Midland Park Food Drive

This Sunday – April 29th – is our spring food drive. Bring your filled donation bag with you on Sunday and leave it behind your car.

(If you didn’t get a bag, bring your donations in any bag.)

 If you forget or are unable to bring your donation this Sunday -  Donations will be accepted in the church office during the week.

 All items collected will be delivered to

Midland Park Community Ministries.

 

Suggestions for donations:

Rice, Pasta, Dried Beans

Packaged Items

Rice Dishes, Pasta Dishes, Hamburger Helper, Tuna Helper, Top Ramen, Flour, Sugar, Pancake Mixes, Cake Mixes

Canned Soup

Chicken Noodle, Vegetable, Tomato, etc.

Canned Meals

Pork & Beans, Chili, Spaghetti, Beef Stew

Canned Vegetables

Corn, Green Beans, Kidney Beans, Black Beans, Pinto Beans

Canned Fruit

Peaches, Pears, Pineapple, Mixed Fruit

Canned Meat

Tuna, Chicken, Salmon, Ham, Spam, Vienna Sausage

Condiments

Mayonnaise, Mustard, Ketchup, Salad Dressing, Olive Oil, Vegetable Oil, Canola Oil

Page Update

Be sure to check out the NEW PAGES by clicking on the links above (Costa Rica & Nicaragua) this is where you can find information on the specific trip that you or someone you know is involved with! Enjoy!

Taking Easter to the Community

 

For Easter this year, we decided to try something different.  So many of our RiverKidz invite their friends to church for Easter, but few of those invited actually come.  Kids can’t drive themselves to church, after all!  The idea of Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunts would allow the kids to invite their friends from their neighborhoods for games, an egg hunt, and a devotional in the comfort of their own backyard.  Our goal was for five families to host a hunt.  They would be provided with everything they needed to host the event:  invitations to the hunt and to Easter church services, plastic eggs, candy, games, crafts, and instructions.  Six families in six different areas committed to hosting the event!  Over 75 kids (and their parents) who might not have heard about the love and sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ indeed heard the Good News in a fun and simple way.  We are praying for God to water and nurture the many seeds that were planted at these Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunts.  Sharing Jesus doesn’t have to be difficult:  a little time, creativity, some plastic eggs, and 75 hearts ready to hear and receive.

East Asia Missions

 God is at work in every tribe, tongue and nation of the world and He wants you to be a part of what He is doing.

 

If you would like to be part of what God is doing in the “far corners” of the world click here to get more information!

Church on Mission in S. Africa

A church we are connected to in South Africa does not just see themselves as receiving, when it comes to mission, they are doing! Pastor Peter sent us these pictures of his church on mission in the villages outside of the town they live in. Enjoy, this is the Great Commission at work!

“As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” John 20:21

2012 Mission Trips

 

 

Nicaragua Trip – July 19^th – 28ish

We will be serving in the Rivas area of Nicaragua alongside missionaries from Columbia, S.C. Mike and his wife Joan live in Rivas, Nicaragua and serve in various ways  to show the love of Christ. The team that joins them in these efforts will serve abandoned children, do evangelism, and possibly construction type work. The details of the “what”  will be worked out once the team is put together.

Cost – $1500-2000 (depending on airfare)

 

Costa Rica – August 10^th – 18ish

We will be serving on the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica in the Guanacaste Region. We connected with Christ for the City in this area last year and look forward to serving alongside them again. The team will serve a local church through construction while partnering with them in outreach to their community.  This trip will be tailored toward the team that God brings together so more details will come.

Information meeting – April 22 @ 5pm in the Living Room

Cost – $1500-2000 (depending on airfare)

 

South Africa – September 11 -21

The trip will focus on serving a group of leaders from throughout Africa and other countries in the world who are participating in a 4 month leadership training. The team will provide food service for this group, socialize and network with the group and develop relationships that will continue through prayer and networking after the trip. As well, the team will service and have learning opportunities in some of the townships around Cape Town where they will interact with nationals and learn more about the African Culture.

Cost – $2,500 (depending on airfare)

 

South Dakota – October 2012

The members of this trip will serve on the Crow Creek Sioux Indian reservation in the South Dakota alongside Diamond Willow Ministries. We will work to meet  spiritual, physical, and emotional needs through personal mentoring, construction, and showing God’s love to a lost people.  The details of what this trip will be doing will be determined once we see the gifts and abilities of the team.

Cost – TBA

Walk for Water

Join us on March 24th at Cannon Park, Downtown for the 6th Annual Walk for Water. Lets represent Riverbluff that day as Water Mission International hosts a unique fundraising event that spreads awareness of the global water crisis.

The Water Missions International Walk for Water advocates for those affected by the global water crisis while raising funds to provide safe water around the globe. During the approximately 3.5 mile walk, participants carry a bucket filled with water to symbolize the trek that women andchildren mater in developing countries.

Sign up here.