Belize Team
Friday, December 14, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Hello Everyone!!
This is my first blog post for the Church of the Resurrection Belize mission trip! I am super excited about what is going on with this group. We have gone through an amazing team building weekend at Dayspring and our first group fundraiser (the servant auction) was hugely blessed. Being the guy taking the lead for fundraising certainly has its challenging. It means walking the fine line of being financially focused and Kingdom oriented. Luckily for me the team is active and helpful in keeping that balance.
We are approaching the second group fundraiser this Wednesday December 12th; the coffee house/bake sale. I am very excited to see a whole list of people that aren't known to our community come out and take in the great line up of musicians. I hope a great number of the congregation make an effort to come out and build relationships with those people outside of our congregation. What a great way to relax during the fast paced Christmas season.
This is my first blog post for the Church of the Resurrection Belize mission trip! I am super excited about what is going on with this group. We have gone through an amazing team building weekend at Dayspring and our first group fundraiser (the servant auction) was hugely blessed. Being the guy taking the lead for fundraising certainly has its challenging. It means walking the fine line of being financially focused and Kingdom oriented. Luckily for me the team is active and helpful in keeping that balance.
We are approaching the second group fundraiser this Wednesday December 12th; the coffee house/bake sale. I am very excited to see a whole list of people that aren't known to our community come out and take in the great line up of musicians. I hope a great number of the congregation make an effort to come out and build relationships with those people outside of our congregation. What a great way to relax during the fast paced Christmas season.
Don't forget to keep bringing your bottles to the Bayview redemption center in Grand Bay. The Church of the Resurrection has account their and all the proceeds will go toward the mission trip! We will be doing a formal door-to-door bottle pick up on January 05, 2013. Thanks so much everyone!
Brent Harris
Monday, November 19, 2012
Dayspring and Silent Auction
Sunday was a hot dog lunch and Servant Auction at the Church of the Resurrection. One of the LIFE small groups in our church volunteered to bless the Belize mission by sponsoring and preparing this lunch. Brent Harris organized and ran the servant auction whereby people in the parish were encouraged to bid on the various team members. Each team member had a list of gifts and skills that they would use to serve the highest bidder for an afternoon. A huge thank you to the LIFE group for their generosity and support. Also, thank you to everyone for your donations and bids!!
Thank you for your on-going prayer support. It is an essential part of this mission.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Update November 15
The away team has been meeting every two weeks since September, and we have done a lot of solid learning together on the nature of mission, God's heart in mission, and trusting God for the road ahead. This weekend will be an important time of team building. The team is going to Dayspring Ministries. This ministry centre is located outside of Saint John and they have an excellent facility for hosting groups. We have invited Ben Peterson, a trained instructor in Christian outdoor team building, to come from Quebec for this weekend. He is going to be leading our group through a wide range of challenging outdoor events to help us come together and work as a team. We will be spending the night at Dayspring and committing all of Saturday to these activities. Please pray for good weather and safety during this weekend. Also, please pray that this weekend will help us strengthen our trust in each other, and strengthen our sense of unity as a team.
Following this action packed weekend, we are having lunch and a servant auction after church this Sunday. One of the LIFE small groups in our church has generously offered to host a lunch for the Belize mission team. Following the lunch, people will have the opportunity to bid on various team members. Each team member has a list of skills and gifts that they can offer up for an afternoon to the highest bidder. For example, many of us can do yard work, household chores, babysitting, cooking and other useful activities. The money raised by this group fundraiser will be going to bless the people in Belize as well as potentially off-setting the cost for team members who are working hard and yet still need some support in their personal fundraising.
Please help spread the word about the servant auction this Sunday! Furthermore, please join us in prayer this weekend as we experience some intense team building.
Blessings!
Following this action packed weekend, we are having lunch and a servant auction after church this Sunday. One of the LIFE small groups in our church has generously offered to host a lunch for the Belize mission team. Following the lunch, people will have the opportunity to bid on various team members. Each team member has a list of skills and gifts that they can offer up for an afternoon to the highest bidder. For example, many of us can do yard work, household chores, babysitting, cooking and other useful activities. The money raised by this group fundraiser will be going to bless the people in Belize as well as potentially off-setting the cost for team members who are working hard and yet still need some support in their personal fundraising.
Please help spread the word about the servant auction this Sunday! Furthermore, please join us in prayer this weekend as we experience some intense team building.
Blessings!
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Greetings!
Thanks for checking out the Belize Mission 2013 Blog! We are excited that you are joining us on this journey as we prepare to serve God in Belize. Here's a little history of the mission trip for those who are just joining us.
When?
The Church of the Resurrection is sending 22 team members to serve in Belize from March 1st -10th, 2013
Who?The team members are a wide variety of ages and they are people who attend the parish, or take part in the weekly youth group at the church. We are very excited to have three different mother-son combo's coming with us this year, and our youngest team member just turned one a few weeks ago.
Where? We will be staying at the YWAM base in Banana Bank. YWAM (Youth with a Mission) is an organization that has bases all over the world. The YWAM in Belize will be providing us with our accomodations and meals. Furthermore, we are hoping to partner with them in some of their ministries in the area. Check out their website to learn more about our accomodations: http://www.ywambelize.com/Home.aspx
Why?This is a completely volunteer mission. Therefore, every individual will be doing personal fundraising for the trip. We are commiting our time, money and gifts because we have a passion to step out in faith and live out Jesus' command when he tells us to 'Go to all the nations' Matthew 28:19. Each member of the team would articulate this call a little differently, yet all of us are here because we want to serve God, and go deeper in our faith.
We're excited that you're joining us on this journey! We will be updating this blog roughly every 1-2 weeks, and then daily when we are in Belize. So feel free to check in, and learn about what's going on. If you feel called to pray for the mission, we really appreciate the prayer support!
When?
The Church of the Resurrection is sending 22 team members to serve in Belize from March 1st -10th, 2013
Who?The team members are a wide variety of ages and they are people who attend the parish, or take part in the weekly youth group at the church. We are very excited to have three different mother-son combo's coming with us this year, and our youngest team member just turned one a few weeks ago.
Where? We will be staying at the YWAM base in Banana Bank. YWAM (Youth with a Mission) is an organization that has bases all over the world. The YWAM in Belize will be providing us with our accomodations and meals. Furthermore, we are hoping to partner with them in some of their ministries in the area. Check out their website to learn more about our accomodations: http://www.ywambelize.com/Home.aspx
Why?This is a completely volunteer mission. Therefore, every individual will be doing personal fundraising for the trip. We are commiting our time, money and gifts because we have a passion to step out in faith and live out Jesus' command when he tells us to 'Go to all the nations' Matthew 28:19. Each member of the team would articulate this call a little differently, yet all of us are here because we want to serve God, and go deeper in our faith.
We're excited that you're joining us on this journey! We will be updating this blog roughly every 1-2 weeks, and then daily when we are in Belize. So feel free to check in, and learn about what's going on. If you feel called to pray for the mission, we really appreciate the prayer support!
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