Published Thu, Jul 30, 26.
Written by GoMission. Church.
Being a Bridge
Part of the Summer Internship Program was partnering with a local ministry to serve and bless them. It was also an opportunity for the interns to practice putting together an outreach, casting vision, and inviting others to join them in it!
We had the opportunity to partner with University Vineyard Church to help run the Missional Outreach portion of a youth leadership camp called "Project Timothy," which brought together 50 youth from churches all across California. The goal of the outreach portion of the camp was to give the students a chance to help plan an outreach, serve their community, and practice sharing the love of Jesus.
Leading up to the camp, the interns spent time praying about what the outreach could look like and came away with three potential outreaches: City Center, Poverello House, and Treasure Hunting (an evangelism activity we learned from our friends at Mountain View Church). These were all ministries or outreaches we had partnered with or participated in earlier during the internship. The interns paired off and created an outline for each outreach. When the camp arrived, each pair presented the outreach opportunities, and the youth got to choose which one they wanted to help plan and execute! The interns then helped guide the planning conversations, prayed with the youth, and led the outreach day.
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Each Youth student prayed about which outreach they should help with, then took a sticky note with their name and stuck it on the board! |
Each pair did an incredible job presenting and shepherding their outreach, leading with confidence and relying on Jesus! The youth came back from their outreaches having had meaningful conversations that led to praying for people, opportunities to bless the community, and new ideas for how they could do something similar in their own local areas. The interns modeled for these youth kids, that they aren’t too young to do the things God has set before them to do!
One of the volunteer leaders for the youth camp, had shared with us that God had already been putting it on her heart, to go and serve at the Poverello House. She was able to go be a part of that outreach day with the youth and since, has gathered a group of other young people in her church to go serve together!
The youth camp facilitators also needed help leading a "Girls and Guys Day," where they split the students up to have conversations around God's heart for love, relationships, and sexuality. Because of GoMission.Church's relationship with The Hope Team at Pregnancy Care Center, we were able to connect University Vineyard with The Hope Team so they could come and share on these topics.
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After partnering with University Vineyard for the youth camp, we realized we were being a bridge between this local church and three local ministries! It was amazing to step back and see the Lord using us to engage the people of God at University Vineyard with the mission of God in our local area, for His glory.
We feel really blessed to be getting to serve the local church in this way, and are thankful for those of you who are partnering in prayer and financially. Please continue to pray with us, over the interns… that they would now also get to be a bridge between their local churches and local ministries!
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Want to learn more about the three ministries we partnered with?
Click the links below!
City Center - https://citycenterfresno.org/
Poverello House - https://poverellohouse.org/
Pregnancy Care Center - https://pregnancycarecenter.com/
The Hope Team at Pregancy Care Center - https://www.instagram.com/hopeforfresno/