Outreach

The Outreach Ministry Team appreciates this opportunity to commend and thank the members of Rockland Community Church for their support of outreach ministries both locally and worldwide. The generosity of our members is truly in keeping with our calling as Christians to generosity, benevolence, evangelism and discipleship. Each year the Outreach Ministry Team receives funds from the operating accounts of the congregation. But each year we seek out and receive your overwhelming support for additional efforts that are identified as being Christ-centered, connected to Rockland Church, and effective and efficient ministries. During the next several months, you will be presented with several opportunities to express your commitment to efforts beyond our doors. . . .

?Tanzania – For several years members of Rockland have traveled to Arusha to support ministry efforts in this
impoverished area. A Sister Church, a Medical Clinic, support for educational efforts, local ministry, and intervention on behalf of widows and orphans is just a part of our special connection to this area. Those who have been able to travel there return transformed and committed. Find out if there is a calling for you and your family in this special place.

?Mean Street Ministry – A special ministry effort – shared and supported by many of our members – offering assistance to those in need in both East and West Denver. Homeless, hungry, dependent, struggling, searching – all can find assistance through this unique street mission. You will be presented with opportunities to be involved and challenges to your faith as you learn about what this ministry is all about!

?Romania – An opportunity to be involved in the organizing of a special ministry effort. Our members have traveled there as well as our youth. There are children and young adults who need our support. This is a great chance to combine our efforts through Outreach, Youth Ministry, and Religious Education. There may be a place for you to be involved too!

?Local Missions – Rockland has had a profound impact on several local mission efforts. Evergreen Christian Outreach, Bridgeway, Loaves and Fishes, Mountain Area Pregnancy Center and the Clear Creek Rock House are currently receiving our support. There are so many other ministries that could benefit and we will explore these with the Congregation for financial and volunteer support.

?Youth Mission Trips -Over the past 16 years, 1,250 + youth and adult participants have provided ministry in such places as Inner City Oakland, California, Boston Massachusetts and San Francisco as well as the Blackfoot Reservation in Mon tana, Cairo, Illinois and Cluj, Romania. We have also experienced mission work at the Denver Rescue Mission, World Vision, Downtown Denver and Beverly Farms, Illinois. We look forward to the next 16 years of youth mission opportuni- ties and thank you for your kind and generous support!

MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Thanks to everyone! You are making a difference!
Is there a job below that has your name on it?
Rockland supports missions – local, national, international- by praying, giving and going. Can you give a few hours on a special project, a day a week, a day a month or 2-3 weeks for a world mission?

Think about tithing your time. This week’s volunteer opportunities include:

LOAVES & FISHES

Be a blessing and be blessed Loaves and Fishes invites you to join them in feeding His sheep in Clear Creek and Gilpin counties. We need reception desk help Thur. 12:30-3 pm. Once a week or every other week.

Need diapers all sizes, tuna and pork ‘n beans, sugar, flour.

Donations: -Small toys/stuffed animals, diapers (newborn-size 5), food items, (especially meals in a can) automobiles, toiletries, Bibles and children’s books.

Call Betty Fry 303-237-0443 or
Sterling Church 303-526-9388

· The Senior Resource Center Yellow House Café needs a volunteer for Friday afternoons working with the seniors for two hours…plus you get free lunch prepared by their excellent chef! Interested ? Call Sarah Trimarco 303-679-3602

Rockland's Outreach Ministry
A pregnant Evergreen teen wonders where to turn for help. A Russian orphan needs a home. An indigent family wonders how they will be able to feed and shelter themselves. A prison inmate wonders where he will find the strength to turn his life around. An African girl needs food and medication. A college student wonders where to find truth and meaning amid a myriad of worldviews. A teen is burdened to be part of her church’s missionary effort but has no money to participate in the youth mission trip. A Native American comes from the reservation to Denver for major surgery and needs counseling and logistical support for her family. A homeless man in Denver just needs a warm meal, a place to stay, and some loving guidance out of his predicament.

What do all of these people have in common? These are people who, in one way or another, will receive aid from Rockland Community Church’s Outreach Ministry.

Rockland’s Board of Christian Outreach was created to reach out lovingly to others in our community and around the world, both in word and deed, through the love of Jesus Christ. As good stewards seeking to be obedient to the commands of the gospel, the board employs the financial and other resources entrusted by the church and individual contributors to meet these goals.

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Rockland’s Local Outreach
Mean Street Ministries helps people in people living in motels along the west and east Colfax communities who are in need of basic food, clothing, shelter, and fuel, most often due to pay reductions, temporary unemployment, family problems, or long-term illness.
To learn more click here> www.meanstreetministry.org

Evergreen Christian Outreach helps people in the Evergreen community who are in need of basic food, clothing, shelter, and fuel, most often due to pay reductions, temporary unemployment, family problems, or long-term illness.
To learn more click here> www.echoonline.org

Mountain Area Pregnancy Center of Evergreen depends heavily on local volunteer and financial support to serve women and families experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. Valuing the sanctity and dignity of human life, services focus on the needs of the pre-born child as well as those of the mother and father.
To learn more click here> http://mountainareapregnancycenter.org

Bridgeway builds new lives for pregnant and parenting teens and their babies by providing shelter, food, clothes, education, life skills, counseling, mentors, career training, and support.
To Learn more click here> http://www.bridgewayhomes.org

Loaves and Fishes of Idaho Springs is a network of congregations, organizations, and individuals that exists to bring glory to God by demonstrating the love of Christ through the provisions of 1) food and other assistance, 2) a safe and wholesome meeting place for youth, and 3) a center where youth and adults may interact regardless of age, gender, nationality, or denominational affiliation.
1641 Miner Street, Idaho Springs, CO 80458,
Phone: 303.-567-4450.

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Denver Rescue Mission provides shelter, food, clothing, education, Christian teaching, and work discipline to meet individuals at their physical and spiritual points of need.
To Learn more click here> http://www.denverrescuemission.org

Colorado Habitat for Humanity (Blue Spruce Chapter) is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry that works in partnership with God and people to build decent, affordable houses in which people can live and grow into all that God intended.
To Learn more click here> www.bluesprucehabitat.org.

Colorado Homeless Family Association provides apartments and job training for up to 2 years to help families in need reach self-sufficiency.
P.O. Box 405, Westminister CO 80036,
Phone 303-420-6634

Mount Evans Hospice, Inc. provides expert, in-home medical care to patients who are recuperating from an injury, living with chronic illness, or facing end-of-life issues, and helps families to cope with the difficulties and stresses of these patients.
To Learn more click here> http://www.hospiceweb.com/states/co/mtevans/mtevans.htm

Youth for Christ has the vision of partnering with the body of Christ to see that every young person has the opportunity to make an informed decision to become a follower of Jesus Christ and to become a part of a local church. Rockland supports Tim Smith in his work with the Denver Area YFC, which demonstrates Christ's love to more than 1000 kids, many of whom are incarcerated in state and private facilities. Rockland also supports Art Deyo in his YFC International World Outreach ministry to youth in the Asia/Pacific Region.
To Learn more click here> http://www.gospelcom.net/yfc

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Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational ministry committed to helping take the gospel of Jesus Christ to all nations. CCC seeks to turn lost students into Disciples of Christ. Rockland supports the work of Megan Fowler at University of Colorado/Boulder and Esther Cowan in Moscow, Russia.
To Learn more click here> http://www.ccci.org

Limon and Jefferson County Prison and Jail Ministries, coordinated through Good News Jail and Prison Ministry and individual volunteers, seek to bring Jesus Christ to inmates through providing chaplains, services, and Christian reading materials.
To Learn more click here> http://goodnewsjail.org

Caring Association for Native Americans (CANA) helps Native Americans who come to the Denver area from reservations or other cities when referred for health care. CANA assists patients in contacting medical providers, finding temporary housing for visiting relatives, and providing prayer and counseling.
[Need web link if available or phone number and address]

Ralston Hills Slavic Church ministers to refugees from Russia and other Slavic nations who now make their home in Arvada. Rockland coordinates the donation of clothing and furniture to needy families in this church.
12090 Ralston Road, Arvada CO 80004,
Phone: 303-422-6366

Quiet Angel Fund is a women’s assistance ministry set up in 2002 in loving memory of Merryanne Kibbler, a long-time beloved member of Rockland whose dedication to God’s people was exemplary.
Contact Church Office

Salvation Army is an international organization whose mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. Rockland supports Salvation Army when specific needs arise. Most recently, the congregation rallied to provide more than $20,000 to the victims of 9/11.
To learn more click here> http://www.salvationarmy.org

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Rockland Youth and Adult Mission Trips are often supported, in part, by specific bequests from the Board of Christian Outreach, Sunday school classes, and from individual church members. Assistance is provided to individuals with specific needs, both from Rockland and the community at large, upon recommendation from the pastors. Funding is often provided through the Rockland Foundation.
Rockland’s International Outreach

Compassion International exists in response to the Great Commission, as an advocate for children, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social, and physical poverty, and to enable them to become responsible and fulfilled Christian adults. Rockland members currently support over 80 children.
To learn more click here> http://www.compassion.com

LOGOS, International takes its name from the Greek word used in John 1:1-14 – the divine Word incarnate in Jesus Christ. Rockland supports the work of Heinrich Rempel, who runs an orphanage and trade school and established 24 churches in Kyrgyzstan; and Andrej Remple, who established and operates Children’s Ark Orphanage in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Email Address: andrejrempel@logos-international.de

Missionary trips to Honduras. Rockland has supported member, Alex Williams, on missionary trips to Honduras: 1999, to build a wood floor in a Protestant Church while assisting to teach Vacation Bible School; 2001, to build bunk beds and desks for a new orphanage; and 2003, as a nursing student treating people of all ages.

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World Vision is an international Christian humanitarian organization serving the world's poorest children and families in nearly 100 countries, including the United States. A number of Rockland families support needy children abroad through World Vision. Rockland also recently assisted relief work in Romania through Women of Vision, a World Vision partnership of Christian women who are called to invest their time, intellect, compassion, creativity, and finances to meet the needs of impoverished and oppressed women and children worldwide.
To learn more click here> www.wvi.org

Tanzania, Africa--Hospital. Rockland ministries to Africa include support of a girls’ school in Tanzania through AfricAid, which seeks to help needy Africans by collecting educational materials and supplies, money, and other support for education in Africa. Rockland also supports a nearby hospital in Tanzania.
To learn more click here> http://www.africaid.com

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How to participate in Rockland’s Outreach Ministry
Prayer is the first line of support for these ministries. In addition, please also be regular in your pledging and contributions to the church. Pledging is particularly important because it helps us to plan our support of these worthy causes.

If you would like to be put on a special list to provide one-time financial aid to members of our congregation or community with specific needs, or if you are moved to provide special support to one of these or some other outreach ministry, please contact Rockland's Outreach Board @ Rockland@rocklandcc.org

Please contact the church office for further information and how you can help support these ministries.
[Here I feel we should have an online form and make it easy for people to pledge or get involved.]

Rockland Community Church
17 S. Mt. Vernon Country Club Road
Golden, Colorado 80401
Phone: (303) 526-0668
Fax: (303) 526-0196
e-mail: rockland@rocklandcc.org
Web Site: www.rocklandcc.org
Rockland Board of Christian Outreach – Updated April 2003

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