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HOME MISSIONS PROJECT OFFERING 2018 Jason & Jodi Lamer The Belle Vernon Dream As a church rooted and planted in Fayette County, Faith Assembly has sensed a call to be a countywide church that is aware of and addressing the major issues of our area. Through prayer and conversation with other Fayette County churches, four specific areas have been identified as strongholds over our community. Those specific strongholds are poverty, dysfunctional homes, spirit of religion and empty wells of addiction. In 2016, there was a strong desire to move beyond prayer for the stronghold of addiction and to begin “getting our hands dirty” in the matter. As a church, we began to ask God for a piece of property that would become a home to a ministry and to a small group of men who would become discipled and changed by the Spirit of God. When it comes to the drug epidemic in Fayette County, our desire is to see broken lives restored. The plan is to begin a discipleship home first and then establish a church in the same community. In the Recovery Phase, we would open a home to men who are willing to commit to a six-month program that would integrate discipleship classes, a work program and support group. The work program would include a cleaning service that is made available to area churches for financial support. In the Church Phase, the church would launch as an extension of Faith Assembly with a campus pastor serving on-site. In a miraculous answer to prayer, Presbyter Tim Bunney and the Southwest Suburban Home Missions Committee offered us a recently donated property that includes a church, apartments and classrooms. We are grateful for this generous gift. Our next step is to begin the renovation on the property. We ask for your help in seeing the Dream become a Reality in Belle Vernon! WE NEED Y They are big dreams, and we need your help. I invite you to partner with these two great Home Missions Projects. YOU CAN SUPPORT THESE CHURCH PLANTS IN THESE THREE WAYS: PRAY that Philly Dream Center Church locates a facility and gets the funding they need to move into it. Pray for the establishment of the Belle Vernon Discipleship Home and church plant. 12 | Network connexions | Summer 2018
CHURCH PLANTING AND DEVELOPMENT Tom Rees 717.795.5921 tom@penndel.org I have loved Pastor Steve’s leadership principle, “What is important to you, is important to us.” Pastor Steve has definitely exemplified this by partnering and praying with church planters, parent churches, sections and church planting networks. • He has championed PennDel’s investment of over $2.3 million for new churches during his tenure. • He has empowered the C3 network that has blessed apostolic, catalytic leaders to plant many churches. • The fruit of that is 191 new churches opened under Pastor Steve’s leadership! We have been BETTER TOGETHER in planting new churches… thank you Pastor Steve! OUR HELP! GIVE A special offering will be received on Wednesday morning, May 9 at MinistrieSummit. You can also send an offering to the project of your choice. Giving can be one time or monthly. GO Consider taking a team to Philly for a short term missions trip with Philly Dream Center Church or helping with the renovations in Belle Vernon. Philly Dream Center Church As Urban Missionaries, we feel a strong call to one of the neediest parts of the city, North Philadelphia and Kensington. Here are some of the ministries that have been launched in our first year of ministry in these communities: S.H.I.N.E (Spreading Hope In Neighborhoods Everywhere) is reaching children with a sidewalk Sunday School. One of the locations is nicknamed “Needle Park” because of the notorious fame for a park where drug dealers and addicts congregate. In the midst of this, there are many unattended children playing at the park. On a weekly basis, we reach these children, as well as some guardians, with this outreach. Mobile Food Pantry distributes free groceries to needy families and seniors. Philadelphia is the poorest “big city” in the nation. Nearly 25% of children go many mornings and nights without a proper meal. This is why we purchased a large truck to distribute much needed food throughout the most needy neighborhoods of Philadelphia. Midnight Angels is a ministry that Shirrie leads with a team of women who reach women in high human trafficking areas including strip clubs. The team drops off gift baskets, prays for the women, and invites them to a Bible study. David and Shirrie Dominguez & Family WE NEED YOUR HELP… We have reached a point where we are in need of purchasing or leasing a facility where our church can move forward with the dream that God has given us… launching community worship services, offering a School of Urban Missions cohort, hosting Philadelphia short term mission trips and internships, and developing micro industries (Philly needs “Double J”- Jesus and Jobs). Network connexions | Summer 2018 | 13
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Page 3 and 4: SUPERINTENDENT STEPHEN R. TOURVILLE
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Page 9 and 10: WORLD MISSIONS Donald J. Immel •
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