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The purpose of the Outreach
Committee is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and His transforming
power...
The role of Outreach is
often considered to be simply reaching out to people who don't go to
church and bringing them in. But our vision of Evangelism involves
not only those beyond our church family, but also visitors,
constituents, and even current members of Faith UMC, at whatever point
they are in their spiritual journey, to help them move along in it at
their own pace.
Outreach includes
letting the community know we're here and extending an open invitation
to join uis for Worship services and other special Faith UMC events and
activities. The Worship services and all outgoing events and
activities can give people a positive place to spend time and be able to
manifest the priorities that are critical to happy, successful lives,
and family values for themselves as well as their children. We
invite people to give us a try.
Welcoming and Hospitality
includes providing fellowship opportunities so that people in our
church family can get to know each other better, develop friendships,
and feel comfortable enough to be able to share their faith, and hopes
and dreams and fears; to be able to ask the hard questions about faith,
or the easy ones; to be abler to share some experiences about how Christ
has make a difference in their lives.
Membership includes
making contact with those who have come here to visit, and maintaining
contact with those who have attended regularly and with those who are
members so that Faith UMC can make sure it knows what its people need
and to try to provide a way to meet those need.
Discipleship includes
programs, classes, mentors, and other training and support to help
people from where they are to where they want to go in their spiritual
growth and faith journey. We coordinate with other ongoing church
activities including the Pastors' messages, and the Christian Education
programs and classes. We also work with other church committee
events and activities when that coordination and cooperation is
appropriate
On-going Evangelism
Committee activities include:
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Visitor welcoming
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.Christmas caroling for
shut-ins
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Maintaining the
membership roster
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Seeking innovative ways
to get The Word out to both our local congregation and to the
community.
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Produce the church photo
directory (every 2 - 3 years)
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