Missions
Purpose Statement:
To provide opportunities to share Christ by serving our
communities and supporting local, national and international
missions.
General
Description: The
Missions Board is made up of a Chairperson and six additional
members chosen from the congregation. Each member serves a
three year term. The terms are overlapping. The Board meets
regularly on a monthly basis.
Opportunities to:
-
Directly serve others outside of our church family.
-
Directly and/or indirectly support the ministries of others
around the world.
- Reach
out to others with the love and service that Christ
patterned for us.
Current
Chairperson:
Jack Crew
Current Members:
Jeff
Collins, Sara Mako, Bob Shively,
Vicki Oyler
,
Tim Reed, Gordon Garrett
Contact info and
e-mail link:
Contact the church office at (937) 323-9747 or any Missions
Bd. member
Listing of other
ministries under this board:
Community
Thanksgiving Dinner
Purpose Statement:
To provide an opportunity
for people of the community to be welcomed to a friendly place
to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal prepared especially for them.
General Description:
A Thanksgiving meal is
prepared and served by members of the church to those in the
community that may not otherwise be able to have such a meal.
Opportunities to:
Reach out to the community in
service to others.
Outreach Center
Purpose Statement:
To meet the
physical needs of those who lack, in particular for food and
clothing, and to provide opportunities for service for the
people at
Maiden
Lane
Ministries
General Description:
On a monthly basis we will be
open to meet with those in need, have a time of conversation
and prayer with them, and then help to meet their immediate
needs. We will also serve as a referral service for all those
who visit.
Opportunities to:
LOVE our neighbor as
ourselves. Also, to see that our neighbor is the next person
we come across, as in the case of the Good Samaritan
Current Leader:
Director – Bob Mako
Contact info and e-mail link:
bobmako@erinet.com
Jail Ministry
Purpose Statement: To share the saving
gospel of Jesus Christ to the incarcerated and their families
in
Clark
County
.
General Description:
Sharing the gospel is done
through a variety of ways. Daily church services are provided
for inmates by volunteers at the
Clark
County
jail and weekly services for
juveniles detained in the county detention center. Volunteers
also do one-on-one visitation with inmates and provide a
weekly jail lobby ministry for visitors there to see inmates.
Opportunities:
There is always room for volunteers in the jail ministry.
Aside from those opportunities mentioned above, there are also
administration needs that volunteers are needed for.
Current Leaders:
Jack Nichols
Contact info and e-mail link:
Contact the church office at
(937) 323-9747 and one of the jail ministry leaders will get
back with you. To check out the Clark County Jail Chaplaincy
web site, click on
http://www.ccjailchaplaincy.org
J-O-Y Circle
(Jesus-Others-You)
Purpose Statement:
The mission of J-O-Y Circle
and the Women of the Church of God is to extend the gospel of
Jesus Christ, promote spiritual and personal growth, build
friendship and interdependence, widen mental horizons and
enlarge vision, encourage the stewardship of all of life, and
support the united ministries of the Church of God through
gifts of finance and leadership.
General Description:
Women of the church who meet
on the third Tuesday of each month in the Fireside Room.
Opportunities:
Fellowship and serve others. Service efforts include:
-
Making pies (160 a month) which are then sold.
-
Making Easter Candy Eggs (1,300 – 1,400) which are then
sold.
- Money
from these two projects is used for missions support. This
year the goal is $5,000.
-
Putting on dinners or lunches for the Church staff,
Ministers meetings, Families who have experienced a loss do
to death, or any other similar needs.
Current Leader:
President - Wanda Jones
Contact info and e-mail link:
390-1018 or e-mail
wj8533@homerelay.net
Mission
Trips
Purpose Statement:
To provide
opportunities for people to minister to others and to be
ministered to in a cross-cultural experience.
General Description:
Typically groups of 10 – 18
people who travel together to help others in need. The help
is usually in the form of building, painting, etc.
Arrangements are also made to share the gospel with others in
schools, churches, homes and villages.
Opportunities to: Travel
with others to a location where both manual labor and
spiritual witness can be shared with those less fortunate than
ourselves.
Past Mission
Trips:
Honduras,
Beirut
Lebanon,
Paraguay
(3 years),
Guatemala
Contact info:
Contact the church office at (937) 323-9747
Faith Promise
FAITH
PROMISE
is an exciting way to support redemptive Christian outreach
beyond the walls of Maiden Lane Church of God.
FAITH
PROMISE
is a personal covenant with God expressing your intention to
give a specific amount to the support of specific mission
causes.
FAITH
PROMISE
links your “promise” to give with your “faith” to believe that
God will provide.
The Faith
Promise plan, based on the teaching of the Apostle Paul in II
Corinthians 8-9, is summed up in his testimony concerning the
Macedonian Christians.
“For I
testify that they gave as much as they were able,
and even beyond their ability.”
This
exercise of faith is a spiritual act through which you receive
God’s special enabling. As you practice it, you experience
spiritual growth in the area of trusting God.
Faith Promise Sources
Faith
Promise funds DO NOT come from your tithe dedicated to the
support of
Maiden Lane
. Faith Promise
funds are ABOVE and BEYOND your tithe. Here are four possible
ways those funds can be received:
1. Money Unusually Attained!
A pay raise,
bonus, overtime pay, unexpected income, a gift
2. Money Deliberately Retained
Denying
yourself a luxury, delaying a purchase, fasting a meal
3. Money Surprisingly Regained!
Tax refund, investment return, insurance refund, repaid
debt, rebates
4. Money Intentionally Maintained!
Commitment
to regular giving through your personal budget
Faith
Promise International Missions
Faith Promise Regional
Missions
Faith Promise Local Missions
-
Nehemiah Foundation
-
MLM Food Pantry
-
Jail Lobby Ministry
-
Interfaith Hospitality
-
Clark County Jail
Chaplaincy
-
Pregnancy Resource Center
-
Spdfd. CHOG Urban
Ministries
-
Enon Community Outreach
Center
-
Children's Rescue Center
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