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Mission Opportunities 2011
►Mission Jerusalem
June and July there is a community children and
youth outreach thru recreation and BYBC activities. Volunteers are needed to
provide refreshments, lead game activities, share Bible stories, interact
with youth and just be there to help. Call Keith at 430-9753 for more
information or to volunteer. If you would like an outreach team at your
church or in your community this summer just give me a call at 430-9753
(Keith).
►Multihousing Ministry
Pray about ways your church could embrace a nearby
mobile home community, an apartment complex or condominiums. Effective
outreach might include a Bible study, recreational activity or an after
school program. Whatever you do, communicate clearly with management and get
their permission before you start. Training is available and we are ready to
help you get started.
►Big League World Series
July 27 – August 3 at Red Owens Field in Easley.
Teams from all over the United States and the world are coming here again
this summer. We will have a ministry booth again this year and your help is
needed. Why not make it your group or churches night at the ball game? This
is a great opportunity for you or your group, especially youth, to be on
mission. Everything you need will be supplied except your hands and heart
reaching people.
►The Upper SC State Fair
Ministry
September 1-11
Come on out to the Fair and touch peoples lives! Your church can adopt a day
or night at the fair! We sponsor a booth each year on the midway of the
fairgrounds. This is where we distribute literature, do face painting,
helium balloons, clowning, drama and anything else to draw people to us to
share the gospel message. Whatever your gifts or talents this is an
opportunity for you or your group to use them for a great ministry to a mass
of people!
Churches are encouraged to adopt a night at the fair and man the booth.
Volunteers can serve 2 or 3 hour shifts or the entire evening. During that
time they greet people, talk with them, offer bibles and tracts and seek to
share the gospel. Watch for sign up information as the date gets closer.
We also sponsor a tent for the Carnival Workers during the morning hours of
10:00 - 12:00. This involves providing breakfast, as well as haircuts,
clothing, medical care, laundry needs and other needs. During that time we
are building relationships that provide an opportunity to share the gospel.
►S.O.S. (Serve Our Schools)
Developing School Partnerships
PURPOSE
To encourage and equip churches for ministry partnerships with public
schools. To increase
Christian awareness and support for our local schools, faculty, and staff.
To link churches and public schools together in a way that affirms the need
and positive results of working together.
GOAL
To link a church, or churches, with each local public school in an effort to
encourage faculty and staff, support students and parents, and respond with
real help for real needs as we seek to see the Great Commission fulfilled in
our schools. Every school in our community needs a church partner to pray
for the school, care for students, teachers and parents, and share Jesus
through acts of kindness and compassion.
1. Pray for a school.
2. Meet with the principal to determine needs and offer assistance.
3. Prepare your church to serve the school's needs.
4. Do what's needed to serve students and teachers in the school.
36 Strategies for Serving Our Schools
Achievement Awards Incentives to recognize and motivate
students for academic success
Adopt-a-Class Meet with teacher to discuss ways to help in and
out of classroom
After-School Program Volunteers, refreshments
Book Bags Teachers know who needs a new one
Book Buddies Read with a child for 30 minutes or more at least
once a week
Career Day Speaker Talk with students about various careers
Chaplain Serve as volunteer chaplain for school sports teams
Christmas SS class sponsor a child or family for Christmas
(see counselor)
Christmas Stockings One for each teacher and staff – gift
card, candy, school supplies, etc.
Church Facilities Allow school to use church facilities for
special programs, PTA Class Grandparent Read, bake cookies, tell stories,
help with homework, etc.
Class Guest Speak to a class, demonstrate a hobby, share a
talent, etc.
Classroom Supplies Paper, pencils, Kleenex, etc. . . Every
teacher has a needs list.
Clothing Exchange Collect and offer nearly new school clothes
at very low cost. Vouchers given to parents with needs.
Computer Tutor One-to-one assistance at a computer in school
or after school
E-Pals Internet pen pals matched by a common interest
Gift Cards Give to teachers at beginning of school year,
Christmas, birthday
Greetings Cards To teachers and staff on birthdays and
holidays
Incentives Awards, parties, etc to encourage individual and
class achievement
Landscaping Provide flowers, mulch, etc. Work alongside
students and parents
Lunch Buddies Eat lunch with a child or class
Mentor One hour a week.....take to a ball game, McDonalds,
meal at home, etc.
Family Movie Night Show movie at school or church with free
concessions…students can earn free tickets for family as reward for
behavior, attitude, or academics.
Prayerwalk the school the week before school starts and before
testing
Reading Program Sponsor "Learning to Earn" over summer –
children earn $ reading books
Recreation Teams Sponsor children to play on church recreation
teams
Rock –n- Read Donate 2 rocking chairs and provide volunteers
to read with students
Santa’s School Store Students earn points for behavior,
homework, attitude, and use to buy presents for Christmas (Inexpensive items
donated by church members)
School Supplies Work with guidance and teachers to provide for
children in need
Science Projects Help a student with science fair or other
project - Great for single
Special Days Help with school festivals, field days, field
trips, and other school events Teacher Appreciation At beginning of school
year have a special meal, speaker, and gift
Teacher Workdays Provide breakfast, lunch, or snacks during
the day
Testing Monitor Volunteer to help watch class during testing
Transportation Use church minibus to carry special education
classes on local field trips
Tutoring Before school, during school, after school - needed
at all age levels
►Feed A Hungry Child Pickens County
 
Feed a Hungry Child PC, Inc. (
http://www.pickenschildren.com/) is a non-profit organization that
serves schools in Pickens County. The Program is a project of Golden Harvest
Food Bank and Feeding America. It is a simple, effective answer to the
problem of child hunger after children returns home from school for the
weekend. Free and reduced breakfasts and lunches are only available during
the week, so our program provides needy children with meals to take home on
Fridays. This nutritious package, weighing approximately three pounds,
contains dry cereal, shelf-stable milk, pop-top mini-meals like Beef and
Franks, Macaroni-O’s, applesauce or canned fruit, and juice boxes. Fresh
fruit is added to the packages when available.
How Does It Work?
Golden Harvest Food Bank provides the Packs and transports them to a holding
site in Pickens. On the last day of the school week, the Packs are
discreetly placed in the back packs of students enrolled in the program by
site staff or volunteers.
How Can I Help?
Donations to the Program are an important source of funding, along with
program grants. Each Pack costs $4 — the cost of sponsoring a child’s Pack
for a 32-week school term is only $128. . If you know of a student that
lives in the Pickens County area, and is hungry and in need of assistance,
please let us or the local schools know.
►Clemson University Baptist Collegiate
Ministry / Friends of Internationals
Doug Hunt and Jon Varner are our missionaries reaching and serving students
at Clemson University. They need ministry partners and there are many
opportunities for churches and individuals to be on mission. Their website
is www.clemsonbcm.org
►Kentucky
The PBA has a ministry relationship with God’s Love From a Diaper Bag/McPeek
Ministries in Jenkins, Kentucky. The needs are tremendous in these areas of
high unemployment and low income. Repair ministry, VBS in a church, block
party, sponsor food and clothes giveaways, and multihousing ministry are
ministry possibilities.
►Montana
Each year several of our churches send out teams
of volunteers to help with church plants, construction projects and Bible
schools in the Billings and Red Lodge areas of Montana. If you or your
church would like to be a part of what God is doing there - or for more
information contact Rev. Danny Parton at (864)859-7234.
►West Virginia
We have a ministry partnership with the Upper Ohio
Valley Baptist Association in the Northern Panhandle of WV. They are
requesting volunteers and long-term partnerships to assist with existing
churches and in all aspects of planting new churches in the six counties
that make up the geographical area of the association. Currently they need
volunteer teams for prayerwalking, ministry groups, outreach events, church
planters and evangelism. Also needed are prayer partners, financial
assistance, and in the future need buildings and new church pastors. The
association desires individuals, churches, and associations to join with us
in long term partnerships to reach the lost in this area. Their website is
http://www.uovba.org
►Costa Rica
This is a year round missions opportunity that is
being lead by Mt Airy Baptist Church as an IMB strategy coordinator church
for a region of Costa Rica. Churches are needed to partner to reach a
specific people group through church planting. You will be involved in door
to door evangelism and discipleship, as well as other possibilities such as
prayerwalking communities and sports evangelism. For more information
contact Rev. Keith Shorter at (864)295-3008.
►SCBC Partnerships
SC Baptists: A Witness to the World
 North America: Atlanta
Urban Atlanta Church Planting is a cooperative effort to engage lostness by
intentionally planting relevant reproducing congregations inside Atlanta's
I-285 perimeter that produce community transformation. Would you consider
becoming a partner with one of the new churches?
North America: Nova Scotia
If you want to know what ministry in SC will be like in 20 years, come to
Nova Scotia today. A postmodern culture that sees little relevance in the
church, Nova Scotia is in desperate need of Bible-based, evangelistic
churches. Volunteers are needed to partner in a wide variety of outreach
activities to reach Nova Scotians with the Gospel. Block parties, children's
ministries, servant evangelism, campus ministries, prayerwalking, leadership
training, pastors & wives retreats, and long-term volunteers are just some
of the many ways used to reach out in this area. Click here to learn more.
North America: Ohio
A state with much to offer - five major city centers, amusement parks from
one end to the other with more roller coasters than one can imagine,
multiple cultures and cuisines, covered bridges, and lake and water fun - to
name a few of the things to do here. At the same time, it is a people of
over 11.5 million, many who do not have a personal relationships with Jesus
Christ. A place with so much to do, so many to reach and so little time.
Will you go and help? Baptists in Ohio are driven to reach people for
Christ. They seek to do this through starting and strengthening churches
across the state. They need SC Baptists who will come alongside to help.
Help is needed in the Appalachian region of Ohio and the Toledo area in the
northwestern part of Ohio. Volunteers are need in a wide-range of
ministries.
International: Among Northern African and Middle Eastern Peoples
Campground Maintenance and Care - Spend a week working at a
campground in the Middle East doing minor repairs and clean up. This
campground is used throughout the year to host sporting events, children's
camps and conferences. Plan to stay an extra three to four days to visit
nearby Biblical sites. Dates are open. Approximate costs are $60 per day
plus airfare.
Literature Distribution - Volunteers will spend several hours every
day in prayer for North Africans, distributing Bibles, Jesus films and other
Christian materials, and in evangelism. Working hours start very early and
volunteers are expected to work 8 hours per day and participate in evening
debriefing. Volunteers need to be fit to do a great deal of required
walking. Project length is 10 days and volunteers will stay in a hotel in a
large European city. Dates are open. Call for approximate costs.
 International: Delhi,
India
Delhi is a huge mega-city of more than 15 million people. It is a city of
contrasts with rich and poor, of every religion in every state of the
country. There are 5 project opportunities for 2011 - PreSearching/Prayerwalking
Team, Prayerwalking Team, Training Team in Spiritual Warfare/Broken
Relationships & Forgiveness, Medical Team and Unengaged Unreached People
Groups Team.
International: London, England
London Strategy Church Training - Through the London Borough
Partnership, the desire is to share the Gospel with the entire city of
London in relevant ways that results in reproducible and multiplying forms
of church. The London Team has developed a strategy to do this that is both
wise and practical. The London Team will guide you through a process of
selecting and adopting a geographic area, known as a borough, that is right
for your church. The Team will ask you to identify three people from your
congregation that will take on and own specific jobs or roles. They will
then train these individuals and help them become effective. It is believed
that this strategy is wise because it greatly increases the number of
witnesses in the city, has been proven effective, is based on years of
experience living in London and multiples our presence in the city.
Each church or association that participates in this training in London
should bring three or four people that will fill the following roles in a
ongoing strategy: Borough Strategist, Travel Coordinator and Prayer
Coordinator. During the time in London, you will participate in partnership
training and then spend time prayerwalking, researching and mapping the
borough that God has led you to adopt. Approximate Costs: $150 per day plus
airfare.
International: Peru - REAP North
REAP North is a group of missionaries working in northern Peru, Ecuador
and Bolivia. REAP stands for Research and Recruit, Equip, Assist and Pray.
There are 5 project opportunities for 2011 - 2 English Conversation and
Bible Study teams, 2 Discipleship Training teams and Prayerwalking/Peace
Seekers team. For more information, please contact the Missions Mobilization
Group by calling 800-723-7242, ext. 4800 or 4801 or e-mailing
missmob@scbaptist.org.
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