INTENSELY KINGDOM FOCUSED We see a Church that is intensely Kingdom focused The Church that we see is a winsome Church of influence. We see a Church permeating entire cities, regions, states and countries with explosive Spirit aided movements, a Church hardly able to contain its growth. We see a Church so powerful in its commitment to the Kingdom that cities and nations cannot ignore it.
Acts 1:8 “…you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Director of Missions - Norris Brown - nbrown@crossingonline.org World Missions Coordinator - Scott Phipps - sphipps@crossingonline.org Local Missions Coordinator - Valerie Templeman - vtempleman@crossingonline.org Missions Assistant - Bob Wilcox - missions@crossingonline.org
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Local Mission Partnerships - Pg 3 Be the Solution to the… Homeless
Amazing Love - Pg 4 Daystar Faith Center - Pg 5 Metropolitan Ministries - Pg 6
Youth
Beth-El Farmworker Ministry - Pg 19 Good Samaritan Mission - Pg 20
World Mission Opportunities - Pg 21 World Team Partnerships - Pg 22-23 Be the Solution in…
Clair-Mel Elementary School - Pg 7 Everyday Blessings Children’s Home - Pg 8 Instruments of Change - Pg 9
The Islands
Incarcerated
Central America
Give ‘em Heaven - Pg 10 Passion for Prison - Pg 11
Be the Solution in Your Neighborhood…
Community Action Team (C.A.T.) - Pg 12 Emergency Care Help Organization (E.C.H.O.) - Pg 13 LifeCare of Brandon - Pg 14 Meet The Need - Pg 15 South Tampa Health & Rehab - Pg 16 Tampa Seafarer’s Ministry - Pg 17
Be the Solution to the Jewish People…
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Be the Solution to the Migrant Community…
For Zion’s Sake - Pg 18
Bahamas - Pg 24-25 Haiti - Pg 26 Belize - Pg 27 Guatemala - Pg 28 Mexico - Pg 29
South America Brazil - Pg 30 Peru - Pg 31
Africa
Ghana - Pg 32 North Africa - Pg 33 South Africa - Pg 34
Asia
South East Asia - Pg 35
LOCAL MISSION PARTNERSHIPS Partnership – an agency or ministry whose lifestyle statements and belief statements align with The Crossing Church, and who we have a relationship with, pray for, and support with volunteers and donations. Each Partnership is paired with a Coordinator from The Crossing Church. This volunteer is the liaison between The Crossing and the agency. They connect and shepherd the volunteers, communicate information and pray for the needs of the people.
Local Partnerships - Our Jerusalem Amazing Love Bay Area Youth for Christ Beth-El Farmworker Ministry Clair-Mel Elementary School Community Action Team Daystar Faith Center E.C.H.O. Everyday Blessings For Zion’s Sake Give ‘Em Heaven Ministries
Good Samaritan Mission Instruments of Change Jews for Jesus LifeCare of Brandon Meet The Need Ministries Metropolitan Ministries Passion for Prison South Tampa Health & Rehab Shoresh David Messianic Synogogue Tampa Seafarers Ministry 3
AMAZING LOVE
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator:
Estelle Wolfman - msoptims@yahoo.com - (813) 690-0816 Amazing Love provides hot meals, bag lunches, toiletries, clothing, worship, and the Word of God to the homeless in downtown Tampa every Monday at 7:00pm. LifeGroups and individuals are needed to prepare and serve a hot meal, lead praise and worship, collect donations and show God’s love to the lost of our city.
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DAYSTAR FAITH CENTER
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator needed:
If interested please contact: Valerie Templeman at vtempleman@crossingonline.org (813) 626-0783 ext162 Located in Gibsonton, Daystar’s focus is to care for the homeless by transitioning them back into society and giving them hope for a productive future. Daystar is a faith-based mission relying on the power of prayer and on volunteers who express the love of Jesus. You or your LifeGroup can volunteer at the center or give gently used clothing or shoes to help the families.
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METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator needed:
If interested please contact: Valerie Templeman at vtempleman@crossingonline.org (813) 626-0783 ext162 Their mission is to care for the homeless and those that are at risk of becoming homeless in our community through services that alleviate suffering, promote dignity, and instill self sufficiency as an expression of the on-going ministry of Jesus Christ. They offer programs to assist the homeless which include groceries, prepared meals, clothing, shelter, furniture, counseling, thrift store, and much more!
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CLAIR-MEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator:
Donna Ready - dready_18@hotmail.com - (863) 688-1243 You can make a huge impact in breaking the negative cycles of families surrounded by drugs, prostitution, abuse and violence. The children of Clair-Mel Elementary need positive role models in the classroom, at lunch and after school. Come share your hobbies, cooking, music, art, gardening, dance or sports. The school also needs administrative help anytime. Your time equates to love to these children!
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EVERYDAY BLESSINGS CHILDREN’S HOME
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator:
Gwen Low - glow0122@verizon.net - (813) 758-7728 EVERYDAY BLESSINGS is a child placing and child caring agency. Their mission is to find safe, stable and permanent homes for children. Everyday Blessings believes that children’s rights are of paramount importance and they strive to build community awareness of the many needs facing the children who live within the Florida system of child welfare. Regretfully, Everyday Blessings is in a transition at this time and is not in need of help from volunteers. Hopefully within time this situation will be reversed and our church can again participate in the enrichment of these children’s lives.
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INSTRUMENTS OF CHANGE
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator needed:
If interested please contact: Valerie Templeman at vtempleman@crossingonline.org (813) 626-0783 ext162 This mission is fulfilled by accepting donations of musical instruments and placing them along with instruction, into the hands of children who would not otherwise be able to afford them. Music becomes the conduit to opportunity, improvement and change. Get involved and become an Instrument of Change in the life of a child.
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GIVE ‘EM HEAVEN
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator:
Joe Pottle - joe@gmhministries.com - (813) 317-4653 Give’em Heaven Ministries is a group of people who have the same goal...to radically impact and change the lives of people the world wants to try to forget. Through giving of ourselves, our time and our money, we show the love of Jesus everyday in detention and rehab centers, prisons, hospitals and anywhere else the Spirit of God leads us.
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PASSION FOR PRISON
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator needed:
If interested please contact: Valerie Templeman at vtempleman@crossingonline.org (813) 626-0783 ext162 Dedicated to sharing the Word of God with inmates, Passion for Prison visits Hillsborough Correctional Institution every Sunday evening and the Hernando Correctional Institution every Thursday evening. You can serve through weekly prison visits or by sending birthday cards, corresponding with inmates or through prayer.
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COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
(C.A.T.)
Partnership Coordinator:
Larry Bauer - larrybauer1090@hughes.net - (813) 737-5522 This team helps those in need (single mothers, widows, military families) with minor home repairs and yard work. We need volunteers with or without experience in plumbing, electrical, mechanic, carpentry, painting, landscaping and other home-related trades.
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EMERGENCY CARE HELP ORGANIZATION
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
(E.C.H.O.)
Partnership Coordinator:
Liane Brown - lbrown39@tampabay.rr.com - (813) 493-4693 The Emergency Care Help Organization provides food and clothing to those in need in the Brandon area. Volunteers are needed to sort and distribute items. They also need nonperishable food, personal care items, small household items, blankets, towels, diapers and baby formula.
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LIFECARE OF BRANDON
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator:
Karen Brooks - karen@lifecareofbrandon.com - (813) 654-0491 Our mission is to lead clients to the unconditional love of Christ through the ministry of prevention, intervention and restoration. We offer support to women, couples and families and free services include: pregnancy testing, counseling, education on pregnancy options, adoption support, post-abortion counseling and much more. Women and couples are needed to volunteer with counseling and mentoring. Donations for Mommy & Baby Boutique are always in high demand.
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MEET THE NEED
(MEETTHENEED.ORG)
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator:
Brandi Ball – littlebball@aol.com – (813) 677-7742 Meet The Need is a web-based ministry that mobilizes and unites churches and church members to serve the needs of their local community. Meet The Need empowers us all to be the hands and feet of Jesus by using our God-given gifts and abilities throughout the year to serve those in need. Simply go to www.crossingonline.org/serve and adopt a project or need; unite with other LifeGroups, churches and communities to volunteer, donate needed items or work on a special project together that would bless a family or agency. Meet The Need is about simple acts of kindness that will let people experience Christ’s love.
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SOUTH TAMPA HEALTH & REHAB
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator:
Joe & Cathy Miles - cjmiles13@aol.com - (813) 908-2015 This facility has residents ranging in age from 24 to100. We host a worship service every Friday from 6:30pm-8:00pm. We invite you to fellowship with us as we show a DVD of a Crossing Church service, worship in song and praise, and pray for the needs of the residents. Volunteers also visit every second Saturday from 10:30am-12:30pm and other times during the week. No experience is required – just a heart for the lonely. Children or pets are welcome. We can also arrange a special project for your LifeGroup. If you are not able to visit, would you consider being a pen pal or a phone friend to one of the residents?
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TAMPA SEAFARERS MINISTRY
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator:
Al Kocot - akocot@aol.com - (813) 681-6501 This ministry meets the physical, social and spiritual needs of seafarers from around the world. Many come from third-world countries and have left behind their families to provide for them financially. The Seafarers Center provides worship services, Bibles, transportation, clothing, a game room, and access to telephones and the Internet. Volunteers assist chaplains, drive the vans, and “be Jesus� to the seafarers.
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FOR ZION’S SAKE
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator:
Beth O’Brien – valricoherbfarm@yahoo.com – (813) 661-0719 For Zion’s Sake is committed to fulfilling the Biblical mandate to bless, support, serve, love and pray for Israel. We do this through practical deeds, demonstrating God’s love and mercy, committing to teaching and preaching the Word of God and encouraging Jews and Christians to walk together to fulfill God’s purposes and plans for Israel and the Nations.
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BETH-EL FARMWORKER MINISTRY
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator needed:
If interested please contact: Valerie Templeman at vtempleman@crossingonline.org (813) 626-0783 ext162 This ministry helps farm workers achieve self-sufficiency through its open opportunities to worship, its extensive educational programs, and the many services it provides to meet basic needs.
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GOOD SAMARITAN MISSION
LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS - OUR JERUSALEM
Partnership Coordinator needed:
If interested please contact: Valerie Templeman at vtempleman@crossingonline.org (813) 626-0783 ext162 We help this community find their purpose and place in life. We support each other in prayer, teaching and donations. Your gift of time, donations and love are much appreciated.
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WORLD MISSION OPPORTUNITES
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
Short Term Mission Trips - Church members can participate through going or providing prayer and support.
The following is a list of the upcoming World Missions opportunities available at The Crossing Church for 2010. If you would like additional information on these events, or would like to participate, please visit us online at www.crossingonline.org/missions to complete a missions application and get directed to the appropriate groups.
World Missions Opportunites Bahamas, Carribean
Brazil, South America
Bahamas, Carribean
Peru, South America
Haiti, Carribean
Ghana, Africa
Belize, Central America
North, Africa
Guatemala, Central America
South, Africa
Tizimin, Mexico
South East, Asia
-April & October 2010 -Spring 2010 (tentative) -Spring 2010
-August 2010
-April & May 2010 (tentative) -April & May 2010
-June 2010 -June 2010
-October 2010 -June 2010
-September 2010 -Fall 2010 (tentative)
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WORLD MISSION PARTNERSHIPS
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
World Mission Partnerships – The Crossing Church supports many World Missionaries. We help to strengthen and equip them to glorify God by working together to establish reproducing churches focusing on the unreached peoples of the world. We are honored to help support their work and are looking for a Partnership Coordinator for the ministries. *
World Partnerships - Ends of the Earth Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) - Kevin and Joy Phillips - Hungary Compassion International - Worldwide Crossing Cultures International - Charles and Sharon Vassallo - Bahamas Crossing Cultures International - David and Mindy Nelson - SE Asia Ghana Christian Mission - Pastor Richard Ntim - Ghana, Africa Global Ministries Fellowship - Charlotte Moore - South Africa International Street Kids - John and Naomi Schmidt - Various countries * LifeWind International - Terry Dalrymple Luis Palau Association Pioneers - Sean and Sarah Boa - China * Plant Today Ministries - Mike Medley - Guatemala 22
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WORLD MISSION PARTNERSHIPS
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
Precious Pearls - Eddie and Marlin Francois - Haiti Rankin Baptist Association - Jim and Sharon Kirk - North Africa Seeds of Hope - Roberto and Rachel Pena - Brazil South America Missions - Jim and Rene Eifert - Peru * The Dream Center - Bill and Kathy Craver - Belize and Mexico The Joshua Fund - Israel United Servants Abroad - Tom Hough - Peru and Bahamas * United World Missions - Stacey and Claudia Kuypers - India * Voice of the Martyrs - Worldwide Water for Life (Life Outreach International) - Worldwide * Youth With A Mission - Peter and Selma Thomas - Brazil New Tribes Mission – Kevin & Emily Bertram Operation Mobilization – Mary Ellen Stopke
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BAHAMAS, CARRIBEAN
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
April and October 2010 –
Team Leaders Don and Rachel Clyde - donandrachel@tampabay.rr.com or Pierre and Donata Chestang - pachestang@aol.com This will be our fourth year of sharing the love of Christ in Black Point, (a community in the Exuma Islands of The Bahamas), through our missionaries Charles and Sharon Vassallo of Crossing Cultures International. This team will make a difference through a service project sharing testimonies, teaching, evangelism, and children’s ministry.
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BAHAMAS, CARRIBEAN
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
Spring 2010 (tentative) –
Contact Scott Phipps – sphipps@crossingonline.org We will be partnering with United Servants Abroad to begin a relationship with the Christian community on The Great Inagua Island. United Servants Abroad has been in a partnership ministry with the Christian community on the family islands for over five years. We look forward to working alongside them to reach the island for Christ and encourage the believers.
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HAITI, CARRIBEAN
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
Spring 2010 –
Team Leader Steve Lovell – steve@tmtasphalt.com We will be partnering with Precious Pearls Ministry and working with a local Pastor in Carrefour. This team will participate in a few nightly crusades, daily feeding program and morning prayer services with hundreds of Haitian’s to exhort them with The Word and testimonies. We will also visit a village in the mountains for a service project and share our spiritual gifts in various church services.
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BELIZE, CENTRAL AMERICA
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
August 2010 -
Team Leaders Larry and Beverly Collier - bevlar1019@yahoo.com This will be our fourth year working with Bill and Kathy Craver of The Dream Center to love on the people of Belize with the message of Christ. Our efforts include a weekend in the Mennonite village called Spanish Lookout where we serve these people by conducting a community wide VBS and sharing in a local church. The rest of the time is used loving on the children of a local orphanage, doing outreaches to children and youth on an island and in the community of Sandhill, and doing service projects on the Dream Center base.
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GUATEMALA, CENTRAL AMERICA
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
April/May 2010 (tentative) –
Contact Scott Phipps – sphipps@crossingonline.org The Crossing Church will be beginning our relationship with the people of San Pedro Las Huertas in 2010.This will be our first team and we will work with Plant Today Ministries as our team host. This team will participate in several types of outreaches/projects including medical, community service, construction, ministry to children and sharing in local church services.
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TIZIMIN, MEXICO
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
April/May 2010 –
Team Leader Scott Phipps – sphipps@crossingonline.org This team will join Bill and Kathy Craver of The Dream Center on our inaugural trip to the city of Tizimin. We will be ministering to this city through worship and sharing the gospel in the town square, sharing in local churches, adult/youth meetings at the DCI training center and some construction work.
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BRAZIL, SOUTH AMERICA
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
June 2010 –
Team Leader Estelle Wolfman - msoptims@yahoo.com Sao Paulo is the third largest city in the world and there is a tremendous need to reach the orphaned children. Join this team as we partner with Roberto Pena of Seeds of Hope to touch the lives of children in a local orphanage, teenagers in a training center and do evangelism alongside a local church. This will be our fifth year of ministry in Sao Paulo and our relationship and Christ’s love is making a difference!
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PERU, SOUTH AMERICA
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
June 2010 -
Contact Scott Phipps – sphipps@crossingonline.org This team works with Tom Hough of United Servants Abroad to make a difference in the lives of the Indians of Peru in Pucallpa. The trip’s focus is ministering to the native Indians through participation in their local church, construction work on their Pastor’s school and visiting a local village along the Amazon River. The team also does outreach at a local rehab center and youth rehabilitation school through South America Mission.
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GHANA, AFRICA
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
October 2010 -
Team Leader Scott Phipps – sphipps@crossingonline.org Join us for the third year of working with Pastor Richard Ntim of Faithway Christian Church and Schools in Adenta, Ghana. This team will be doing a daily VBS for the kids of the school, daily home and street evangelism, working alongside the church in a community clean-up project and ministering to the people of the church through meetings and teaching times.
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NORTH AFRICA
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
June 2010 –
Team Leaders Rae Quintero - rae-of-sonshine@hotmail.com or Norris Brown – nbrown@crossingonline.org This will be our fifth have made a lasting of women ministering and another part will want to use your gift
year of working with our local missionaries and our teams impression on the people of this land! This team will consist to the heavily labored and abused women of North Africa participate in our initial medical outreach to this area. If you of healing in any capacity please consider joining this team!
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SOUTH AFRICA
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
September 2010 –
Team Leader Robert Williams – mrmwms@hotmail.com We have been working with the local missionary, Charlotte Moore, here the past four years! This team focuses on ministry to a local village through a feeding program, training local teachers, ministering to AIDS patients, interacting with the local children, doing home visitations, and ministry to the men.
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SOUTH EAST ASIA
WORLD MISSIONS - ENDS OF THE EARTH
Fall 2010 (tentative) –
Contact Scott Phipps – sphipps@crossingonline.org Join Crossing Cultures International and travel to a chosen country or two in SE Asia and work with local churches and pastors to encourage the church, hold church meetings, and do outreaches to the local people.
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