“We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God.” -John Stott
“You can do something other than working with God in His purpose, but it will always be something lesser, and you couldn’t come up with something better.” – Steve Hawthorne
We want to provide as many options for our congregation to be involved in God’s world as possible. Here is a taste of the opportunities available.
Praying
“And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Luke 10:2
- Yearly “30 days of prayer” church wide initiatives
- International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church
- Congregational Prayer Meetings to send out church sponsored Short-Term Trips
- Back of the bulletin information known as the Mission Link
- Join a missionary’s Prayer and Care Team
- Join a prayer initiative with our Preferred Partners
- Sign-up to be a prayer partner with our sent missionaries
- Operation World and Joshua Project are excellent resources to learn more about other cultures and Unreached People Groups. To learn how you can regularly pray for and respond to these cultures, check out Mission News Network or PrayerCast.
Going
Taking the gospel to disciple and strengthen God’s Church
- Monthly groups into the Lancaster Youth Intervention Center
- Yearly trips to Alabama Prisons with WeCare for their Renew Hope Week
- Yearly Crisis Response teams sent with Mennonite Disaster Services
- Yearly Youth Trips local and international
- Church Sponsored International Short-Term Trips
- Young Adult Mentor/Internships with Preferred Agencies
- Application for HMC support for Individual Short-term Trip
Local Outreach Opportunities
- Align Life Ministries (Lancaster County)
- CityGate Ministries (Ephrata)
- CrossNet Ministries (New Holland)
- Lord’s Fair Share (Ephrata Street Fair)
- The Lord’s Fair Share is comprised of a team from HMC that operates a food stand at the Ephrata Fair and donates the proceeds to local ministries.
- Love In the Name of Christ (Lancaster County)
- Support for Prison Ministries (Pennsylvania)
- The Bridge Youth Center (Ephrata)
- TNT Youth Ministry (Lancaster County)
- Woodcrest Retreat (Ephrata)
Welcoming
Bringing the Gospel to the Nations that are arriving as our neighbors
- Local Refugee Ministry
Giving
Sacrificing the resources God has Blessed us with to fulfill His Purpose
- Hinkletown Mennonite Church’s Missions Budget
- Children’s Ministry annual Missions Project
- Individually support sent missionaries
- Local Community opportunities which includes time and other resources
Sending
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” Romans 10:13-25
- Join a missionary’s Prayer and Care Team
- Become a supporter of a sent missionary
- Help those looking and preparing to go overseas
- Get to know our Preferred Agencies
Mobilizing
Pointing People who know Jesus to entire peoples who don’t
- Take a class with Perspectives on the World Christian Movement
- Join us for our annual Missions Focus Weekends (Typically first weekend in March)
- Mobilization Internship with the Evangelism and Service Ministries at Hinkletown Mennonite Church
- God’s Heart for the Nations inductive Bible Study on missions and the Bible
- Postings is a monthly article for missions mobilizers to strengthen individuals, churches, and agencies in missions through Catalyst Services
- Available missions books from the Adult Resource Center
- 101 Ways to Impact Your World– The Traveling Team
- Is the Commission Still Great?– Steve Richardson
- Let the Nations Be Glad– John Piper
- Pray for the World– Operation World
- Serving as Senders Today– Neal Pirolo
- The Great Ommission– Steve Saint
- The Missionary Call– M. David Sills
- When Everything is Missions– Matthew Ellison and Denny Spitters
Have any questions?