Missions Matters - Chets Creek Church

MISSIONS MATTERS
The Difference of One
Chets Creek’s missions strategy
follows the PEACE plan, to:
Plant Churches
Equip Servant Leaders
Assist the Poor
Care for the Sick
Educate the Next Generation
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Chets Creek Missions 2011

Chets Creek Church Ministries
Chets Missions Giving
Chets Budget Giving
Chets Global Impact Offering
Our goal for 2011 is $130,000.
When you give your tithe, over 14% of all budget ministry giving at Chets Creek
Church supports missions endeavors all over Jacksonville and around the
world. This is money that is given through the tithe.
When you give to the Chets Global Impact Offering in addition to your tithe,
it all goes to support our mission partnerships in Jacksonville and around the
world. We truly can make a Global Impact through our giving.
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Celebrate Recovery
Celebrate Recovery meets every Monday at 7pm
and is designed to help people dealing with hurts,
habits, and hang-ups in their lives.
English as a Second Language
People from 21 different countries, now living in
our community, have come to participate in our
ESL classes on Monday nights at 7pm.
Spanish LifeGroup
Our Spanish-speaking LifeGroup (meeting Sundays
at 11:15am) began in 2011 and ministers to people
whose heart-language is Spanish.
Impact Jax
Every year in September, our church attenders
sacrifice their time to participate in a communitywide
day of service, assisting over 20 different
ministries and organizations.
Above: Chets Creek’s ESL students and volunteers
Left: Lily Exantus leads a game with the children of the ESL students
Bottom Left: Boyd Bettis takes a truckload of donated school supplies for Chets Creek Elementary School
Bottom Right: John McCollum, founder of Asia’s Hope, talks with men playing at the annual Chets Missions Golf
Tournament about the Chets-sponsored Orphan Home in Thailand
Opposite Page: Chets children putting together Operation Christmas Child boxes
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Community Partnerships
Safe Harbor Boys Home
Please convey my appreciation to everyone who came out to volunteer at
Safe Harbor. They were truly servants and recognized things that needed to
be done in addition to those we had on the list. I LOVE the fact that we now
have lights in our laundry area and can quit using a flashlight, we also have
ceiling material up instead of falling out of the ceiling, and knobs on the
cabinets, and manicured campus grounds, and lights to light up the flag pole
at night, and so many other things that were completed that day! Praise God
and thank you to each and every one of the volunteers.
- Robbie Smith (Mrs.) E.D.
CEO/Executive Director, Safe Harbor Boys Home
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Opposite Page Top: Chets youth playing football at
the Boselli Foundation during Impact Jacksonville.
Opposite Page Bottom: Marc Kirby and Mike Perkins
use their handyman skills at Safe Harbor Boys Home.
Top: Courtney Huffman organizes shelves at the
Refugee Resettlement warehouse.
Above: Brice Barber prepares a thank you gift for local
firefighters at Impact Jax.
Right: Kendra King paints a mirror at the Women’s
Christian Job Corp.
“Each time I am here, I am
reminded of the love of
Christ...”
- Janet Kimmel
I would like to express a very deep gratitude
for all of the work you did here at
Jacksonville Christian Women’s Job Corps.
Each time I am here, I am reminded of the
love of Christ and I feel sure that it will be
felt by all who come into our program. It is
so encouraging to know there are people
like you who will give up your Saturday
and work so hard because you love the
Lord and want to make an impact on His
kingdom. Thank you for doing just that.
Please keep our women in your prayers!
- Janet Kimmel
Director JCWJC
Our Community Partnerships:
Boselli Center – Russell Bill Cook Center
www.bosellifoundation.com
A non-profit organization striving to help
children living in at-risk neighborhoods of
Jacksonville achieve their dreams.
Jacksonville Baptist Association
www.jaxbaptist.org
A networking ministry of diverse churches
seeking to stimulate church health, develop
leaders, and multiply ministry.
First Coast Women’s Services
www.fcws.org
The goal at FCWS is to educate women
facing unplanned pregnancies and offer
hope, encouragement, and the love of Christ.
FL Baptist Children’s Home
www.fbchomes.org
A faith-based non-profit organization that
provides Christ-centered services to children
and families in need.
Seamark Ranch www.seamarkranch.com
A Christian children’s home that provides
healing, offers hope, and transforms the lives
of children from families in crisis.
Project SOS www.projectsos.com
Committed to strengthening families by
empowering parents and educating youth to
make healthy life choices.
On Purpose Ministry
www.onpurposeministries.org
OPM reaches urban residents struggling with
hurts, habits, and hang-ups through
leadership training and beginning new
Celebrate Recovery ministries.
Child Evangelism Fellowship
www.cefonline.com
The vision of Child Evangelism Fellowship is
to share the message of the Gospel of Christ
with children in after-school activities.
Daniel Memorial, Inc. www.danielkids.org
A multi-service agency that assists troubled
youth and their families with a variety of
innovative programs.
City Rescue Mission www.crmjax.org
A non-profit organization whose mission is to
rebuild the lives of the homeless and needy.
Seniors on a Mission
www.seniorsonamission.org
This organization loves and encourages
senior citizens by providing local daytime
community mission trips throughout the
Jacksonville area.
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The Difference of One
What difference can one person make
We have statistics surrounding us about the 925 million hungry people in the world, the 1.3 million abortions performed each year in the U.S., and the
3 million people affected by natural disasters in 2010. It is easy to see why we get overwhelmed. It’s difficult to put faces with such staggering numbers.
Many at Chets have the privilege of putting faces with numbers like these. They have joined with local and global missions hoping to see lives
transformed in the name of Jesus Christ. Let’s look at what they had to say about the difference one person can make.
Steve McCollum, though retired, spends much of his week building and repairing homes for Beaches Habitat for Humanity and Beaches Emerge ncy
Assistance Ministry. In his spare time you find him doing handyman work at church or First Coast Women’s Services. When asked why he does this he said
because the Bible teaches us to serve and he finds joy in helping others. He has made a difference to more than one person. Families previously misplaced
now own a quality home and have food in their pantry. Steve says it has benefited him as well. He never gets bored and doesn’t have to pay a gym
membership to get a good workout. “You can’t do everything to solve the world’s problems but you can do something. God has gifted each of us and we
are to be good stewards of those gifts, whether it’s our time, talents or resources. Don’t do what I do. Do what God leads you to do.”
Diane Engelhardt spends one evening a week outside her comfort zone volunteer-counseling at First Coast Women’s Services. She considers it a privilege
to walk mothers through the painful but selfless journey of adoption. While many choose life, others have left the center without her knowing the
outcome. The weight of such decisions would be unbearable if not for the hope of making a difference for one life. Though Diane never thought she
would be counseling at FCWS, she has no regrets. She says she is a different person now than when she started volunteering six years ago. “It has
transformed me into a person who relies fully on God. It is only by our dependence on Him that we can make a difference and impact lives.” To the person
who says they could never do what she does, Diane reassures, “On your own you can’t, but with the Lord all things are possible. God shows up in each
session, and you realize you are never alone.”
Another from our Chets family who has impacted the world is Carmen Mantay. She collected a refurbished shipping container, money, needed supplies
and clothing for the victims of the tsunami in the southern part of Chile. Though this task seemed daunting, Carmen never doubted God would complete
what He started when He gave her the idea. She saw this project through to completion and was left amazed at how the Lord orchestrated all the details.
From receiving the container to the pictures that confirm the mission was accomplished, she says God worked miracles to make it all happen. Though
Carmen couldn’t be there to hold a child or hug a mother, she has wrapped God’s arms around many in the form of a warm jacket or blanket. To them, she
has made a difference. “Saying you care is nice, but showing you care is powerful. It glorifies our Lord, and it is contagious.”
Rick and Jo Ray recently read Radical, by David Platt, and were challenged to serve locally, yet out of their context. Through World Relief, they have since
befriended a refugee family from Cuba. Each week they take them to church and LifeGroup. They have helped re-furnish their apartment and are
working to help them find employment. Though the language barrier can sometimes be difficult, Jo says seeds are being planted and you have to trust
God with the results. She encourages others to get involved. “If you are not uncomfortable with what you are doing for God’s Kingdom, you may not be
operating in the fullness of your calling. God did not call us to be comfortable. He called us to be compassionate.” To this Cuban family, the Rays have
made a difference.
Lynn Bledsoe also volunteers her time with the refugees that have been brought to Jacksonville from all over the world. She has seen families come
because of famine, religious or political persecution or natural disasters. Usually arriving with only the clothes on their backs and a $900 check from
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Far left: Diane Engelhardt holds a malnourished child
while in Guatemala on a Chets missions journey.
Left: Lynn Bledsoe helps direct volunteers at the
Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement warehouse.
Opposite Top Left: Steve and Dee McCollum help sort
donations at B.E.A.M.
Opposite Top Right: Missionaries in Chile receive the
shipping container of tsunami relief supplies.
Opposite Right: Carmen and Frank Mantay preparing
to send a packed container to Chile.
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the U.S. government, volunteers like Lynn surround these families with love. They gather
donations to furnish apartments and give them basic supplies to start their new life. Most
importantly, they share the love of Christ to many for the first time. Lynn says all the hard work
pays off when families arrive and cry with thankfulness as they see their new American home. It
also makes her better appreciate the blessings and opportunities we have in the United States.
Though she is operating outside her comfort level, Lynn says “When we choose to serve in our area
of weakness, it causes us to totally depend on God to see us through each day… to depend on
Him rather than depending on ourselves.” Because of her sacrifice, lives have been changed.
What about you Where can you step outside your comfort zone to alter the statistics by even one
number Maybe it is walking across the street, or driving across town, or maybe flying across the
ocean. In any case, let these testimonies encourage you. If you ask, the Lord will lead you.
Moreover, He will go with you. And any results are not dependant on your ability, but His. You
cannot lose and you will make a difference… for more than one.
- Written by Mindy Lenahan
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Extreme
In one word, India is... Extreme.
Extreme poverty next to extreme wealth;
Extreme hopelessness next to extreme joy
in our Lord;
Extremely dirty conditions next to
extremely beautiful women adorned in
brightly colored garments;
Extreme ambition to pass exams with
lifelong effects next to extreme rest and
peace in The Almighty;
Extreme religion next to extreme
relationships in The One True God.
I am extremely changed as a result. The
Indian church raises the bar high, and it’s
hard to go back to “normal.” I love them
so much. I praise God for the privilege to
experience church as it is in heaven.
- Susan Freese,
2011 India Missions Team Member
Global Partnerships
Asia’s Hope - Thailand
www.asiashope.com
Asia’s Hope is a multi-denominational, grassroots movement working in Cambodia and Thailand to
provide quality long-term care for orphaned children at high risk of sexual and economic exploitation.
Fortress Ministry - Asia
Fortress Ministry is dedicated to training new house church leaders and discipling new believers
throughout Asia.
Gonubie Baptist Church - South Africa
www.gonubiebaptist.co.za
To help alleviate the suffering and poverty in Africa, Chets Creek has formed a vital partnership with
Gonubie Baptist Church in South Africa. Together, Gonubie and Chets minister to the poorest of the poor
in a township, or slum, of an estimated 40,000 on the southern coast of South Africa, where high
unemployment, poverty, and HIV/AIDS run rampant.
Haiti Missions Project
www.jaxbaptist.org
Partnering with the Jacksonville Baptist Association, this missions endeavor in Cabaret includes
supporting an orphan home for 47 children, assisting in funding a school of 350 students, and providing
medical assistance to the local community.
International Mission Board
www.IMB.org
The International Mission Board supports and supervises more than 5,000 Southern Baptist missionaries
around the world. Organized in 1845 as the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, the
IMB has served for more than 160 years as the channel for Southern Baptists to impact the world for Christ.
IMB - India
www.IMB.org
Our partners work amongst the low-caste Hindus training new house church leaders, discipling believers,
and building up the local church.
International Mission Builders - Honduras
www.intlmissionbuilders.org
IMB is an organization devoted to fulfilling Christ’s Great Commission through encouraging, equipping,
and empowering every believer to become actively involved in missions. IMB accomplishes this mission
through village outreach, new church construction, and discipleship in the country of Honduras.
Juaniza Church - Rio, Brazil
Working with residents of a slum of 45,000 people where crime and drugs are the norm, Juaniza Church
seeks to provide hope to these residents through afterschool programs and tutoring, soccer clinics, and
outreach events.
Living Water 4 Roatan - Honduras
www.lw4r.com
LW4R is a Christian missions organization dedicated to bringing clean, purified water to the poor of
Roatan, Honduras while sharing the good news of the ultimate living water found through a relationship
with Jesus Christ.
Operation Christmas Child – Samaritan’s Purse
www.samaritanspurse.org
The Chets Creek Children’s ministry collects donations and toys throughout the year to send out to over
150 children in impoverished countries.
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Go. Just go.
I’ve wanted to go on a mission trip with
Chets for years. But every year, there was
always something that seemed to prevent
me. This year was no different. There always
seems to be a reason not to do God’s work.
Our Enemy sees to that. But this year I did
something different. I chose to go. I didn’t
overthink it. I didn’t “pray” about it, that is, I
didn’t use prayer as an excuse for inaction.
I overheard someone talking about the Rio
trip, felt compelled by God to go, and decided
to go - no matter what. From there,
I never looked back, and oh, God is good.
Spending a week completely focused
on loving people in Jesus’ name is an
experience unmatched by anything in the
world, and not only that, but it realigns and
reprioritizes your entire outlook, even after
you return. What would I say to someone
thinking about going on mission abroad
Go. Just go.
- Gordon Creel,
2011 Rio Missions Team Member
Opposite Page: Chris Kalin and Jody Ray enter the
Mzamomhle township in South Africa.
The Difference of ONE
The people of Guatemala continue to teach me
about joy, peace, and God’s great mercy. Almost
daily I have the opportunity to share my Guatemala
experience with co-workers and patients,
and God uses each encounter for his glory. I
continue to be blessed by this!
Top Right: Children in Roatan gather in front of the
newly constructed garbage bins built by Chets team
members.
- Sondra O’Callaghan,
2011 Guatemala Missions Team Member
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Chets Missionaries
As we reach out to our community, there are those among us here at Chets preparing to carry the message of God’s love all over the world. It’s our privilege to
highlight just a little of what God is doing through them in this edition of Missions Matters. Please remember them in prayer, and allow yourself to be challenged
by their stories to step out of your comfort zone and share the Good News wherever it is you are called on mission.
Mark, Jana, and their son Carter will soon be serving with Mission Aviation Fellowship, a Christian mission that provides
flight transportation for missionaries, national pastors, and relief efforts in 42 countries around the world. Mark has served
previously with MAF in the Philippines, Indonesia, Angola, and South Africa. He is now returning, this time with his family, to
serve the people of Angola.
Mark will lead a new hospital in Southern Angola where 50% of the population has no access to primary healthcare. Using
his aviation background, Mark plans to expand the outreach of the hospital by having a flying doctor service that will minister
to several areas in Angola that are home to some of the most isolated people groups in the Southern Hemisphere. Jana
will focus her efforts on homeschooling their son, ministering to women, and using their home as a hospitality ministry.
When asked what God has been teaching him recently, Mark responded that, despite his previous experience, “there still has to be 100% reliance on the Lord.” He
stressed that missionaries are just ordinary believers who have answered a call. He then challenged us at Chets “to be open to the call of God and the needs of the
world . . . look outside your world and see where God is leading you and respond.”
When Jerry and Penny were first asked to move to East Asia in 2003, they had no desire to leave Kenya to live long-term in
that part of the world. However, after praying about the assignment, God moved their hearts, and they soon found
themselves excited to be serving there! After several years back home, they felt God’s call to return to the mission field. They
looked at many appointments, but were so impressed by the needs of East Asia they felt compelled to return, arriving in
2010.
The family will spend their first two years on mission in language school, mastering one of the most difficult languages in the
world. Once they have learned a sufficient amount, they will join a ministry team in a rural area where Jerry will teach
agricultural techniques to local farmers. They are especially excited to begin learning spiritual language this fall so they can
share their testimony with many who have never heard the Gospel and don’t believe in God.
When asked what they’ve been learning as a family, they mentioned that it is incredibly humbling only being able to speak on the level of a preschooler with
those around you. However, this language barrier has led them to relinquish control of more of their lives and give things up to God. They ask us to pray for their
success and safety as they master their new language and navigate a city of eight million on bikes and scooters!
Jody, Rebecca, Issac, Caleb and Josiah are answering God’s call to serve in an underdeveloped area of East Africa. Before
going to Africa, they will move to the Philippines mid-next year where they will serve for 2-½ years as Rebecca completes a
program in international mid-wifery. They will then transition to Africa where Rebecca will minister to women, and Jody will
help communities develop local enterprise. They look forward to sharing God’s love as they build relationships with many
who have no exposure to the Gospel.
Throughout their preparation, they have learned first and foremost to trust God’s plans for them and not their own. As they
wait, they are learning to trust God with the unknowns. They have also begun the process of downsizing and moving to a
life of simplicity. They’ve been aware as a family for years that this is their calling and feel ready for the transition.
The Rays desire that they will “be so in love with Jesus Christ, so compelled by the love that they have felt from Him that they are willing to be obedient to Him no
matter what.”
Having previously served in the navy, Katie Vickers retired just this summer from her second career as an elementary
school teacher with Duval County Public Schools. As she prayed about what was next for her, she felt God leading her to
service in foreign missions. She recently arrived in Papua New Guinea where she will serve with Wycliffe Bible Translators,
an international ministry dedicated to bringing God’s Word to those without a written language.
Katie will teach 3rd and 4th graders at a large Wycliffe school for the children of missionaries serving in countries all over
the world. Katie has committed to minister in Papua New Guinea for two years with the possibility of a longer commitment.
She asks that you remember her in your prayers as she continues to raise financial support and adjusts to a new culture and
unfamiliar surroundings. Before leaving, Katie expressed her anticipation, saying “I know it will all be worth it when I see the
bright shining faces of all my new students and tell them about Jesus and His life.”
- Written by Josh Dean
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Chets Church Plants
Chets Creek Church began 13 years ago as a
fledgling group of about 60 people committed to
starting a church for the unchurched in
Jacksonville.
Over the years, we have been blessed to be able to
assist in 14 new church starts. We believe in
planting new churches, and we have the
opportunity to assist three new churches each
year.
WaterMark Church
www.mywatermarkchurch.com
Having just launched in August 2011, WaterMark
Church is off to a terrific start. Led by Pastor Tim
Larson, they meet every Sunday at Tynes
Elementary School in the Oakleaf plantation area
near Orange Park. WaterMark is located in an area
that has grown 150% in population over the last
decade, and this church desires to be a church that
helps to start new churches within the next few
years. Chets Creek Church will begin financially
supporting WaterMark Church in January 2012.
City Church Tallahassee
www.citychurchtallahassee.com
Located just three miles from the campus of
Florida State University, City Church Tallahassee is
a thriving church plant with a heart for reaching
young adults and families. City Church approaches
all they do with a strong mission and vision and
a passion to reach those who are far from God.
Formerly named The Well, City Church desires to be
a church that starts new churches for the purpose
of reaching those who have either never been to a
church, or who have given up on church.
Above: TJ Ward, pastor of New Church in North Carolina, baptizes a new believer outside of the Robinhood
YMCA where the church currently meets.
New Church
www.newchurchnc.org
New Church was launched in January 2011 and has grown to fill up their current meeting space in the
local YMCA in Winston-Salem, NC. They are having tremendous success reaching people who are
unchurched or disconnected from church. In their first eight months as a church, they have had the
privilege of seeing 63 people place their faith in Jesus Christ. Beginning in October 2011, they will begin a
second worship service on Sunday and will launch seven new home small groups.
The Church at Martinsburg
www.martinsburgchurch.org
Led by Jacob Atchley, The Church at Martinsburg in Martinsburg, WV meets on Sunday mornings for
two worship services inside a local movie theater. The church is now bringing in a new temporary staff
member to learn the basics of planting a new church. After 6-9 months of working with this church,
he and several core families will be launching another new church about 25 miles away in Winchester,
VA. For the past three years, Chets Creek Church has been supporting The Church at Martinsburg and
will end our financial partnership at the conclusion of 2011.
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2012 Missions Journeys
1. Honduras (Men’s - January 29 - February 4)
Construction of a new church building, village outreach, and local
evangelism opportunities
Approx cost: $850 / Team size: 15 men
2. College Spring Break (March 10 - 14)
University campus ministry, evangelism, and partnering with local
churches and community ministries.
Approx cost: $150
3. India (April)
Leading discipleship for new believers and basic training for new
house church leaders
Approx cost: $2200 / Team size: 8
4. Roatan (June 9 - 16)
Local village outreach and evangelism, children’s day camp, and light
construction
Approx cost: $1250 / Team size: 20
5. Nicaragua (College - June 15 - 22)
University campus ministry, evangelism in schools, sports ministry, and
working in orphanages in and around Managua.
Approx Cost: $1200 / Team size: 15-25
6. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 16-23)
Sports clinics, in-school and after-school programs, and medical clinics
in the slums of Rio de Janeiro
Approx Cost: $1900 / Team size: 20
7. Thailand (June)
Working with orphans and widows, local village outreach, job skills
training, and new church assistance
Approx cost: $2900 / Team size: 10
8. South Africa (June/July)
Outreach and life skills education and micro-business job training
Approx Cost: $2500 / Team size: 10
9. Guatemala (June 30 - July 7)
Caring for malnourished and neglected children, local church
outreach, and light construction
Approx Cost: $1200 / Team size: 18
10. Haiti (July/August)
Disaster relief that will include light construction, feeding ministry, and
children’s ministry
Approx Cost: $1100 / Team size: 20 (10 medical; 10 construction)
11. East Asia (July 27 - August 5)
Providing an English camp for teenagers, discipleship training for new
believers, and leadership training for new church leaders
Approx Cost: $2800 / Team size: 15
12. South Africa (November)
Outreach, teaching in public schools and after-school programs, life
skills education, and medical clinic
Approx Cost: $2200 / Team size: 25
For more information about missions journey
opportunities throughout the year, visit:
www.chetsmissions.com
Missions Matters
Missions Matters is a publication of
Chets Creek Church.
For more information on missions opportunities,
contact Chris Price, Pastor of Missions, at
904.223.5954 or missions@chetscreek.com.
4420 Hodges Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32224
www.chetscreek.com
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