food and entertainment. Give information about your church to all who attend the event. |
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Building/Repair Ministry
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Organize an effort to help those in your church and community who have needs for building and/or repair at their homes. |
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Campus Ministry
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Contact a local campus minister about the needs of unchurched college students in your area. Ask how you can help. |
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Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists website
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Become involved in what God is doing in Canada. Learn of volunteer opportunities and church planting needs. Surf our website www.ccsb.ca |
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Cemetery Cleanup
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Offer to help elderly people who can no longer attend to their loved ones' graves. Pull weeds, deliver flowers, etc. |
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Christian Women's Job Corps
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Get involved in helping women move from dependency to self-sufficiency through this ministry of WMU. For more information on CWJC in Arkansas, e-mail arwmu@absc.org. |
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Christmas Decorations
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Offer to decorate a waiting room at a local doctor's office or other public place. Use a biblical theme for your Christmas decorations and include information about your church. |
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Christmas Gift Shop
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Solicit donations from your church members of new children's clothes and toys. Find needy families in your area and set up a place in your church where they can "shop" for Christmas gifts for their children.(labor intensive) |
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Christmas Story Books
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Donate books telling the real meaning of Christmas to local homeless shelters, children's group homes, and libraries. |
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Church Strengtheners
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Teach Sunday School, lead men's ministries, lead ladies ministries, minor building renovations and repairs, outreach visitation, encouraging the Pastor and his family, youth ministries, be able to do all you can to strengthen the local church. |
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Churchwide Mission Study
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Promote and conduct mission studies in your church for all age levels during the International and North American Weeks of Prayer. |
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Clothing Ministry Volunteer
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Volunteer at a local clothing ministry. Find opportunities to help people select clothing, and use the time to talk with them about Jesus. |
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Cold Water Giveaway
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Obtain permission to give away cold cups or bottles of water at a local event (race, festival, etc.). Tell recipients that you're also sharing God's love with them. |
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College Fellowship Meals
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Contact a local campus minister to ask if he/she sponsors fellowship meals for students. Offer to provide the meal and share Christian hospitality. |
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Cookie Carriers
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Make decorative cookie carriers using Bible verses, etc. Fill with cookies and give to people to share love and hospitality. |
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Deliver Food Donations
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Look for opportunities to collect excess food from stores, vendors, restaurants, etc. and deliver it to homeless and/or battered women's shelters, children's homes, etc. |
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Disaster Relief
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Volunteer and receive training to "Serve Christ in Crisis" with a Disaster Relief team in your state |
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Do a Youth Mission Drama
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Teach teens about mission by enlisting them to perform a simple mission drama. |
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Duffel Bags and Bibles for Foster Children
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Become involved in a missions support project. In the third year of this project, the goal of South Carolina WMU is to collect 3,500 duffel bags and Bibles from June 1 to July 31 and distribute them to as many foster care children as possible. |
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Easter Baskets
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Fill baskets with candy and Bible storybooks. Take them to children at homeless shelters or children's homes. |
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Easter Egg Hunt
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Host an Easter Egg hunt at your church for the community. Include activities such as Christian crafts and tell the story of Easter to children who attend. |
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Email a Missionary
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Email is a great way to learn of missionaries' needs so you can pray for and help them in specific ways. Make sure to get their permission before starting an exchange of email. |
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Emergency Care Bags
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Assemble bags with sample-sized toiletry items and distribute them to local fire and police departments for use in times of need. Include scripture portions. |
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Empowering Kingdom Growth
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Become involved in the ten-year emphasis of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. The vision statement of EKG is "Empowering churches to fulfill their vision for Kingdom growth". |
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Ethnic Banquet
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Enlist ethnic persons from your church and/or community to bring food and other items unique to their culture of origin to a banquet held at your church. |
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Food Ministry Volunteer
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Volunteer to help in a food ministry on a regular basis. Multiply your efforts by bringing a friend who is ready to work. |
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Food Pantry
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Organize a food pantry for a local cause. Contact a nearby ministry center or association to learn of specific needs. |
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Foster Parenting
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There is always a great need for individuals who are willing to make the commitment to become foster parents. Explore your local resources to become involved in this vital ministry with children at risk. |
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Free Christmas Gift Wrap
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Obtain permission from a local mall to set up a table and wrap Christmas gifts for people at no cost. Use the opportunity to talk with people about the real meaning of Christmas. |
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Friends Club
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Sponsor a Friends Club (a short-term evangelistic Bible study for children) in a neighborhood, migrant camp, multi-housing complex, or public housing development. |
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Gift Giving to Missionaries
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Give a gift to a missionary that he/she wouldn't spend money on for himself/herself. |
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Giveaway Garage Sale
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Coordinate a garage sale with several families from your church. Set up the sale in a lower-income area and offer the items at minimal cost to families in need. |
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Go on mission trip to Asia's Tsunami area.
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Learn needs in ministry areas. Learn how to register with a Ministry Team. |
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Golf Tournament
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Organize a golf tournament for members and prospects of your church. Use the event as an outreach tool to build relationships and increase others' church involvement. |
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grow.2002.wmu
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Five year growth emphasis of South Carolina WMU which has as its objective, "Missions involvement through WMU growth". |
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Happy Birthday Jesus
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Host a Christmas party in your neighborhood and invite unchurched children. Read the Christmas story and talk about the real reason for Christmas. |
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Help children put their faith into action
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Use colorful posters, bulletin board ideas, clip art, invitations, kickoff party plans, recognition service, and much more to help children learn what it means to put their faith into action |
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Help New Church Starts Through Adults on Mission
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Adults on Mission groups may be formed with the purpose of assisting new church starts in their area. Existing groups may choose new work assistance as one of their missions projects or elect to provide prayer support for a new church start. |
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Help New Church Starts Through Women on Mission
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Women on Mission groups may be formed with the purpose of assisting new church starts in their area. Existing groups may choose new work assistance as one of their mission projects or elect to provide prayer support for a new church start. |
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Help provide missionary housing in new work areas
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Assist missionaries to live in new work areas - International, North American, Long term volunteers, short-term missionaries; i.e. Semester missionaries, US/C-2 missionaries, Mission Service Corps, etc. |
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Helping Tree
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Decorate a small tree with items you can donate to a local children's home and deliver it. |
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Holiday Greetings
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Send holiday greeting cards to missionaries to let them know of your support while they are away from their families. |
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Homebound Prayerwalking
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Involve a homebound person in your prayerwalking ministry by enlisting them to pray specifically for the needs in the places where you walk. |
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HOPE: Remembering 9-11
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Discover a plan and resources to pray for, to extend care to, and to share the Gospel with members of your Fire, Emergency Services, and Law Enforcement Community. |
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Host a Missionary
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When a missionary comes to speak at your church, offer your home as a place for them to stay. |
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Host a WorldCrafts Party
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Invite friends to come to your home and learn about WorldCrafts and how these hand made craft items help to spread the Gospel. |
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Include Mission in Children's Events
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Include a brief mission activity or feature as a part of every children's event in your church. Relate mission to everything you do. |
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Include Mission in Preschool Events
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Include a brief mission activity or feature as a part of every preschool event in your church. Relate mission to everything you do. |
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Include Mission in Youth Events
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Include a brief mission activity or feature as a part of every youth event in your church. Relate mission to everything you do. |
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International Bibles
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Secure a Bible in the native language of an international person you've befriended. |
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International Holiday Housing
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Contact a local campus ministry and offer to house an international student for the holidays while dormitories are closed. |
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International Mission Study
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Promote and conduct mission studies in your church for all age levels during the Season of International Missions. |
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International Prayerwalking
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Once you're involved in an ongoing prayerwalking ministry, take a group overseas to expand your ministry and missions awareness. |
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Invite a Missionary's Kid
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When you take your kids on an outing, invite the child of a missionary to go with you. |
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Kids on the Web
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Encourage children to find fun and interesting mission activities on the Internet. |
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Kids on the Web (part 2)
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Visit KidzPlace, NAMB's fun web site for children! Find games, kid-sized mission projects, devotions, and an interactive gospel presentation...plus an area for leader resources! www.kidzplace.org |
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Lead a Family Mission Trip
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Enlist families to go on a mission trip and do ministry together. Or plan a mission trip for your family. |
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Lead a Mission Trip
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Organize a team to go on a mission trip. |
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Leadership Development
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Develop leaders and skills for missions leadership |
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Leave a Missions Legacy
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Consider leaving a bequest to a missions agency in your will. |
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Literacy Tutoring
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Take a course to train yourself in tutoring those who are illiterate. Contact your local association to learn of opportunities in literacy missions. |
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Literacy Tutoring in Kentucky
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Get involved in ministry to a person who needs to learn to read. Contact KY WMU (kywmu@kybaptist.org) for a county by county listing of Literacy Volunteer Coordinators. |
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Love in Any Language
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Learn American Sign Language so you can help interpret for people who are hearing impaired. |
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Mail to Missionaries
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Send letters often to missionaries to let them know of your prayer support and encouragement. Tell them you don't expect a response. |
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Make Flags of the World
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Use either fabric or paper to make flags from the countries of the world. They will be useful in creating global awareness and educating others about specific prayer needs in the world. |
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Mass Media Prayers
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Use events publicized through various mass media to inspire informed prayers. Pray for ways to become involved in effecting change in the world. |
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Mentor a New Christian
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When you see a new Christian in need of discipleship, offer to mentor him/her on an ongoing basis. Commit to praying for and supporting that person. |
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Mentor At-Risk Youth
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Serve as a mentor to an at-risk youth. Department of Juvenile Justice chaplains and others see many results through mentoring including the reduction in the number of juveniles who return to prison. |
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Migrant Center Ministry
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Both adult and youth groups are needed to do short-term projects at the Hope Migrant Mission Center in Hope, Arkansas. Opportunities are available May-October. For more information, e-mail hmmc@arkansas.net. |
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Minister to the Physically Challenged
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Contact a local hospital or rehabilitation center to learn of appropriate ways to meet the needs of those who are physically challenged. |
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Ministry to MKs at College
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Help provide goodies and supplies for the MK ministry of a retired IMB missionary couple at Ouachita Baptist University. OBU has about 85 MKs each year. For more information, e-mail arwmu@absc.org. |
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Mission Web Surfing
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Encourage adults to become aware of mission needs by finding and using mission related Web sites. |
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Missionary Getaway
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If you have a vacation home or timeshare, offer the space to a missionary who may not have many opportunities for a real vacation. |
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Missionary Parents
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Offer to help older parents of missionaries who are away on the field. |
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Missionary Parents Fellowship
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An organization for any person living in South Carolina who is the parent of a Baptist career missionary who has been appointed or commissioned by the IMB or the NAMB. |
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Missionary Vacation
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Visit missionaries while en route during a family vacation. When you return home, share with your church ways in which you can help support the missionaries you visited. |
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Missions Bible Study for Children
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Lead a Bible study to teach children how they can be involved in missions. |
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Missions Bulletin Board
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Design a bulletin board in your church to promote missions. Include pictures, maps, a prayer calendar, etc. |
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Missions Drama
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Prepare dramatic sketches promoting missions for use in your church's worship services on a regular basis. |
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Missions Dress-Up
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Collect clothing to represent different lines of work (medical, agricultural, etc.). Provide opportunities for children to role play different types of jobs missionaries do. |
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Missions File
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Research a people group or area of the world and share what you know with others. |
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Missions Gifts for Kids
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Give children storybooks about missionaries, or give them a bank in which to save missions offerings. |
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Missions Involvement Fair
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Organize a fair at your church. Set up booths to publicize the different missions opportunities and needs in your church. Provide sign-up sheets to encourage volunteers. |
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Missions Memory Verses
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Memorize missions-related Bible verses. |
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Missions Movie Night
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Collect missions videos and arrange a movie night. Serve popcorn, sodas, etc. and invite children or youth as is appropriate. |
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Missions Newsletter
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Coordinate a newsletter of prayer requests and needs from missionaries. Assemble a mailing list, distribute the newsletter, and it will start a powerful chain of prayer. |
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Missions Opportunities in Retirement
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Look for opportunities to use time during your retirement to volunteer for missions causes. |
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Missions Piggy Bank
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Keep a piggy bank next to the prayer calendar in your child's room. After a period of time, give the money saved to a missions cause. |
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Missions Place Mats
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Make place mats with missions information and facts about other countries, etc. for use at any church meal. |
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Missions Support Study
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Read a book on how to support missions and missionaries. Make a list of what you can do. Act on the information and share it with others. |
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Missions Tour
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Take a group to your local associational offices, state convention, or SBC agency headquarters to raise missions awareness. |
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Mobile Christmas Pageant
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When your church does a Christmas pageant, arrange to take it on the road and perform at a local mall or other location. |
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Mother's Day/Father's Day
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Invite the parents of missionaries to your home for dinner on Mother's Day or Father's Day, since their children are far away from them. |
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Multihousing Ministry
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Prepare welcome bags for families moving into apartments or mobile home parks in your area. |
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New Grandmother Party
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Sponsor a party for new grandmothers. Invite ladies to welcome the new grandmother and share the best advice they received from their grandmother. Each new grandmother receives a gift from the group. |
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New Mexico Associational Children's Missions Rally
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Missions Fair for children in grades one through six |
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North American Mission Study
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Promote and conduct mission studies in your church for all age levels during the Season ofNorth American Missions |
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Novelty Shower
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When a missionary returns from the field, throw a novelty shower to provide them with timely items that have been introduced into US culture since they have been overseas. |
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Novelty Tour
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When a missionary returns from the field, take him/her shopping to introduce new things that have been introduced into US culture since he/she has been overseas. |
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Nursing Home Current Events Group
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Lead a weekly or monthly discussion group to help nursing home residents stay informed about current issues and events. |
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Nursing home flowers
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Take the altar flowers after your church's worship service to a resident in a nursing home to brighten his/her day. |
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Observe Season of International Missions
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Paricipate in the Season of International Missions by studying, praying and giving. Give through the Lottie Moon Offering for International Missions. |
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Observe Season of North American Missions
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Participate in the Season of North American Missions through studying, praying and giving. Give through the Annie Armstrong Offering for North American Missions |
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Observe Season of Prayer or Associational Missions
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Participate in learning about, praying for and giving to your association. Contact your local associational office for information. |
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Observe Season of State Missions
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Participate in studying, praying and giving for mission work in your own state convention area. Contact your state convention office or associational office for more information. |
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Observe Week of Prayer for State Missions
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Participate in the observance of the Season of Prayer for State Missions. For more information, click on www.scbaptist.org and then, WMU or e-mail: wmu@scbaptist.org |
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Observe Week of Prayer for State Missions in KY
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Pray, give, and volunteer in KY missions. Learn more about missions needs and how you can be involved. Promotional resources/free video available from KY WMU. For more information, visit our website: www.kybaptist.org/kywmu or email:kywmu@kybaptist.org |
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Organize Baptist Nursing Fellowship
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Enlist nurses in your church and community to form a chapter of Baptist Nursing Fellowship. Encourage them to do volunteer work in your community or elsewhere. |
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Plan A Missions Retreat At Camp La Vida
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Camp La Vida provdes a beautiful outdoor setting for missions education. The facility is available to churches and associations during non-camping season. |
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Plan a Youth Mission Trip
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Take teens on a trip where they can work side-by-side with a missionary and experience mission first-hand. Be sure to include some time off and have fun. |
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Pray for new church starts
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Learn about needs related to new church starts. Pray specifically for the needs onsite and from where you are. |
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Prayer Reminders
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Draw a one-week calendar on a 4 x 6" card and label it with the name of a missionary. Lead a child to pray each day for the person and add a sticker for each day the child prays. |
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Prayerwalking
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Walk around your community (or any area you feel compelled to pray for), and pray specifically for the needs there as you walk. |
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Preschoolers on the Web
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Encourage parents of preschoolers to use fun and exciting Web sites to help their preschoolers become aware of mission. |
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Prison Ministry
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Call the chaplain of a local prison or detention facility and learn of needs that you and/or your church can help meet for the residents there. |
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Project HELP projects
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Arkansas WMU has a state project each year that supports the current Project HELP emphasis. Find out how you can get involved by e-mailing arwmu@absc.org. |
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Provide Christmas Packets for Prisoners
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An annual event of South Carolina Baptist churches to bring the meaning of Christmas, God's grace and love, to every inmate in a state-run adult and youth correctional institution. |
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Provide Migrant Kits
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An annual event of South Carolina Baptist churches to bring the meaning of God's love to all migrants across the state. |
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Provide Missionary Housing
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Provide temporary housing for missionaries while they are on stateside assignment. Your church will benefit from their frequent presence in your activities. |
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Reading Assistance
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Offer to read and/or write letters for someone who is visually impaired. |
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Refugee Resettlement
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Sponsor a refugee family by helping them find a place to live, helping them get jobs, etc. |
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Saving Money for Missions
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Find ways to cut back on your expenses and give the money you save to missions causes. |
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Saving Spare Change for Missions
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Distribute coin wrappers to youth and/or children and ask them to collect their spare change for giving to missions through your church. |
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School Supplies
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Assemble packets of school supplies at the beginning of the school year. Take them to a local school for distribution to students in need. |
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Select a Mentor
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Select someone you admire and ask them to be your mentor as you grow toward a mission lifestyle. |
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Send a Young Person on Mission
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Sponsor a young person to give them an opportunity to go on a mission trip. |
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Shoe Ministry
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Buy a new pair of shoes and take them to a local school. Ask the guidance counselor to give them to a student in need. |
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Show Appreciation for Community Helpers
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Show fire fighters, police, postal workers, and other communtiy helpers that you appreciate the work they do in serving others. |
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South Carolina Connection
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Designed to help South Carolinians realize the needs of the state and then be willing to meet those needs through ministries and witness. |
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Spiritual Gifts Study
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Conduct a spiritual gifts study to help yourself and others discover new ways you can serve in missions. |
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Sponsor a Water Filter
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Missionaries overseas often have problems getting clean, sanitary water. Provide them with a water filter. Then keep up with them and share their needs and prayer concerns with your church. |
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Sports Donations
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Donate sports items and equipment to a local children's home. Sports involvement helps build a child's self esteem and teaches valuable life skills. |
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Start a Bible Study for New Readers
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Using a study guide designed for new readers and a basic English Bible (such as the Contemporary English Version) enlist new readers for a Bible study. |
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Start a Children's Mission Group
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Enlist boys and girls ages 6-11 to learn about and do mission. |
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Start a Children's Prayer Group
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Children can learn to pray early. Enlist a group to do something fun, then teach them about prayer, then pray together. |
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Start a Church-type Mission
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Lay the foundation for a new church by organizing a Bible study group anywhere you think a new church is needed. |
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Start a Clown Ministry
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Are the clowns in your group driving you to distraction? Paint their faces and put them to work. They'll have fun and lots of open doors to share Christ. (honk-honk) |
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Start a Cookie Ministry
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Bake and deliver cookies to anyone needing a cheerful greeting. Include encouraging scripture passages. |
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Start a Craft Ministry
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Enlist a "crafty" person to teach a class. Share Christ with those who come. Or organize a group to make crafts and give them away. |
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Start a Girls Mission Group
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Enlist girls ages 6-11 to learn about and do mission. |
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Start a Homebound Ministry
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Start a group to minister to the needs homebound persons and their caregivers. |
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Start a Hospital Ministry
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Start a group to minister to the needs of persons in the hospital, and to their families. |
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Start a Literacy Ministry
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Organize a literacy ministry in your church to teach English as a second language, or tutor adults who can't read, or tutor children having trouble with reading. |
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Start a Ministry Group
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Start a group to minister to the needs of victims of a social isssue facing your community. |
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Start a Mission Prayer Group
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Enlist a group to devote themselves to praying for mission concerns. |
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Start a Preschool Mission Group
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Preschoolers can become aware of the concepts of mission early in life. Enlist parents and organize a group for mission learning. |
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Start a Teen Girls Mission Group
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Enlist teen girls to identify a mission concern and take action. |
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Start a Welfare-to-work Ministry
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Christian Women's Job Corps is a ministry which uses a mentoring approach to equip women for financial self-sufficiency and overall well being. |
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Start a Women's Mission Group
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Enlist a group of women to organize themselves around a mission concern and take action. |
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Start a Youth Mission Group
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Enlist teen boys and girls to identify a mission concern and take action. |
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Start an Adult Mission Group
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Enlist a group of men and women to organize themselves around a mission concern and take action. |
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Sunday Dinner
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Invite a college student to church and then to dinner with your family. |
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Support Groups
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Organize a support group for persons in your church or community with specific needs (substance abuse recovery, etc.). Keep the meeting time and place confidential. |
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Surfing the Internet
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Surf the Internet to find web sites with missions information. Use the information to help you pray more specifically for current needs around the world. |
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Teach Cooperative Missions Giving
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Help your members understand their relationship with world-wide missions through CP, LMCO, AAEO, and State Missions Giving. |
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Teach English Overseas
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Volunteer from a week to a year to teach English-as-a-Second-Language overseas. You can share Christ with those you teach. You don't have to be a professional teacher. |
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Teach Mission Giving
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Teach all age groups the value of giving to support mission. |
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Teach Preschoolers to Pray
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They are never too young to start talking to God. Teach preschoolers to pray. |
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Teach Youth to Witness
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A simple and easy way to share Christ is to simply "tell your own story". Equip youth with this basic mission skill. |
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Thy Kingdom Come
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Be a part of this exciting process desgined to help churches spiritually prepare for a better future. |
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TIME (Totally Internet Missions Experience)
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Encourage adults to learn about mission on their own using the TIME Web site. Content changes monthly. |
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Touched Twice Free Clinic
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Conduct a Touched Twice Ministry free clinic as community outreach or new church start event. http://www.touchedtwice.org |
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Traveling Clothes Closet
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Collect clothes (especially children's) in very good condition, mark their sizes, and take them to a migrant camp for distribution. |
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Truck Stop Ministry
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Ask the manager of a local truck stop for permission to set up a rack with tracts, Christian magazines, etc. Add your church's name, location, and phone number to each piece. |
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U-Store-It
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Offer any unused storage space you have to a missionary on stateside assignment or a college-bound missionary kid. |
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Valentine Prayer Reminders
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If your church hosts a Valentine's banquet, make heart-shaped prayer reminders with names of missionaries on them and place one at each table setting. |
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VBS Visitors
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Include children from homeless or battered women's shelters in your church's VBS. Arrange for their transportation and follow up with them. |
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Volunteer for Missions
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Volunteer for a week, a month, a year, or more to do missions in a place of need. |
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Witnessing Training
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Take a course in witnessing training to equip you better to share Christ with others. |
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Youth Web Surfers
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Encourage youth to become aware of mission needs by finding and using mission related Web sites. |
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Youth Web Surfers (part two)
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Visit www.studentz.com, NAMB's neat, interactive web site for teens. www.studentz.com/challengers is the site for Challengers (the teen boys' counterpart to Acteens). |