http://www.reformationucc.org/2007/10/08/jesse-remington-high-school-rebuilding-christian-world-view-in-the-mainline/ Remembering, Celebrating & Building On The Reformation Roots Of The UCC Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:03:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.reformationucc.org/2007/10/08/jesse-remington-high-school-rebuilding-christian-world-view-in-the-mainline/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Church Renewal: What Do We Do When There Are Just A Few? Part 2 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:09:36 +0000 http://www.reformationucc.org/2007/10/08/jesse-remington-high-school-rebuilding-christian-world-view-in-the-mainline/#comment-30 [...] David Runnion-Bareford: If you think of a congregation of say 60 folks as a mission organization with 60 missionary personnel, plus a lot of assets - probably 30 or more private homes, 60 or so automobiles, trucks, etc. and say $1,500,000 in combined annual income, how much ministry can they accomplish? Probably a small church wants to start by doing one thing really well - youth service outreach, weekday children’s program, seniors ministry citywide, shepherding homes for pregnant girls, public school involvement and support, sports teams outreach - whatever the Lord presents as an obvious calling. Then from the single focus other opportunities will evolve. Working with pregnant girls in the city, opened the door to relationships with newer Brazilian, Haitian and African churches, which led in turn to our becoming the sponsoring agency for the city Haitian Community Center, which led to “Project Redeem” which brings Haitian High School Leadership kids from Haiti to study in our Christian High School. [...] [...] David Runnion-Bareford: If you think of a congregation of say 60 folks as a mission organization with 60 missionary personnel, plus a lot of assets – probably 30 or more private homes, 60 or so automobiles, trucks, etc. and say $1,500,000 in combined annual income, how much ministry can they accomplish? Probably a small church wants to start by doing one thing really well – youth service outreach, weekday children’s program, seniors ministry citywide, shepherding homes for pregnant girls, public school involvement and support, sports teams outreach – whatever the Lord presents as an obvious calling. Then from the single focus other opportunities will evolve. Working with pregnant girls in the city, opened the door to relationships with newer Brazilian, Haitian and African churches, which led in turn to our becoming the sponsoring agency for the city Haitian Community Center, which led to “Project Redeem” which brings Haitian High School Leadership kids from Haiti to study in our Christian High School. [...]

]]> http://www.reformationucc.org/2007/10/08/jesse-remington-high-school-rebuilding-christian-world-view-in-the-mainline/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Jesse Remington High School Open House For Prospective Students Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:59:17 +0000 http://www.reformationucc.org/2007/10/08/jesse-remington-high-school-rebuilding-christian-world-view-in-the-mainline/#comment-24 [...] Jesse Remington High School: Rebuilding Christian World View In The Mainline [...] [...] Jesse Remington High School: Rebuilding Christian World View In The Mainline [...]

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