Serve the World - Prayer Focus

We are praying for a different country each month to help us as a church family to Serve the World by praying for the world.

June - Cambodia
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Serve the World - Prayer Focus

We are praying for a different country each month to help us as a church family to Serve the World by praying for the world.

March - India
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How Great Is Our God (World Edition)

As seen @ CrossWalk in March.

Serve the World - Prayer Focus

We are praying for a different country each month to help us as a church family to Serve the World by praying for the world.


March - China
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Serve the World - Prayer focus

We are praying for a different country each month to help us as a church family to Serve the World by praying for the world.


February - Yemen
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Serve the World - Prayer focus

We are praying for a different country each month to help us as a church family to Serve the World by praying for the world.

January - Switzerland
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Serve the World - Prayer focus

We are praying for a different country each month to help us as a church family to Serve the World by praying for the world.

December’s country – Rwanda
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Serve the World - $700 was given to Bill Schuit of www.liebenzellusa.org to buy Bibles for Zambian pastors. A gift that will make a difference for years to come! 

SERVE THE WORLD

Food drive for Waynesboro Human Services on June 17 & 24.
 
Suggested donations: canned goods, pancake mix, pancake syrup, peanut butter, jelly, jello, pudding, crackers, canned meats.  Bring your items to a Sunday service on those dates.

Ways To Serve

Short-term and long-term opportunities to serve. See the insert from Sunday. Contact the church if you want some more info.

OUTSIDE OURSELVES

Christmas 2011 Serving Ideas

Write a letter to someone you haven't talked to in a while – affirm how important they are to you; how much you love them.

Be an “angel of the night” - go shovel someone's driveway who can't take care of it themselves (take your kids along).

Give your good stuff to Goodwill (with the tags still on them).

Invite someone over to share your Christmas meal.

Encourage someone who helps others – who has a thankless job.

When you go to the mall to shop, hang around an extra 10 minutes (you can set your watch) and look for someone who could use help – carrying bags, loading bags in the trunk.

Leave an enormous tip when you go out to eat, especially if your server seems tired or grumpy.

Comfort someone who is grieving this Christmas – a card, a plant, a visit.

Visit an elderly home – encourage the forgotten.

Get to know a new neighbor – or an old one you have been avoiding.

Pay for the coffee (or toll) of the person behind you in line.

Don't rationalize away your desire to give to a homeless person asking for money. If they use it for something unhealthy, that's on them not you. Or, offer to buy them a hot meal.

Volunteer at a homeless shelter AFTER Christmas.

Give till it hurts – stretch yourself.

Find a country in need outside the US. Commit to learning and praying about this country in the coming year, in addition to sending financial assistance through Samaritans Purse or another relief organization.

Invite someone to church.

Sponsor a child through Compassion or World Vision.

Set up a savings account specifically for the purpose of giving. Do special projects to raise money for the savings account every month. Pray about where to give the money next Christmas.

Brainstorm people to pray for each day of Advent.

Offer a couple with young children a much-needed night out.

Brown bag your lunch and give the money away.

Find a family in need and give them a Christmas they will never forget. (Go in with a small group or a few other families.)

Pay for the meal for another family in the restaurant where you are eating.

Give an elderly person a ride to do shopping, errands, or just to look at Christmas lights.

Cultivate an attitude of gratitude – in addition to your “I want” list, print out a calendar and write down something each day that you are thankful for.

Keep your giving secret.

Read a book to your children/family.

Consider foster care or adoption.

-Many of these ideas come from the great little book 101 Simple and Thoughtful Ways to Give This Christmas Away by Matthew West

OUTSIDE OURSELVES Part 2

Here are some ideas to think about others this Christmas and how to serve them.

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Operation Christmas Child begins this Sunday, October 23rd @ CrossWalk. Our shoe box final collection date is Sunday November 13th. Learn more about Operation Christmas Child on their web site. CLICK HERE.

Serve The World Month

Wanna make a difference in kids’ lives?
It’s not always easy for families to supply what their kids need, especially now that budget cuts require kids to buy their own school supplies. Waynesboro Human Services is collecting items and you can help families by bringing any of the following to the church by August 14th (items will be collected in the cafe).

Items needed:
Back Packs
Skinny Markers
Pencil boxes
Composition Notebooks
Glue Stick
# 2 Pencils
Colored Pencils
Fat Primary Pencils
Large Erasers
Pocket Folders
Compasses
Spiral Notebooks
Highlighters
Notebook Paper
Rulers
3 Ring Binders
Markers
Protractors
Scientific Calculators
4 pack Dry Erase Expo markers

Human Services is also in need of new kid’s clothing & underwear to distribute.

What are you drinking?

Check out more about the coffee being served at CrossWalk
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Disaster Relief
If you are looking for a way to financially help the people of Japan and others around the world, we suggest Samaritan’s Purse. It’s a quality Christian organization that helps people of the world with their physical and spiritual needs.
CLICK HERE for their web site

Starting in February the CrossWalk Café will be serving coffee purchased from an organization called Land of a Thousand Hills. With our coffee purchases, this organization supports the physical and spiritual needs of the coffee growers in the African country of Rwanda. This coffee is considered some of the best coffee in the world and we are happy to serve this coffee, and at the same time, serve the world.

Check them out at: www.drinkcoffeedogood.com

The coffee continues to be free (donations accepted).

Total # of OCC boxes in 2010

Great job CrossWalk! Total boxes - 216

It's time for 2010's Operation Christmas Child (OCC).

We are so excited to send shoeboxes around the world that give needy children wonderful gifts along with a message of hope about Jesus Christ. So check it out....here are some dates to remember:

CrossWalk: Everyone can bring their filled shoeboxes to CrossWalk Oct. 31st - Nov. 21st. Let's try and reach the goal of packing 250 boxes this year. That's about one box for every adult. Last year 7.9 million shoeboxes were distributed around the world!

CrossWalk Kids and Families: Mark your calendars for Nov. 13th at 6:00. Your kids have been working hard on getting enough supplies to fill over 50 boxes. We will see if we reached the goal on that night. We are going to have an awesome night packing our boxes together. It's going to be fun for the whole family!

For more information visit www.samaritanspurse.org

Serve the World options

Want to Serve the World? Here are some places to start:

Local:

* Pregnancy Ministries

* Waynesboro Area Human Services
(717) 762-6941
24 E Main St
Waynesboro, PA 17268

Worldwide:

*Compassion

*World Vision

*Samaritan’s Purse