Mission Columbia MO

Join Us Tonight at 5:30 for Team Gatherings

2009-06-17T09:40:00.000-07:00

Whether you’ve joined us before or haven’t made it yet, join us tonight as we continue to plan summer and fall ministry work! Just pick a team gathering you want to go to and show up at the building at 5:30, it’s that simple…

The Open Hand Team will gather on Wed. @ 5:30 pm in the “Parlor”

The Loss Team will gather on Wed. @ 5:30 pm in “classroom W-3”

Children & Families Team on Wed. @ 5:30 pm in the “Old Kitchen”

Faith in Action...Service work and Dates...

2009-06-09T08:47:00.000-07:00

God is moving in great ways at Fairview and there are many ministries taking shape!!!

Want to get involved? Just e-mail me or come to the next Mission Columbia team gatherings on Wed., June 17 at 5:30

Here's the list:

June 10: Blood Drive and Join us at the Plate - meal and community service project open to the public. Invite friends and neighbors to join us. Service Project this night ~ working on the yard of an elderly person that cannot take care of her yard herself.

June 17: MISSION COLUMBIA TEAM GATHERINGS - 5:30 at the building.

June17 @ 6:15: Join us at the Plate - meal and service project open to the public. Invite friends and neighbors to join us. Service Project ~ working at women's shelter.

June 24: Join us at the Plate - meal and service project open to the public. Invite friends and neighbors to join us. Service Project ~ working in yard of elderly person.

July: St. Francis House BBQ (open hand team project)

July 17: Community Movie Night! Invite friends and neighbors to join us for a free movie night the building! (Children & Families Team)

July 22-25: Fairview Road Extreme Home Makeover: Have your friends and neighbors join us as we transform the home of a needy family.

Aug 5, 12, 19 and Sept 2 - Join is at the Plate - invite friends and neighbors for meal and service project

Aug. 7: Homeless ministry to assist the homeless with food, healt hcare, housing and identification (Loss Team ministry).

Aug. 26: Going out and meeting college students ------College welcome back BBQ at Peace Park.

Aug. 30: Friends and Family Day at Fairview Road.

February 10-14: Love and Respect relationship seminar. Open to the community. (Children & Families Team ministry).

Fall: Starting a food bank at Fairview Road. Starting a food delivery ministry to the needy that cannot drive. (Open Hand Team ministry.)

Fall/Winter: Dates to be determined. Financial Peace University open to the community. (Loss Team Ministry).

Questions??? - just e-mail me - brian@fairviewroad.org

Discerning God's will...Moving to action...Join Us Wed. the 27th!

2009-05-26T12:59:00.000-07:00

Discerning God's Will...

In the first century, when the church faced important decisions, they gathered together to seek for prayer, reading of Scripture and discussion to discern the will of God. We see examples of this in Acts 1 when a replacement for Judas was necessary and in Acts 15 at the Jerusalem Council.

When Mission Columbia started, Fairview faced an important decision as well: How would God want us to be Jesus to Columbia? To answer this question, we decided we should do the same thing the early church did and seek the will of God by coming together. So, the church came together for a series of gatherings involving a shared meal, Scripture reading, prayer and discussion to discern God’s will for our congregation as to how to be Jesus to Columbia.

Moving To Action...

As a result of those gatherings, several groups with needs were revealed to us & so we decided to form 3 Ministry Teams to best meet the needs of those groups:

1. The Open Hand Team will seek out to reach the needs of & teach the homeless, hungry, addicted, incarcerated, college students, etc.

2. The Loss Team will seek out to reach the needs of & teach those displaced by abuse, those with financial problems & those waiting in the hospital, etc.

3. The Children & Their Families Team will seek out to reach the needs of & teach those with no church home, single parents, those needing marriage support / divorce recovery, pregnant women, etc.

Each of these Teams is in the process of: (1) planning one event for the summer to serve and teach those they are trying to reach, and (2) planning a longer-term ministry to begin in the Fall to serve and teach those they are trying to reach.

Join Us!

Want in on the conversation & the adventure?

Then join us this Wednesday at 5:45 in the Fellowship Hall when the Open Hand Team and Loss Team will meet. Bring your own supper.

The Children & their Families Team will meet at the J&K Carpenter home at 6:30 on Sat. May 30.

Everyone is welcome, see you there!.... and please be in prayer so we might serve and teach like Jesus would!

Grace and Peace,

Brian

Here We Go!

2009-05-21T13:03:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Mission Columbia blog! My name is Brian and I am an Associate Minister at Fairview Road Church of Christ. Recently, we've been considering new missions where we can bring Jesus to those who need him, and after some discussion it became clear that we are already standing in the middle of a mission field—Columbia, Missouri. Anyone can be involved in Mission Columbia. We want you in on the conversation . . . we want you to serve and teach like Jesus would. Jump in whenever you are ready. Ask any of the elders or ministers and they can help you find your way or look for our next gathering or event in the bulletin or by asking around. We can all be Jesus in some way to someone in Columbia so join us!

Keep tuned to this blog for more information on our progress, work and our stories from the Mission field of Columbia, Missouri!