Missions Catalog 2011

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Kids at Compass Ministries

$80 can engage a student in positive relationships and emphasize the importance of education.

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$75 will help make a single mom’s home safe and welcoming.

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2 Introduce students to the Gospel as they learn English.

Missionaries use the Bible as a text for English classes, allowing students to learn about Jesus as they learn English.

1. Small English Bible / $4

Help a woman living in Lima’s shantytowns support herself and her children. The Patchwork Project trains women to quilt and sets them up as entrepreneur who sell handcrafted items. Along with giving them material hope, the Patchwork Project introduces these women to the Gospel.

2. 1 Meter of patchwork fabric / $20

Expand a student’s knowledge of God. The George’s organization sponsors 16 seminary students, but can only cover tuition and room and board. Help with the cost of books for a student.

3. 1 Seminary book set / $120

Give a child with little chance a healthy start. As new clinics are started, missionaries give health talks in the nearby schools and provide each child with medicine, toothbrushes and toothpaste.

4. 1 health kit / $1.50

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Lima, Peru Allen George serves as a medical doctor in Peru. Allen and his wife, Amy, oversee 50 missionaries and several projects, such as sponsoring seminary students, sharing the Gospel through teaching English, providing Bible materials for kids and working at medical clinics in rural villages.

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South Asia Graham and Carrie Frank left CCC for South Asia in 2009. Graham serves as an engineer alongside architects, engineers and design professionals who donate their skills to help children and families around the world step out of poverty and into a world of hope.

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Engineers and design professionals require tools to make a difference. Help upgrade the 10-year-old software in Graham’s office so that the designers can work more efficiently.

5. S hare of an AutoCad LT 2010 license / $100 6. AutoCad LT 2010 license / $800

Graham and his coworkers strive to incorporate local design professionals and students in their projects. You can make a difference by providing an LCD monitor in a server system that would streamline projects and reduce barriers to interaction.

7. LCD monitor / $200

Remind local interns of the value of service. In 2011 Graham’s office is putting particular priority on engaging local students as interns.

Flashlights and tape measures are practical tools that can be provided to a potential intern as a reminder of the opportunity to use his or her skills to serve.

8. F lashlight or tape measure / $20

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Fill in the gaps. By providing Walmart gift cards for each new family, moms can purchase needed items Restored Hope does not provide.

9. 1 Walmart gift card / $25

Restored Hope’s program allows homeless moms to break the cycle of poverty and start fresh.

Help a homeless mom get a new start by covering a month or a portion of a month’s program fees and utilities.

10. S hare of 1 month’s program fees and utilities / $150 11. 1 month’s program fees and utilities / $450

The porches on the apartments at Restored Hope are in need of repair. Provide construction materials to rebuild a porch, giving a mom a safe entry and place to relax in warm weather.

12. S hare of construction materials for a porch / $50 13. Construction materials for a porch / $200

Make a homeless mom’s new apartment a place of her own.

The apartments at Restored Hope need items like small microwave ovens, coffee pots, loveseats, lamps, chairs and bookcases.

Mother and child at Restored Hope

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14. F urniture and appliances / $100

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Restored Hope Restored Hope shares the love of Christ by helping homeless single moms in Omaha become emotionally, spiritually and financially stable. They offer a one-year program that includes life skills education alongside spiritual and personal development to help get women back on their feet.

Compass students thrive when provided with the consistent interaction of an adult who invests in them and emphasizes the importance of education. Help with the program expenses that support this one-on-one assistance for kids at Compass.

15. Support one child for the entire school year / $80 16. Support one child for one semester / $45

Child doing homework at Compass Ministries

Compass Ministries

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Compass Ministries, located at 33rd & Franklin, is an inner-city outreach to youth. Compass staff and volunteers build and nurture relationships with kids living in this Village One neighborhood through programs that meet their academic, social and spiritual needs and help them find hope.

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Kids Across America offers a refuge for inner city youth, a place where kids can retreat from their environment. A camp experience for kids who reside in the heart of our city exposes them to positive role models and the knowledge and belief in God.

17. O ne child’s expenses for a week at Kids Across America Camp / $250

Help a child hear the Gospel in a creative way. K.I.D.S. Church, designed for students in Kindergarten through grade 6, uses object lessons, games, memory verses, puppet skits, songs and stories to communicate the Gospel. The addition of a DVD/CD player and projector would give the staff at Compass more flexibility in their activities.

18. O ne DVD/CD player and projector / $450

Make this summer fun and educational for a child. The Summer Math and Reading Club at Compass combines academic enrichment with the Gospel in a fun, encouraging environment. Students share lunch, attend chapel and participate in activities including math games, sports activities and science experiments.

19. 1 week of Summer Math and Reading Club for a child / $15

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China Nest of Hope Help a child run and play safely by providing shoes and socks for China Nest of Hope, CCC’s partner orphanage.

There are two ways to give:

• Y our financial donation will go farther as orphanage • Bring children’s socks to containers in the Kids Connect area, and they will be staff buy shoes locally. Use the order form on the next taken to the orphanage by a short-term page to give a donation. team in April.

FAQs What if funds for a particular gift exceed the need?

If a gift selection is funded beyond the need, your gift contribution will be applied to broader needs of that location.

What if the gift is not funded 100%?

If funding for a particular item is insufficient (e.g. not enough shares are given to purchase an AutoCad license), purchased shares will be pooled and added to the funding sources of that particular field for eventual purchase of that item.

What happens if all the gifts have been fulfilled for a location?

If every gift for a location is funded, gift contributions will be applied to another need determined by the team and applied to their location.

What is included in the gift price?

The purchase price reflects the total amount needed to make the specific gift happen. This includes shipping, distribution costs and any associated costs for delivering the item/service to the field.

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Can I give a general gift to C&MA missions?

Yes. You can donate any amount you choose to the Great Commission Fund, a fund that supports the ongoing ministry of the C&MA through field personnel salaries, benefits, ministry and operating expenses. This gift has the power to change lives and empower ministry in the U.S. and the world.

21. One-time GCF gift Allen George in the mountains of Peru

To support the GFC on a monthly basis, visit cccomaha. org/give or designate the GCF on a weekly giving envelope.

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Order form product #

item

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Small English Bible $4

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1 Meter of patchwork fabric $20

quantity amount due

3. Seminary book set $120 4.

Health kit $1.50

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Share of an AutoCad LT 2010 license $100

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AutoCad LT 2010 license $800

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LCD monitor $200

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Flashlight or tape measure $20

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Walmart gift card $25

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Share of 1 month’s program fees and utilities $150

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1 month’s program fees and utilities $450

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Share of construction materials for a porch $50

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Construction materials for a porch $200

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Furniture and appliances $100

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Support one child for the entire school year $80

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Support one child for one semester $45

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1 week at Kids Across America Camp $250

18. One DVD/CD player and projector $450 19. 1 week of Summer Math and Reading Club $15 20.

One-time China Nest of Hope gift

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One-time GCF gift

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address city state zip phone (h) phone (c) email payment information Checks may be made payable to Christ Community Church.

Please enclose your payment and this order form and mail it to:

Christ Community Church Attn: CCC Missions Catalog 404 S 108 Ave Omaha, NE 68154

404 S. 108 Ave / Omaha, NE 68154 402.330.3360 / cccomaha.org

See how $1.50 will give a child who has little chance a healthy start.

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