The Importance Of Outreach In America

It was the last semester of eighth-grade year when Trinity Christian School had officially decided where my classmates and I should go for the end of the year mission trip. The whole eighth-grade class had been anticipating the announcement all year, and the location was finally named. It was New York, the city that never sleeps. While I was on the trip, I was able to see much of what the city had to offer. However, because it was an eighth-grade trip there were many limitations on the things we could see and participate in. Therefore, this would be the place I would go if I had one ticket in my hand. I would go to New York to experience the charm that flows through the city through the city.

For 17 years God has blessed me to serve alongside my husband as directors of Chi Alpha at the University of Texas at Arlington. During my time here, I have served and mentored hundreds of young women and internationals who now fulfill the mission of Chi Alpha in the marketplace and the world as pastors, missionaries, police officers, nurses, teachers, and social workers. I am especially thankful to walk with those students who came to faith, experienced discipleship, and the Holy Spirit empowered their lives through the ministry.

On the last Thursday of every month, a few of the Young Adults from Harvest City Church volunteer to go to Carrall Gospel Mission and serve the homeless at downtown Eastside. These people are made up of drug addicts, ex-convicts, prostitutes and people with mental health problems. First, We have a short sharing session by the leaders of the mission, and afterwards we serve the homeless dinner. The purpose of this mission is not only to engage the impoverished, but also to give back to the community. Listening to the homeless talk about their lives, I have learned to be more content with what I have and not to take anything for granted. Moreover, I have learned that reaching out to others can have a lasting impact on their lives and also on

After landing in Mexico and meeting up with the people I would be working with during a three-day mission trip, we were crammed into a bus and spent the next two hours getting to know each other. We were there to build homes for a multitude of families in the town of Xochimilco, Mexico. When we arrived late in the afternoon, we were led to an empty school where we would spend our nights. Sleeping on the floor next to school lockers with bugs buzzing in my ears in a country I did not know well was an interesting experience to say the least—but that was just the beginning. At dawn, the real work began and so did a change in my thinking that had a dramatic effect on my perspectives about life.

Three years ago I went to the Cumberland mountains of Tennessee. June came more quickly than I had planned. Before I knew it, it was time to go on my mission trip. Twelve hours of driving seemed like it took forever. During that twelve hour drive, I thought a lot about what I had imagined the week would be like. I knew it would take hard work and an open mind. Those twelve hours finally came to an end, we were in the mountains of Tennessee. I had mixed emotions that was going through as we settled into our cabins and looked around the camp site. It was definitely overwhelming when more church groups arrived, but I had to keep in mind that I needed to have an open mind about the week. Monday morning came in a flash. We fueled up with breakfast before we

(The last suitcase was shoved into the back of the bus, and our next stop would be Winchester, Virginia.) My youth group and I were heading to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a mission trip. We would be involved with a program called P-2 mission, which partnered us with a local church, Calvary Christian. During the day we would be doing street outreach and during the night we would be hosting a Vacation Bible School. There was an urgency to have this church up and running because the community around it was crumbling. The church itself was located in a shanty town. Violence was on the rise and the community was in desperate need of a strong foundation. The corruption was spreading so rapidly that the church’s basketball court was becoming

This summer I have the honor and privilege to be able to advance God's kingdom with a mission trip to Costa Rica. I'll be going with a group of missionaries from Living Word Family Church to Siquirres Costa Rica. While there, we'll be doing street evangelism including ministering to the people and dramas for the public. The team I'm in is the Youth Team, and we'll be in Costa Rica from July 9th through the 16th.

In life, we are given a lot of different surprising opportunities, and Sunday the 12th, I had the chance to attend T.D Jakes sermon. A well-known preacher and actor in the United States at his main ministry in West Kiest Boulevard Dallas, Texas From 9am to 11:30am. This experience, by far was one of the most interesting ones for me because I always saw this preacher on T.V both preaching and in the movies. Being around a different culture and settings, was very much different compare to the country I’m from, we tend to do things different when it comes to religion and especially the size of the congregation was triple times compare to the ones I am accustom too.

I had recently returned home from an 18-month service mission for my church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in December of 2016. It was so wonderful to be home, but a short two and a half weeks later I moved into student housing in a town 45 minutes away from home to continue pursuing my bachelor’s degree.

On May 29th, 2015 at about eight a.m., a group of eleven youth and three youth leaders from Fair Haven Baptist Church loaded into two vans and prepared for a twelve hour drive. Our destination was a new church located in the middle of a crime-packed, non-believing neighborhood in Sulfur Springs, Florida. For the week, we would partner with a missionary group called Hope Street. Our mission was to take flyers that advertised the local church and go door-to-door, inviting people to the grand opening, which would also be their Easter Sunday service. Little did I know of the huge impact Hope Street would make on the Sulfur Springs community.

I chose to evaluate my home church's missions program for this paper. A big part of this decision was curiosity; I had never in my five years at my home church heard anything of a well-formed missions program, and upon receiving this assignment became very intrigued. I interviewed a good friend of mine, who is also an elder at Kentwood Christian Church, by the name of Mike Boumis.

The missional journey is communal, and it starts from cultivating a culture of participation, continues through bringing our awareness of God meeting people where they are, and advances through practicing the way forward. Engaging with spiritual seekers from surrounding culture requires both hearing from God and listening to our neighbors. I believe that my missional community in Los Angeles is positioned well to embrace new mental models, while it seeks to be both missional and invitational community. We as a church are to join the ministry of Jesus Christ in bringing spiritual transformation to its neighbors. The question that we have to keep asking ourselves is "Do we love church life more than we love our neighbors?" (2014, 68). Even though

The choir students had a experience of once in a life time. On November 11-14, the High School Concert Choir had the opportunity to perform at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Church of Martin Luther King Jr. Early Friday morning, the students were up and ready with the company of Mr. Jordon the choir conductor, Mrs. Rhodes, Mr. Willis and Mrs. Garner, they sent out to ministry to many people. It was a long 9 hour drive but the students learn how to pass the time but all the fun,games and singing.

In spring of 2016, my youth group and I began planning a trip to a neighboring city. This wasn’t just any trip however, we were going on a mission. Each of us there were bound and determined to

In June of 2015 I went to Sucùa, Ecuador, on my first mission trip. About 5 months before the trip I went to a discipleship weekend with my youth group, and during one of the services a promotional video was played for a mission trip that Alabama Youth ministries was taking that summer. While I was watching the promo I felt the Spirit of God tell me to go on that trip. It was the first time I had actually felt the spirit of God move through me. I applied for the trip, and I was accepted. I did not go on that trip expecting anything. Even when we landed in Ecuador I did not know what I was there for. I did not go to see God move, but He had something else in mind. My goal in this paper is to help the reader to understand how I was called to missions, how God has changed my life, and how God will prepare me for the rest of my journey.