4/26 meeting Calvary Community Outreach NOTES FROM MTG FOR THOSE THAT MISSED AND REMINDERS FOR NEEDS TO FILL!
- PRAY (Ron)
- Prayer Mtg. attendance- still the most important aspect of this ministry to allow the Holy Spirit to be our guide and power. Ron has attended a variety or mix of days and has seen the majority of team also there! Thank you!
- Reflection on breakfast – got our feet wet, introduced ourselves,
- 2-3 share “the fruit” from that day? Need for a bike was immed. met and an upgrade was given by local bike shop owner! Several people joined us for church that day and one couple is still attending and are now part of our outreach team!
- Thank you team needed? Kristin, Kathy, ??? egg farmer thanks- Kathy and Kristen will form a “thank you/ follow up blessing” for those from outside of our church that help fill needs. i.e. Drew Mosher/egg farmer that donated all of the eggs for the Avery Park breakfast …contact Kristen and Kathy if you would like to help or have ideas…1 more person needed for future
- Conv. Visit- same day
- prayers for Larabees- Keep Rick and Karla in prayer as Ricks mother and father have recently passed into His Kingdom
- songs, teaching, story/devotion, solo song Becca- small group joined Larabees last month to minister and were equally blessed ! encouraged more to join
- nxt time Stonybrook 5/3
- Misc. Ministry going on /completed
- Med Shed – LoveInc needed someone to run Medical hardware garage on Thursday am’s. This is where our church was blessed by a free wheelchair. Jeremy, John and Bill were trained and have filled that need!
- Moving Debby Seeley- A “last minute” small team of men from our church led by Joe B. picked up a house full of furniture and appliances from someone who had passed away and got to play Santa by redistributing to various needy families on same day. Thanks Guys….great work!
- Old Mill/ Alison Payne ??? status, help? Connection trouble with parties involved to move several loads to the dump have been given back to Love Inc but may come back to Cully and college students nxt wk. as they are doing an all campus help team.
- Clothing drive coming- plz start collecting warm and cool clothes as both will be needed to redistribute to the need this coming summer and nxt fall 2-3 people needed to head this up (contact Ron if interested)….churchwide announcement to come
- Homeless fair in Eugene driver help/ride shotgun FRIDAY 5/22- 9:30-2ish 3-4 needed to ride with Matt Kimmels team from southtown church this day and help supervise with him. They have vans already. Contact Ron and he will get you in touch with Matt.
- Firewood ministry – 2 -3 jobs completed----more wood here/ prop location? Wk w/ John L – trucks/ trailers here at church- Casey and Mikiah will be heading a small team over nxt couple of wknds to cut and store firewood from community and bring to a designated spot on our church property. This wood will prayerfully be multiplied in months to come and redistributed to those in need next winter. City supply ran out last winter.
- 21 yr old abused girl nds temp home- someone has stepped fwd. for emergency/temporary housing for this week and is working w/ Rhawn to help locate longer term arrangements. Thank You both ! Pray that this young lady would come to know the Lord thru the love of Christ! Contact Rhawn or Ron if you have ideas how to help…
VI
- Project Action – m-f 10- 12 am under downtown Starbucks
Mentors needed to help needy clients seek/obtain needed services.
- Housing, Jobs, Pers. ID, Filling out forms etc….
- individual ministry representing our outreach team
VII. Stone Soup – First Christian Church 5th/Madison- Tu dinner/ Sat.bkfst/ Su. Dinner
- one meal – once month- one wk/3 days or???
- full kitchen utilization prep/cook/serve/clean/---doggy boxes even set up
- food donated AND/OR WE BRING!
- Central location for needy….they come there to us!
- Tracy, Tracy, Natalie, Randy add anything?
- No evang/proselytizing – drives them away or non returns/ “conditions“ felt….prayer corner? Or outside? Will ask…..This could lead to outside BBQ’S where we may evang. !
- DROP IN CENTER- FCC – 8:30 AM- 2PM COVERAGE
- set up /serve/ monitor coffee, water, donated baked goods
- needy come there- central location
- donation table – personal distribution –
- church grp takes 1 week coverage – sign ups
- churches sign up for 1 week coverage at a time …curr. 6/15-19 and/or 6/22-26?
- bike repair/ haircuts????? Possible w/God?
- Again…no pros/evang on site….meet/visit/know/ trust for outside opps for sharing Lord. Prayer???
- Denise/ Cully share???
Notes for VI,VII,VIII – These are opportunities that I (and our mtg. attendees )believe that we can help out with going forward.
Project Action is something you may do on an individual basis and can just go there one day to investigate or start helping as the Lord leads! Several have mentioned a desire to help in this area and sounds like this is already set up to meet these needs.
Stone Soup is something we all agreed we’d like to try and Ron will look into available dates ahead. Most likely will do a Sat. breakfast in June since we still have a truckload of coffee, pancake mix, and syrup left from last month.! In meantime a few have gone down at dinner time to get aquainted with kitchen and procedures and observe other church teams methods.. Would like to see a few do same for Sat. breakfasts so when our turn comes, we will be prepped! Biggest thing I believe with this type of ministry that will be that WE SERVE GUESTS AT TABLES AND SIT AND EAT WITH THEM ! This got most comments from guests and I believe will lead to Lords timing for evangelism outside of Stone Soup in future days as we learn their names and their stories!
Unfortunately evangelism nor praying with (not for) individuals is not allowed on the premises for any of these 3 areas. I believe God will provide opps. in our small city still.
Drop In Center was well received at our mtg. as something we can do semi regular and practically. I have signed us up for 6/15- 6/19 and we are “penciled in” for 6/22- 6/26 should we get enough help. (also prayerfully consider doing Stone Soup breakfast on Sat. in between…6/20…?) current sign ups and openings are:
Mon. 6/15- Peter and Matt Fricke, 6/22- ????? and ????
Tues. 6/16- Bill Johnson and ???? 6/23- ????? and ?????
Wed. 6/17 – Lee Edward and ???? 6/24- ???? and ?????
Thurs. 6/18- Laura Miller and ???? 6/25 – Lionel and ????
Fri. 6/19- David Halverson and ???? 6/26 – Jerry and Denis B.
We are also envisioning these areas of help turning into “in the park” BBQ’s and Bible studies/prayer/evangelism as well as a Sunday Transport team from this location to Calvary service and baptisms in the summer months!
Just dreaming the dreams of God !)
THANKS ALL!
Your response to any of this is welcome!
Blessings
Ron W.
