The Bulletin
Supplement is a 5.5" x 8.5" insert, attractively designed to
enhance your church bulletin. It is published monthly and is designed to
keep PCA members informed and interested in what's happening in other PCA
churches--because the more we know about each other's ministries, the stronger our common bond
will be.
Please read excerpts from actual supplements
below and then subscribe for your church today. One hundred supplements each month
cost on $78 / year.
BIBLES AND
ORANGES. For several years, mission teams from Covenant Presbyterian
Church in Auburn, Alabama, have traveled to Romania to give support to a
Christian orphanage called Dorcas House. The girls in Dorcas House have now grown up and
have expressed a desire to reach children in the desolate, state-run orphanages. In
November 1999, Covenant’s mission team challenged the congregation to give Bibles as
Christmas gifts to Romanian orphans and to send an orange with each one. Over two thousand
dollars was donated for the project. The Bibles and oranges were shipped to Dorcas House
and the girls delivered them to children in several government orphanages. The second
generation of the ministry has now begun. Covenants ministry to the orphan girls now
enables them to reach out to other orphans just like themselves!
LAWN MINISTRY.
Two years ago Northside Presbyterian Church in Melbourne, Florida, launched
the Northside Lawn Ministry to help men who wanted to be free of their drug and alcohol
addictions. The lawn ministry was a way to put to work men who had been discipled in
prison and needed help returning to the outside world. The church located customers who
were glad to participate in the ministry by having their yards maintained. The Lord soon
sent the church a man who had been trained in a similar program and the Reformation House
came into being—a place where the participants live and learn, while working. The men
from Reformation House are incorporated into the church life, attending a small group
during the week and worship on Sundays. Pastor Jim Whittle provides counseling and
encouragement and correction when needed. God is working in way never envisioned when the
Lawn Ministry was started. The program was sown in tears and reaped in joy.
MENTORING. Village
Seven Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, has joined with
Faith Partners to help individuals and families in need of Christian mentoring. Faith
Partners are trained to come alongside people struggling with poverty and family
management issues. Church members are trained as teams and matched to coach a person or
family in areas such as faith, career, budgeting, parenting, and life skills. Mentors
devote two to four hours per month for one year. A mentor is described as: a teacher,
guide, friend, role model, counselor, supporter, coach, advocate, and advisor.
ADOPT A MINISTRY
for a year! Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church in Lake Wylie, South Carolina,
has found a way to share the work and permit each person to be involved in a ministry for
which they feel suited and will find rewarding. Members "Adopt" one of the many
ministries conducted by the church. Members look over the list of ministries and pick out
one or more and resolve to support that ministry all through the year. As various needs
arise during the "Adoption" year, the member is notified unless he or she is
already involved. As in most churches, there is always a ministry suitable for every
member of the body.
MISSIONS GIFT REPLACES
CHRISTMAS CARDS. In a long-established practice at Calvary Presbyterian
Church in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, each family places one Christmas card on
the Missions Christmas Tree in the church. The card expresses greetings to all the other
families in the church. Then they give to the church’s mission fund whatever amount
of money they would have spent on cards and postage. Members are encouraged not to send
cards to other members who they see frequently (except for shut-ins) but to provide extra
support to the Missions Program.
BIBLIOPHILES.
Summer readers in the Pioneer Club project at Christ Presbyterian Church in New
Braunfels, Texas, are called "Bibliophiles." Students are encouraged to read
classic children’s literature and are rewarded with various prizes for the
accumulation of reading "points." Prizes include a "Pioneer Club
Bibliophiles" T-shirt. The club’s theme verse, "…redeeming the time
because the days are evil" (Ephesians 5:16), reflects the club goal of helping
students to develop a Christian world and life view while using their summer hours wisely.
[ Subscribe
today ]
