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Special Event

Lagniappe Presbyterian Mission--Blitz Build May 12-16, 2008

Join with Lagniappe Presbyterian Mission, Habitat for Humanity and Mission to North America as we work together to build 10 new homes on the Gulf Coast in just one week. We seek to recruit 50 volunteers to join our team for this intense, high energy, rewarding week of service.

 

Gulf Coast Relief Ministry Opportunities

Hurricane Relief-Columbia Presbyterian Church, Columbia, Mississippi

Even though Hurricane Katrina swept through our state nearly two years ago, and even though we are more than an hour’s drive from the coast, it’s impossible to drive around Columbia and Marion County without seeing blue roofs periodically dotting the landscape. Many families still have tangible needs, and we would love to partner with teams from around the PCA in reaching out to these families with the ministry of word and deed that marked our Savior’s life (Luke 24:19). We are praying with deep desire that the Lord would raise up laborers who could relocate to Columbia short or long-term to provide leadership and administrative assistance to these projects. May the Lord use us all to build His church and transform lives with the gospel of Christ!

Hurricane Relief-Hope for Hattiesburg
Bring God's love to Mississippi’s Hub City, through practical deeds of mercy and reconciliation.  Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is called the Hub City because of its confluence of roads, railways and waterways. The roads that served to evacuate Hurricane Katrina victims from the Gulf Coast were also used to bring volunteers that provided relief. In the early days of the Katrina Response, First Presbyterian Church served as a mobilization site by housing hundreds of PCA volunteers who helped provide immediate relief. When the decision was made to shut down the worksite,  church leadership prayed that volunteers would someday return and participate in the long-term restoration of the community.

Hurricane Relief-Lagniappe Presbyterian Church, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Lagniappe Presbyterian Church exists to participate in the restoration of the Mississippi Gulf Coast through the declaration and demonstration of the love of God shown to us in Christ Jesus. Your team will witness the transforming power of the Love of God, expressed to us in the Gospel and lived out in their own lives as they volunteer here on the coast. This love will restore culture, families, ethics, laughter, beauty, truth and goodness on the Gulf coast. Come help!

Hurricane Relief-Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
"The Word became flesh. and moved into the neighborhood." John 1:14
Become Salt and Light for the Big Easy with Redeemer Presbyterian New Orleans and Mission to North America. An ideal opportunity for smaller teams. As New Orleans recovers and rebuilds, it is important that Redeemer continue to be a light on a hill to this city. Katrina damaged 170,000 homes, and 80% of the city was flooded. Help us ramp up for the long haul.

Hurricane Relief-First Presbyterian Church, Gulfport, Mississippi
Camp Hope is a ministry of First Presbyterian Church, Gulfport, whose purpose is to meet the physical and spiritual needs of those in our community affected by Hurricane Katrina. Volunteers have given of their time and talents to help rebuild and restore the homes and the lives of people on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Since September 2005, Camp Hope has helped over 300 local families recover. Camp Hope closed it’s doors December 1, 2007. Click here to read their final newsletter.

Hurricane Relief-First Presbyterian Church, Biloxi Mississippi

As of March 22, 2008, relief work at the Biloxi site will cease. The work done here and the hearts touched are immeasurable. Please click here to read the entire letter about the closing of the site.

Hurricane Relief-Trinity Presbyterian Church, Slidell, Louisiana

Help meet the physical and spiritual needs of those in the Slidell community who have been affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Intercity Mercy Ministry Ministry Opportunities

El Shaddai Ministries - Minister Cross-Culturally Among the Multitudes for Christ
Empower your mission team in Word and Deed Ministry by immersing them in the culture of Miami and/or Haiti.

Hope for Chattanooga - Equip your team with a vision for racial reconciliation, ministry among the poor and joy in worship in the heart of Chattanooga, TN.
Join with Hope for Chattanooga (HFC) and Mission to North America to assist in the evangelical and developmental up-building of the Glenwood neighborhood in Chattanooga.

Restore St. Louis - Summer Urban Missions

Bring your gifts and talents to be God's "hands, feet, and lips" while serving along with New City Fellowship and Restore St. Louis. Help us establish God's Kingdom in the hearts of every ethnic group by discipling the nations in the reconciling Gospel of Jesus Christ through a clear proclamation of salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone and by doing Spirit-led deeds of justice and mercy.

STREETS Ministries
Join with STREET Ministries to help impact and bring about enduring change in one of America's poorest urban areas through the hope found in Jesus Christ.

Sunshine Missions
Join Sunshine Missions for a week of intensive team building as students (youth & adults) work to build and repair inner city structures, partner to feed the homeless, and discuss the impact of the gospel in concentrated Bible study in the heart of Chicago.

Native American/First Nation Ministry Opportunities

Sacred Road Ministries - Serve God in the Great Northwest. Native American Ministry (Yakima Washington)
Bring your team to Yakima, Washington and partner with Pacific Northwest Presbytery and Sacred Road Ministries. Short-term workers serve a hurting Native American Community with the love and truth of God. We are deeply grateful for the teams the Lord sends to serve this community. Our goal is to treat interns and one week team members like family. Our hope is that everyone who comes would fall in love with our neighbors here and would pray faithfully for them in the future. We believe that through those prayers and the direct service of short-term workers the Lord will transform this dark, broken corner of our nation in to a beautiful place. We need Summer and longer term interns as well.

Church Planting Ministry Opportunities

Haiti Vision Expedition - Aug. 14 - 18, 2008

MNA ShortTerm Missions arranges vision trips to strategic areas in North America including Canada and parts of the Caribbean. We do this to help PCA folks explore ministry in a different context than they normally minister by introducing churches and individuals to our PCA ministries. This introduction purposefully initiates and strengthens partnerships which lead to the advancement of the Gospel more quickly.

Upward Bound Base Camp in Maine. Church Planting -- Recruiting Now for Summer 2008 Missions
What do you do with a dozen or more high school kids for a week in the summer? How about help plant a church? That is what they have been doing in Northern New England for the past five summers.

El Shaddai Ministries - Minister Cross-Culturally Among the Multitudes for Christ
Empower your mission team in Word and Deed Ministry by immersing them in the culture of Miami and/or Haiti.

Lagniappe Presbyterian Church, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
Lagniappe Presbyterian Church exists to participate in the restoration of the Mississippi Gulf Coast through the declaration and demonstration of the love of God shown to us in Christ Jesus. Your team will witness the transforming power of the Love of God, expressed to us in the Gospel and lived out in their own lives as they volunteer here on the coast. This love will restore culture, families, ethics, laughter, beauty, truth and goodness on the Gulf coast. Come help!

Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
"The Word became flesh. and moved into the neighborhood." John 1:14
Become Salt and Light for the Big Easy with Redeemer Presbyterian New Orleans and Mission to North America. An ideal opportunity for smaller teams. As New Orleans recovers and rebuilds, it is important that Redeemer continue to be a light on a hill to this city. Katrina damaged 170,000 homes, and 80% of the city was flooded. Help us ramp up for the long haul.

St. Roch Community Church-Eighth Ward-New Orleans

April 13-20, April 21-25, April 27- May 2, May 4-9, May 11-16, May 18-23, May 25-30 

St. Roch Community Church is one of the PCA’s newest church plants and is located in the Eighth Ward of New Orleans. Mission to North America is seeking to assist this mission work by recruiting volunteers with construction skills and apprentices to help us rehab their “new” storm blighted church facilities.

Other Ministry Opportunity that Strengthens the PCA

Ridge Haven Conference and Retreat Center, Brevard, North Carolina
Looking for a challenge that equips your team for service that glorifies God, and also provides a place of rest, refuge and renewal for others?


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