Serving
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Posted on February 20, 2012, 10:01 am | 8 comments
Topics: Serving
In Asset Based Community Development, we talk a lot about church as asset for positive community change. In what ways can church be gift to neighborhood transformation? I wonder what you would add to this list?
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Posted on August 15, 2011, 8:00 am | 6 comments
Topics: Network Buzz, Serving
Circles of friends with a shared vision are the birthing rooms for Kingdom collaboration. But sometimes circles of friends can become closed networks. Circles of friends can warp into ethnic or denominational bubbles or even just plain Christian bubbles - - bubbles that protect those on the inside from people and ideas that seem different.
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Posted on June 20, 2011, 10:23 am
Topics: Serving
"Serving as a mission volunteer is not another experience to check off the list, like white-water rafting, backpacking or zip-lining. Instead, we have to shed ourselves, and go as representatives of the family of God. We must not only introduce people to ‘our House’, but we also need to say ‘come, join us...
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Posted on May 20, 2011, 3:17 pm
VBS is often viewed as a church's primary way to do missions in community. Discover how to make the most of this opportunity.
Presenter: Wendy Hammond, CRWRC Partnership Manager
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Posted on May 11, 2011, 3:17 pm
Topics: Missional Church, Serving
Read an overview of how churches can do VBS WITH the community, a paper by Monika Grasley.
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Posted on April 20, 2011, 4:22 pm | 10 comments
Topics: Serving
One of the biggest challenges of mission service, whether in North America or internationally, is support raising. Some see this as a great opportunity to connect with people, tell ministry stories, and call people to faithful use of the resources that God has given them. Others consider it “begging,” and see it as demeaning to the missionary. What do you think?
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Posted on January 18, 2011, 8:31 am | 2 comments
Topics: Serving
When I mention to people that I was a missionary for six years in Eastern Europe, one of the first questions I am often asked is, "Did you have your family with you?" At least sometimes this question has another behind it. "Doesn't raising your children overseas impoverish your children, or put them at risk?" In my case, I would say,
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Posted on August 9, 2010, 2:44 pm
Topics: Serving
I attended the funeral of one of our former missionaries today. She was 54 and her youngest child is just out of high school. It was a very moving occasion. Remarkable testimonies were given by her sons and brother and a fine message by the pastor, also a former missionary. However, the thing I will most remember is what her friend said in summing up her life. Eileen Wiersma had an infectious enthusiasm. When she found something great, she communicated her enthusiasm by saying, "You gotta come with."
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Posted on June 11, 2010, 9:58 am
Topics: Serving
This question and answer addresses the question of timing. Is it best to respond immediately upon completing one's education or gain some experience (and lose some student debt) first. This is not the final word but raises some good points. Steve
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Posted on January 12, 2010, 3:37 pm
Topics: Serving
One of our church members is sensing a call to serve God in mission. What are some next steps we as a mission committee can suggest? What sort of education is needed to become a missionary and is it important to serve under an agency? Can our denominational agencies use people of various skills?
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Posted on January 12, 2010, 12:28 pm
Topics: Serving, Short-term mission
CRC Volunteer Orientation – WHY GO?
Reflections from Kristin V., representative of her church in Calgary, AB working on a partnership through CRWRC with a community in Uganda and who attended the orientation workshops in February 2009
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Posted on December 3, 2009, 12:17 pm
Topics: Serving
Whether you’re a carpenter or cattle rancher, pastor or plumber, bookkeeper or baker, typist or teacher…or just have a passion for missions, there’s a place for you in God’s mission. As members of God’s church, we all have roles to play in the work of global missions. ..
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