LOCAL AND
GLOBAL WITNESS MINISTRY
LOCAL AND
GLOBAL WITNESS MINISTRY
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REACHING OUT - Local and Global ministries of First Christian Church (DOC) focus on the Reaching Out activities of the Church. These activities include Evangelism, Local Missions, Global Missions, Social Justice, etc. Persons with an interest in these activities are encouraged to become involved. There are many opportunities, both short-term and long-term, to be involved.
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2010 Team Members: Linda Jones (chair) Christina Dew Ann Foster Ken Garwick Cindy Garwick Richard Morgan Lisa Morgan Pat McReynolds Dave Rogers Don Thomson Christy Dew (associate pastor) Paul Allen (pastor)
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Outreach did not meet in April.
Recap of recent activities:
ECM Mission Trip Report from David Jones... Sixteen students, led by Coy Macy, went to New Orleans to help with the rebuilding efforts with Presbyterian Disaster Service, and eight students and ECM campus pastor, David Jones, went to Louisville for a poverty immersion with an organization called UrbanSpirit (DOC). The student leader for the Louisville group was Andrea Stockwell. The students who went to New Orleans were part of a group of 89 volunteers from around the country (consisting of both college students and older adult groups) staying at the Olive Tree mission station. They were grouped according to skill level and sent out to perform a variety of tasks to enable homeowners to return to their homes. Some painted, while others installed drywall, installed windows and doors, and engaged in work on the exteriors of the houses. Each morning and evening, they shared household chores and daily devotions and worship with the others at their mission station. On several occasions in the evenings they were able to go out sightseeing in the city’s famous French Quarter. The nine participants on the Louisville trip had a very different kind of experience, as they discovered, first hand, what it was like to live in poverty through a “poverty immersion simulation experience” organized by UrbanSpirit (www.urbanspirit.org). Participants were grouped into three family scenarios and given different challenges to deal with throughout the week. These are challenges that poor people experience on a daily basis: going hungry, being homeless, working and living in difficult physical conditions, having little or no control over things like schedules and being perpetually short of money to pay for food and shelter and child care and health care. Participants came very quickly to understand how poverty sucks the life out of people. This new understanding opened up new ways of reading scripture, new ways of understanding what it means to live in community and a new resolve to work toward creating healthier and fairer systems for people to live within. In between, the participants had the opportunity to work, and interact with the local inhabitants, in a variety of social service agencies within the neighborhood—a retirement center, an elementary school, a public library, a neighborhood center and a community garden. Both trips produced some unforgettable images and experiences for those who participated.
Recap of church donations to Disciples Mission Fund: 2006: $38,032 2007: $39,435 2008: $41,834 2009: $35,295
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The Local and Global Witness Ministry Team is organized into four (4) areas of concern or interest. Several tasks for each of these areas of concern are worked on throughout the year. The following list is not all-inclusive.
Several of the above items are supported by our church budget, and fifteen percent of our giving goes to Outreach. We are a very caring and giving church. In addition to the above items, we have several “special offerings” we take during the year. If you like sharing the good news and helping people in need - either in our local community or beyond, please talk with a member of our team and let them now how you'd like to |