Schedule of Events September 2009:
September 12, 19, 26 Field Day: 2:00pm – 4:00pm Every Saturday at the field behind 3713 Dorchester Road: We will play games with the kids and figure out who needs mentors as well as cook hot dogs and provide refreshments for the attendees. Email Martha for more details and to volunteer: xcitedesigns@excite.com
September 2009
Vision Casting As we reach out through Neighborhood Fellowship and through our new Hope Group, our ministry recognizes that we need the help of the Church at large. We reflect back on our mission: To unite the Church Body in order to take the hope of Jesus Christ to the local community and the world. And
Volume 1, Issue 3 love people in practical ways. As a ministry, we want to recognize that the Church, as one body of Christ, has capabilities to influence the lives of people beyond our expectations and that unity through the Spirit is crucial. Jesus is the head, and the leader of the vision we’ve been given, and our intention with Take It To The Streets is to engage all of life, regardless of
September 12 & 26 Neighborhood Fellowship Saturdays 10:00am - 12:30pm Jeanene Batton Community Center at 3742 Dorchester Road. Pass out groceries, pray for the community. September 14, 21 & 28 Word On The Street: Resume building class 6:30pm – 8:00pm every Monday at 633 King St.
with recognition to that call, we look forward to working with the local church bodies in order to continue to become missionaries in our communities. As a pastor at Mosaic Church Outreach Partners: in Downtown Los Angeles explains, Seacoast Church “Gone are the days of throwing parties Without Walls and only inviting one’s friends”. How Mount Moriah Missionary Baptist true that is! In order to transform our communities, we FIELD DAY AT FULL SPEED must connect with A Game of baseball breaks out and you see the kids those who live differand volunteers at field day come together in a large ently than we do. This co-op game. In the picture below Tom tries his hardest will mean discomfort to strike out the batter. Does the batter have the right at times, but this is postuer to hit the winning home run? the example by which Jesus leads us. Just as the light upon the hill, we too have the opportunity to shine that light. As Paul writes in Philippians, we shine like stars in the universe. This light is evidenced when we serve others, and when we
age, income level, race, or education. If we will recognize the power of God that works through us, He can put our gifts and talents together to impact our community and literally bring Jesus to the hopeless. It is with great excitement that we continue forming relationships with local churches and congregations, and with anticipation that we look forward to what God has in store for this ministry.
Field Day looks back at August By Mike Waters
This has been an exciting month for the field day ministry of Take It To The Streets. The past two weekends held a record number of people, both children and their families. One of these weekends included the Family Field Day, wherein we took portraits of 18 families and each family received a free, framed 8x10 print to take home. The expressions on family member’s faces as each received their 1