Day 13: Better to give than receive

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Our opportunity Currently there are 600 children (285 families) registered with The Giving Tree, which provides food and other resources for students and families in need in the Howard-Suamico School District. Our direction Acts 20:35 — In everything I did, I showed you that by this...

Day 12: Bringing people together around God

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Our opportunity A total of 448 people are involved in Family Life small groups at GBCC, featuring 22 different community groups and 16 learn groups. Our direction Hebrews 10: 24-25 —  And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not...

Day 11: Providing spaces for youth

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Our opportunity Wednesday Nights are full of activity at Community Church with Middle School Ministry and Children’s Ministry, to the point that we are reaching room capacity. Our direction Mark 10: 13-16 — People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands...

Day 10: Building partnerships with schools

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Our opportunity The Howard-Suamico School District has made a great effort to make mobile computing devices such as iPads and laptops available to the students. However, there are 128 families and 169 students with no in-home Internet  This puts the students at a...

Day 9: Kids learning, growing, connecting

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Our opportunity iConnect is an after school program held on the GBCC campus for kids that need academic support. Adults and high school kids provide one-on-one tutoring and a physical activity on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Currently we average 30-plus kids in the program with a...

Day 8: Living out our faith

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Our opportunity Origins is a seven-week group experience which gives the full spectrum of who Community church is and what we believe. To date, we have had 12 Origin groups representing 168 people who have worked through the curriculum and started to live out the core values of their faith on...

Day 7: Defending the weak and poor

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Our opportunity A total of 881 school children were identified as homeless in  Brown County by the Homeless Liaisons of each school district.   Our direction Psalm 82:3 -- Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the...

Day 6: Striving for deeper faith and connection

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Our opportunity Currently we have 76 families in weekly participation of the Wednesday Night Connect program. Those 76 families represent 103 kids in either childcare or consistent small group time. Our direction Proverbs 22:6 — Start children off on the way they should go, and even...

Day 5: Extending your spiritual family

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Our opportunity In the Green Bay area, moms with young kids face the challenge of finding a place where they can gather for support, to share stories, and make the much needed adult connection while their kids play together without having to pay a fee. Our direction Philippians 2:12 -- Paul...

Day 4: Serving those in need

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Our opportunity Green Bay Community Church provided 132 families with benevolence funds over the past year, from food to gas to other needs. Our direction Matthew 25:40 —The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of...