Outreach

To be outward focused is to simply focus outward. It is to shift our focus of reaching others from inside the church to outside the church walls. While we won’t neglect loving people and building relationships within the church, we believe that the church is called to leave the building and simply serve people. We capture this idea in an easy catch phrase, “Simply Serve Someone”, and see it modeled by Jesus in Matthew 20:28, “… the Son of man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many (NIV).”

Servant Evangelism: You don’t have to go across the globe to have a mission trip type experience. We recognize the need for mission work across borders, but also understand that mission work happens right in our own neighborhoods. Servant Evangelism is an easy, fun way to reach out to people with the love of Christ in simple, practical ways. This will be held on the first Saturday of each month, rain or shine, meeting at Compass by 10:30am!

Great for everyone: families, individuals, mission groups, and even those with little or no outreach experience at all. Just show up! Come out and meet others at Compass as we go out and serve for less than an hour. We'll meet back at church, eat some pizza and hear some cool outreach stories!

The kinds of outreaches we do:

Kindness:
Kindness projects mostly include free give-a-ways. These are done at parks, intersections, businesses, and door-to-door among many others. Give-a-ways will include, but not limited to:

• Drinks (water, soft drinks, hot chocolate, coffee), Candy, Light bulbs, Newspapers, Batteries

Service:
Service projects will be expressed in a variety of ways, ranging from homes, to businesses, to community parks. This will include, but not limited to:

• Raking leaves, Cleaning restrooms, Washing windows, Washing cars, Minor home maintenance, Bagging groceries, Wrapping gifts

Mercy:
Mercy Projects will be expressed in a variety of ways, ranging from Nursing homes, to Residential homes, to the poor and needy. This will include, but not limited to:

• Visiting Nursing/Assisted living homes and building relationships with the residents, Helping poor and needy families in their life situations, Job finding assistance

Holiday & Seasonal Outreaches:
Throughout the year we have different holiday and seasonal outreaches to help reach our community. These events will be announced prior to the outreach so that you will be informed of what's happening!

• Turkeyfest: turkey dinners are handed out in lower income areas.
• Toy Drive: Christmas-time outreach.
• Easter Egg Outreach: on-site Easter Egg hunts for various apartment complexes
• Summer Yard Give-Away: on-site, mega yard sale... for free!
• Partner Ministries: Partnering with other churches and ministries