BTCchurch Community Outreach

Life Group serving up food and love at the Dream Center

Christy Johnson — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:05:41 +0000

John and Linda Ford’s life group serves together at the Dream Center once a month. The group brings food and cooks meals as well as tutors and plays games with the children. If you would like to learn how your life group can get involved with the Dream Center, visit www.dreamcenterevansville.org

Help Portrait Project at the ECLC

Christy Johnson — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:19:20 +0000

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/dec/26/portrait-project/

Kerney Life Group – Thanksgiving 2009

Jeff Heck — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:14:39 +0000

The Kerney Life Group went down to the ECLC the night before Thanksgiving and loaded over 1,400+ meals and pumpkin muffins into a truck, drove the truck from ECLC to Bethel and then unloaded part of the truck at Bethel to prepare for the ECLC first ever satelite campus to deliver meals at thanksgiving from Bethel.

Life Groups helps out at Habitat for Humanity

Christy Johnson — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:36:18 +0000

Roehr’s Life Group Habitat for Humanity Outreach Project

Missions Booth clean and ready thanks to one Life Group

Christy Johnson — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:27:51 +0000

On Saturday, October 3, 2009, the Brown Life Group cleaned out the Missions Booth to prepare it for the week ahead at the Fall Festival. The proceeds from the food booth sales go toward assisting our missionaries in the United States and around the world.

Those serving included: Mike and Bobbie Farmer, Missy Duggan, Jennie Jackson, Donna Ball, Bob and Ellan Brown, and Dave and Connie Yoak.

Mission Support Team Accomplishments

Christy Johnson — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:38:33 +0000

Check out what the Mission Support Teams have been up to (click on link below). As one of our four church goals, God willng by 2012 we will: Engage at least 75% of our congregation in mission support teams that develop passionate hearts for global expansion of the Kingdom of God.

http://www.betheltemple.org/downloads/Cool_Things_Mission_Support_Teams_Have_Done.pdf

to join a mission support team visit btcchurch.com.

Pace with Purpose

Christy Johnson — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:51:17 +0000

Emily Ryan took her passion and gift from God “running long distance” outside the church walls to spear head a monthly event Pace with Purpose. The plan for Pace with Purpose was to put on a fun run once a month and collect donations from the participants for a worthy cause. Pace with Purpose has been meeting monthly since April to raise money for non-profit organizations focusing primarily on groups that support children.

This weekend, Saturday, August 22nd, Pace with a Purpose will have their last monthly meeting at Wesselman Park at 8:00 a.m. It is a fun 3 mile walk/run that can be made shorter or longer if desired. Families and strollers are welcome! All donations will go to the Vanderburgh County Boys and Girls Club. Checks can be made out to The Boys and Girls Club or Pace with Purpose.

One of their events collected diapers for the Evansville Christian Life Center. Another event drew only 11 participants, but raised $600 for the Court Appointed Special Advocated (CASA) program.

Their fall project will raise money for a family in need at Bethel Temple. Please visit their blogsite for more information (first post addresses our cause). www.pacewithpurpose.blogspot.com. Pace with Purpose also has a facebook group you can join to get more information.

Tapp Life Group Lends a Helping Hand

Christy Johnson — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:13:43 +0000

The Tapp Life Group served at the Evansville Christian Life Center’s Grace House.

To find out how you can serve at the ECLC, visit their website: restoringpeople.com

ECLC Canned Food Drive

Christy Johnson — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:11:32 +0000

Click here to view the embedded video.

Partnering with Impact Ministries to Impact a local church

Christy Johnson — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:51:30 +0000

On June 10, 2009, our life group partnered with Impact Ministries to serve dinner to the Vacation Bible School (VBS) students at Mt Sinai Church in Downtown Evansville. This is a very small church and the first time they offered VBS. It was decided to serve Mexican food (Taco’s, Cheesy Mexican Rice, Chips & Salsa, and Oreo’s for dessert.) We split the food preparation among our six group members, but only three could actually be there to serve the meal. We wish everyone could have experienced the fun we had, but I don’t think we all could have fit in the church kitchen. It was very small. We had 3 lbs of hamburger fixed and that should have been enough for less than 25 kids. However, I (Dawn) made the error of not serving the meat on the tacos. Taco’s usually do not require a lot of meat, but some of them were loading it on. Oops. We did run out of meat, so Kristen made an emergency run to Wesselman’s to get something. We then had burritos for the remaining five kids who didn’t get taco’s. The interesting thing is, we had to unplug the refrigerator to plug in the very low powered microwave. We managed to blow the fuse four times. All in all, the kids were happy, the staff were happy, and we were thrilled to serve. You don’t have to go to far to enter the mission field and it doesn’t take to much time either. Only one evening of our time and we made an impact on more than 20 lives just blocks away from our church. Praise GOD.