EPC WEST WOC

PERSPECTIVES ON OUTREACH

INFORMATION FROM PRESENTATIONS TO THE PRESBYTERY AND ELSEWHERE

PRESBYTERY MEETING, February 6, 2009:
    The Presbytery World Outreach Committee hosted a workshop with Mr. Gene Kissinger as Master of Ceremonies. The committee intended to stimulate attendees to catch a vision for churches to understand and appreciate the ethnic makeup of the neighborhoods around them and to consider this diversity as they reach out to their communities.
    Rev. Steve Garcia, Ms. Kelli Hayes, Dr. Pete Menconi were the panelists, along with Mr. Wes Tucker, and Mr. Sean McKelvey who told us about three different “tools” our churches can use to encourage, challenge and equip our congregations.
    The panel had a free ranging dialog about what being “incarnational verses attractional” church models looked like and how it has changed the ministry focus of Celebration Community Church. They told how being willing to just follow the ideas and opportunities that God brings opens doors to peoples hearts and lives. They also discussed very real ways that ministry can get outside of the church building and out into neighborhoods by helping people with their needs; be it learning English, learning how to get around on the buses, medical care and where to find it, painting an elderly person’s house. These simple acts of service are what God uses to open doors for the message of the Gospel of Christ. The panelists along with Mr. Tucker and Mr. McKelvey reminded the Presbytery that our communities around us also include internationals from many corners of the world and to find ways to include them and reach out to them as well. They said that we no longer have to go outside of our country to start a missional journey for Christ.
    The World Outreach Committee presented the following material:

Understanding the Missional Church {Pete Menconi}
Bibliography on Missional Ministry {Pete Menconi}

PRESBYTERY MEETING, May 1, 2009: The Presbytery World Outreach Committee presented a workshop moderated by its chair, Gene Kissinger. The presentations focuses on "Who Is My neighbor" through the witness of people who had been involved in specific outreach activities. These included

Food for the Hungry - Experience in the Congo {Marty Martin, Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church} For Marty's PowerPoint presentation (*.pps, 2.2M), follow this link.

Visit the Food for the Hungry web site

Short Reports on other outreach ministries:

Quinn Anderson described a ministry to babies and mothers in Juarez. For more information, follow this link.
Pam Harvey described her involvement in a ministry directed toward ending human trafficking. For more information on this ministry, please follow this link to the Colorado site, and this one to the national site.

These presentations make an important point: ANYONE CAN BECOME INVOLVED; OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND!

WORLD OUTREACH (MINISTRY) ACTIVITIES

EPC PRESBYTERY OF THE WEST

PERSPECTIVES ON OUTREACH

WORLD OUTREACH (MINISTRY) ACTIVITIES OF THE EPC PRESBYTERY OF THE WEST
	PERSPECTIVES ON OUTREACH INFORMATION FROM PRESENTATIONS TO THE PRESBYTERY AND ELSEWHERE PRESBYTERY MEETING, February 6, 2009: The Presbytery World Outreach Committee hosted a workshop with Mr. Gene Kissinger as Master of Ceremonies. The committee intended to stimulate attendees to catch a vision for churches to understand and appreciate the ethnic makeup of the neighborhoods around them and to consider this diversity as they reach out to their communities. Rev. Steve Garcia, Ms. Kelli Hayes, Dr. Pete Menconi were the panelists, along with Mr. Wes Tucker, and Mr. Sean McKelvey who told us about three different “tools” our churches can use to encourage, challenge and equip our congregations. The panel had a free ranging dialog about what being “incarnational verses attractional” church models looked like and how it has changed the ministry focus of Celebration Community Church. They told how being willing to just follow the ideas and opportunities that God brings opens doors to peoples hearts and lives. They also discussed very real ways that ministry can get outside of the church building and out into neighborhoods by helping people with their needs; be it learning English, learning how to get around on the buses, medical care and where to find it, painting an elderly person’s house. These simple acts of service are what God uses to open doors for the message of the Gospel of Christ. The panelists along with Mr. Tucker and Mr. McKelvey reminded the Presbytery that our communities around us also include internationals from many corners of the world and to find ways to include them and reach out to them as well. They said that we no longer have to go outside of our country to start a missional journey for Christ. The World Outreach Committee presented the following material: Understanding the Missional Church {Pete Menconi} Bibliography on Missional Ministry {Pete Menconi} PRESBYTERY MEETING, May 1, 2009: The Presbytery World Outreach Committee presented a workshop moderated by its chair, Gene Kissinger. The presentations focuses on "Who Is My neighbor" through the witness of people who had been involved in specific outreach activities. These included Food for the Hungry - Experience in the Congo {Marty Martin, Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church} For Marty's PowerPoint presentation (*.pps, 2.2M), follow this link. Visit the Food for the Hungry web site Short Reports on other outreach ministries: Quinn Anderson described a ministry to babies and mothers in Juarez. For more information, follow this link. Pam Harvey described her involvement in a ministry directed toward ending human trafficking. For more information on this ministry, please follow this link to the Colorado site, and this one to the national site. These presentations make an important point: ANYONE CAN BECOME INVOLVED; OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND!