Tuesday, December 22, 2015

December Opportunities



City Wide Prayer Gathering:

A powerful and important time to gather with churches from all across the city, believing God for “Greater Things!” this gathering will take place at Mount Hope, and the church will remain open throughout the rest of the night(until 6am, January 7) for any who want to linger in prayer.
http://mounthopechurch.org/Home.aspx

Youth Christmas Program Epicenter of Worship

An evening where our youth come together and celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through acting, dancing, and songs of worship and praise. This program is open to community and starts at 5pm.
http://epworship.com/upcoming-events/

New Level Sports After-School Tutoring

Are you good with kids? Are you savvy in the area of Math, Science, maybe English, or all? Volunteer for our New Level Sports After-School Tutoring that just started.
Contact Shane Buckley at (810) 288-1518 for more information.

Wendy’s Fundraiser:


Take your children out for a treat and support a ministry that helps local families in need at the same time :-) 

On Wednesday, January 20, the East Lansing Wendy’s located on Trowbridge Rd. will be donating 15% of their sales between 5 – 8 p.m. to St. Vincent Catholic Charities.  Help support STVCC through this Wendy’s Fundraiser.
Wendy’s is located at 1000 Trowbridge Rd, E.Lansing, MI 48823.


St. Vincent Catholic Charities

What: Beginning Nov. 29th, St. Vincent invites you to join its Holiday Giving Program by sponsoring a refugee family, teen or select an Angel Gift Tag from one of our Angel Trees found at local shopping malls and retail shops. 

When: Beginning Nov. 29th
 
Contact: To receive information about how you can get involved, contact Thomas Woods at: 517.323.4734 ext. 1203 or woodst@stvcc.org.  

Or click here: http://stvcc.org/eventscpt/be-an-angel-holiday-giving-drive-collection-concludes/

New Directions 

Do you have someone or know someone who has a family member or friend in prison or jail or is now released? Michigan has around 47,000 men and women incarcerated; the 83 county jails and youth offender facilities, statewide. Who will reach them? Who will go?
We are an Inter-denominational Prison Ministry and Outreach training and sending devoted volunteers, people just like you, into prisons, jails, youth offender facilities and nursing homes.
“I was in prison and you came to visit me.” Matthew 25:36
For more information click here.

Street Pastors

What: Join a team from Capital City Vineyard serving the Lord on MSU campus. Pass out hot chocolate and coffee to students as they walk by and engage in conversations. This ministry's focus is to encourage students with a Christian background in their walk with the Lord and find a church in the area, let people know about HOPE (House of Prayer East Lansing), engage students in thought provoking conversations, and most of all, show all we come in contact with the unfailing Love of Christ. We have young people as well as adults that come out and would LOVE to have you join us!  The vision is to be able to have more than one table set up in the area. Right now we are in need of more volunteers to make this possible!
When: Saturday nights at 8pm.  
Where: House of Prayer East Lansing - 619 E. Grand River 

The Furnace Prayer Room

What:  The Furnace seeks to fuel spiritual awakening on campus through prayer. See more here: http://www.furnacemsu.com/aboutus.html

Where: HOPE - House Of Prayer East Lansing - 619 E. Grand River
Schedule:  NOTE hours differ during Christmas break.
  • Open hours Monday - Friday 11am-6pm. Open hours are times when the prayer room is open for anyone to come and spend time seeking God in prayer, studying the Word, etc. We encourage you to drop in and leave as you need. Meet a friend and spend time praying for the campus.
  • Monday - Friday 12-1pm - Devotional worship and prayer -
  • Sundays 6-8pm - Worship and prayer -
  • Mondays 7:30pm - Teaching and equipping Prayer 101 -
  • Mondays 8:30-10 pm - Worship and prayer -
  • Monday, December 14th 8:30-10pm - End of semester worship night -
Wake - Capital City Vineyard youth group 

What: If you're a youth who wants to grow in your faith, be encouraged by like minded Christians, and put your faith in action, COME HERE!! We dig into God's word, have deep discussions, and powerful prayer times. Todd Hargett, who has a heart for sharing the gospel with the lost on a day to day basis is the leader of the group. You WILL go away encouraged and excited about your faith! 

When: Every other Sunday, 6-8pm. Our next meetings are the 22nd of November, December 13th, December 27th.
Where: Capital City Vineyard Church, 1635 Coolidge Rd. East Lansing MI 48823

Monday, November 23, 2015

Missions in our hometown!


Put these dates on your calendar:

St. Vincent Catholic Charities

What: Beginning Nov. 29th, St. Vincent invites you to join its Holiday Giving Program by sponsoring a refugee family, teen or select an Angel Gift Tag from one of our Angel Trees found at local shopping malls and retail shops. 

When: Beginning Nov. 29th
 
Contact: To receive information about how you can get involved, contact Thomas Woods at 517.323.4734 ext. 1203 or woodst@stvcc.org.  

Love Lansing
What: On December 12, we will gather together with our partner churches to serve our neighbors in South Lansing in a practical way. We are focusing on what we call the “Kingdom Rectangle,” the region from Dunckel to Waverly and from Holmes to Willoughby.  We will pack and deliver totes and boxes of needed items to nursing homes, schools, and low-income housing communities. Visit THIS LINK for more information about Love Lansing Christmas.

When: December 12th.  Rally begins at 9:00 am - delivery completed by about noon.
Where: Trinity Church, 3355 Dunckel Road, Lansing, MI 48911

Christmas Coat Drive

Providing coats for children in need this Christmas season.

Mount Hope invites you to partner with STVCC Children’s Home and Lansing Area youth homes to provide over three hundred (new) winter coats for each youth in need. Help us share hope this Christmas by providing coats for foster care children in the Lansing Area who need to know they are loved. Click HERE for more information on how YOU can help out!

Believe for greater things
Wednesday, January 6th 7-9pm.
A city wide prayer gathering hosted by Mt. Hope. (More information to come)

Weekly opportunities: 

Street Pastors
What: Join a team from Capital City Vineyard serving the Lord on MSU campus. Pass out hot chocolate and coffee to students as they walk by and engage in conversations. This ministry's focus is to encourage students with a Christian background in their walk with the Lord and find a church in the area, let people know about HOPE (House of Prayer East Lansing), engage students in thought provoking conversations, and most of all, show all we come in contact with the unfailing Love of Christ.

When: Saturday nights 8pm-whenever the drinks are gone!
Where: House of Prayer East Lansing - 619 E. Grand River 


The Furnace Prayer Room
What:  The Furnace seeks to fuel spiritual awakening on campus through prayer. See more here: http://www.furnacemsu.com/aboutus.html

Where: HOPE - House Of Prayer East Lansing - 619 E. Grand River
Schedule: 
  • Open hours Monday - Friday 11am-6pm. Open hours are times when the prayer room is open for anyone to come and spend time seeking God in prayer, studying the Word, etc. We encourage you to drop in and leave as you need. Meet a friend and spend time praying for the campus.
  • Monday - Friday 12-1pm - Devotional worship and prayer -
  • Sundays 6-8pm - Worship and prayer -
  • Mondays 7:30pm - Teaching and equipping Prayer 101 -
  • Mondays 8:30-10 pm - Worship and prayer -
  • Monday, December 14th 8:30-10pm - End of semester worship night -
Wake - Capital City Vineyard youth group
What: If you're a youth who wants to grow in your faith, be encouraged by like minded Christians, and put your faith in action, COME HERE!! We dig into God's word, have deep discussions, and powerful prayer times. Todd Hargett, who has a heart for sharing the gospel with the lost on a day to day basis is the leader of the group. You WILL go away encouraged and excited about your faith! 

When: Every other Sunday, 6-8pm. Our next meetings are the 22nd of November, December 13th, December 27th.
Where: Capital City Vineyard Church, 1635 Coolidge Rd. East Lansing MI 48823

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Thoughts from the Orrs:

We were so blessed to have this amazing couple on our team! They worked unbelievably hard and used every ounce of their energy serving the Lord while in Ireland. Below are their thoughts from the the trip!

     "I was on the On Street Prayer team. My sister attended The Moody Bible Institute & did street ministry but I had never heard of anyone doing it since.

It rains nearly every day in Ireland, we passed out tea, coffee, and soup and invited them to join us for the Sunday service/finale of iHeart Derry at the Guild hall.

    Throughout the week we met people from Poland, Italy,The Netherlands, and a couple of teachers from Spain with 90 students who were taking exams. They were staying at Ulster University where we were also staying.They did not have transportation and had to walk long distances to get anywhere.

     There was someone from the Bahai Faith, a Far Eastern religion which resembles Universalism-- whatever you think God is--is OK. They are very gentle people. I asked him about the Hindus who have a million Gods. How do they know which is the right one? Some people came back to talk every day.

There was a Dutchman who said he was ready to come back to church.  He liked to talk about theology. One day he

came in tears. Someone had reported that he had 2 cats.The landlord told him it was either the cats or him. He had been crying all night and said he was ready to jump off the bridge into the Foyle River. I hope we had a part in preventing this.

The Nebraska group said they had several accept Christ as their Savior. When Sunday, came people kept coming until the auditorium was filled! The Dutchman was all smiles. He said a lady on the internet had taken the cats. After the service he said it was the best sermon he ever heard."-Jeanne Orr



"Jeanne and I are blessed and thankful to have been a part of this ministry of community outreach!  I found our trip to Ireland and the outreach experience at Cornerstone Church to be very challenging and rewarding. It is inspiring to see so many young people involved in this ministry.  This is due, I am sure, to the overall vision that takes this church in it's outreach to the community of Derry.

I worked mainly with the group that performed community services projects in the downtown area. We cut brush, cleaned walk areas, and did restoration work on storefronts. Our group also did cleanup work at the new church building.  All of this is having a powerful impact on the community!  May the Lord continue His blessing on this outreach.  'Where there is no vision the people perish." Proverbs 29:18 ' "

-Carl Orr



Monday, July 20, 2015

Kid's Week



From Monday-Friday there were teams at 4 different locations holding programs for children 12yrs and under.  It was a wonderful opportunity to sow seeds of love and kindness into the lives of young people in the community.

My dad was on on street prayer and had been telling me amazing stories of praying with people who were considering suicide and were opening their hearts to Christ as a result of problems in their lives.  I was reminded that when working with children we might not see a huge revival in a day. We might feel like we aren't doing much because they don't often have huge problems or addictions in their lives at this early age.  We might not even see the results of our labor this year at all, but we are making a difference in lives that will blossom in the future.  It is our prayer that these children will remember our kindness and love and someday realize that we did it as a result of Christ's love.  That these will be the ones who grow up and don't have addictions and suicidal thoughts because of what Christ did in their lives when they were young. That they will be the ones going out in their community making a difference in others lives who don't know Christ. 

Derry has a population of approximately 107,877 according to the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.  Each day 1.7 of those people commit suicide each day. There is so much hurt in our world, people want more in life. As Christians it is our job to tell them the reason for our hope and give them hope in life through Christ our Savior.





Thursday, July 16, 2015

Travels-

 About to leave for the first leg of our trip!! 

 Lunch in Toronto while waiting for our flight. 


 Toronto airport waiting at our gate.
 
 

When we arrived in Derry they had lunch waiting for us and gave us time to settle into our rooms.  The evening was spent relaxing and walking some around the city.

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

We're Back!

Wow! I can't believe how fast it all went! Praise the Lord for all He has done in Derry as well as in our lives!  I'm sorry I didn't get around to posting while I was gone. We were kept very busy and I don't have a phone or anything of my own to use. 

We arrived home at 1:40am on the 15th.  I will be posting pictures and stories soon!

Lydia