Compassion for others in need, and providing for the emotional, spiritual and physical needs of those in our community and beyond, is the central focus of our outreach service. Bay Pointe Community Church is active in a variety of programs that help to nourish and support those in need. There are many ways to serve, from behind-the-scenes management to front-line caregivers; you are needed.
***Freedom Builders Urgent Request***
We have an urgent and specific need. We are currently working with a young family whose husband has a rare form of cancer and it has rendered him wheelchair bound. He must go to the hospital on average once a week for check up or treatment. They need a vehicle that has a chair lift, so if you have or know someone who has a van with a lift and would be willing to help with transportation, please let us know! The family lives just west of Lake Ann. In addition to a lift, the roof needs to be elevated or the floor lowered as the husband is 6’9″ tall. They are currently paying extraordinary costs to transport him each week and they do not have the funds. I know this is a large request, but I promise you that to meet his couple and their family will bless you more than you can imagine.
Please email: Skip Brown sbrown02@chartermi.net
Thanks in advance!
Freedom Builders Ministry | 880 Munson Avenue, Suite C | Traverse City, MI 49686
Phone: 231-941-4171 | Fax: 888-354-1819
www.freedombuildersministry.org
• Freedom Sunday – February 26
There are more people enslaved today than at any other point in human history. The statistics are staggering: 600,000-800,000 men, women and children are trafficked across international borders each year. Sunday, February 26, is “Freedom Sunday” – a day set aside to bring light to such a devastating issue, but also a day to pray… for those who are enslaved, for those who are responsible, and also for those of us who are capable of making a difference. Thousands of churches across the world will participate.
In partnership with Bay Pointe’s Compassion Ministries and Freeset (a Bay Pointe partner ministry), Student Ministries will provide a special way for you to make a difference. Students will be selling watches that have “I Won’t Watch” written on them – meaning that we won’t stand by and watch the injustice around us – we will bring change. For every watch sold, a portion of the proceeds will benefit student mission trips this summer, while a portion will also directly benefit Freeset. Freeset is located in the heart of the Red Light District in Kolkata, India, and offers alternative employment to women trapped in the sex trade industry.
Stop by the Nex Gen Student Ministries table in the lobby on February 26 and choose to NOT watch the injustice, but to help us bring change!
Explore your opportunities for loving, growing and reaching by volunteering your gifts in any of the areas below:
UPCOMING MISSIONS
Mission Trip to Haiti
Did you know that the mission team will travel to Haiti February 23- March 3? Part of the team will be working with local villagers to build a playground at the Gaspard School where we sponsor a feeding program. The other part of the team will be working with 40 girls and young women who were orphaned by the 2010 earthquake.
We understand that when it comes to international mission work not everyone has the ability or desire to travel, but many have a heart to be involved in some way. We need “goers” AND we need “senders.” So if you’d like to help a team member get to Haiti, or contribute to material costs for construction or donate to orphan care, you can write a check with the word “Haiti” on the memo line and we’ll put it toward costs for the mission trip. THANKS!
Questions? Please contact Jim Johnson.
LOCAL PARTNERS
***The Father Fred Foundation is currently seeking donations of winter clothes, household goods, linens, boots and shoes. Donations can be dropped off at the Foundation, 826 Hastings Street***
The Father Fred Foundation endeavors to enrich the lives of members of the community by providing support for individuals and families in need. Through the thoughtful administration of contributions and the dedication of volunteers, the Father Fred Foundation shares its resources and caring with the mentally and physically distressed, the poor, the hungry, and those suffering from unforeseen challenges.
***Freedom Builders Urgent Request***
We have an urgent and specific need, we are currently working with a young family whose husband has a rare form of Cancer and it has rendered him wheelchair bound. He must go to the hospital on average once a week for check up or treatment. They have no vehicle that has a chair lift and they live just west of Lake Ann, we are asking if you have or knowsomeone who has a van with a lift. The van needs to have a lift but also the roof needs to be elevated or the floor lowered as the husband is 6’9″ tall.They currently are paying extraordinary costs to transport each week and they do not have the funds. I know this is a large request but if you can help at all it would be great.
P.S. I will promise you that to meet his couple and their family will bless you more than you can imagine.
Please email: “Skip Brown” sbrown02@chartermi.net
Thanks in advance!
Freedom Builders Ministry | 880 Munson Avenue Suite C | Traverse City, MI 49686
Phone: 231-941-4171 | Fax: 888-354-1819
www.freedombuildersministry.org
***Are you able to give up one Saturday a month to help a neighbor in deep need? Freedom Builders is looking to add to its monthly serving teams. No skills necessary! For details, contact Tim McCallay ***
Freedom Builders shows the love of God in practical ways by providing vital housing repairs, adequate housing and disability assistance to the challenged individuals and families in our community and throughout Northern Michigan. In doing so, Freedom Builders is intentional in its efforts to become a bridge between the service agencies, the Body of Christ, and the challenged. Most importantly, Freedom Builders is intentional in bridging the gap between the challenged and the Lord Jesus Christ.
KIDS HOPE USA One mentor, one child, one hour per week, is the heart of KHUSA. Kids Hope understands that when children feel loved and valued, they are better able to learn, grow, and succeed. The opportunity is vast. The need is great. The idea is simple. One Child, One Hour, One Church, One School. You could be the one!
*** Do you have a heart to make a difference in the life of a child? Please consider becoming a Kids Hope mentor. You will be blessed as much as you bless a child! For details, contact Al & Rosalie Jongekrijg ***
Bay Pointe currently has 25 mentors matched with students at Traverse Heights. Several students at Traverse Heights Elementary School are still in need of mentors. If you can spend one hour a week at lunchtime, these students need you! The students and mentors are blessed as life changing relationships are formed; but, more mentors are needed. Training and ongoing support are provided. Please prayerfully consider offering the most valuable resource of all – your love – for some of our most vulnerable children.
Kids Hope USA application forms are available at The HUB. If you have questions, please contact Kids Hope USA Directors Al and Rosalie Jongekrijg at arjongekrijg@gmail.com or 231-383-4060.
Pregnancy Care Center of Traverse Bay Area offers free pregnancy tests and pregnancy confirmation ultrasounds, pregnancy counseling on pregnancy options, post-abortion counseling and resource referrals to women and their partners in crisis pregnancy situations. Serving Traverse City and the Grand Traverse area. All services are free.
Safe Harbor is a faith based ministry offering love and service to the homeless of the Traverse City area through emergency shelter, meals and community. Safe Harbor strives to encourage and support the homeless among us to move forward in a positive direction in their lives.
Safe Harbor is a rotating homeless shelter that moves from church to church throughout the cold winter months. Bay Pointe hosted Safe Harbor guests from December 3-17, 2011. Thank you to the many who have volunteered to serve during this time!
Single MOMM was founded in 2008 to support families in Northern Michigan with single mothers and is a grassroots ministry that provides community, support and resources for single moms. Founded under the belief that God has called us to love and serve the brokenhearted, give to the needy, and bring hope to those in distress (Isaiah 61 & James 1:27), Single MOMM freely reaches out to embrace widowed, never married, and divorced moms.
The Traverse Life Clinic partners local churches to meet community needs, in the name of Christ, by offering an annual one day free medical, dental, and spiritual outreach clinic.
Below is a listing of Community Resources available in our area:
Help for Victims of Abuse or Neglect
• Women’s Resource Center, 231-941-1210, www.grwrc.org
• Child & Family Services, 231-946-8975, www.cfsnwmi.org
Counseling
• Catholic Human Services, 231-947-8110, www.catholichumanservices.org
• Northern Lakes CMH, 231-922-4850, www.northernlakescmh.org
• Third Level Crisis Intervention, 231-922-4800, www.thirdlevel.org
Assistance for the Elderly
• Area Agency on Aging, 231-947-8920, www.aaanm.org
• Commission on Aging, 231-922-4688, http://www.co.grand-traverse.mi.us/departments/Commission_on_Aging.htm
Financial Assistance (rent, utilities, budget counseling, etc.)
• NMCAA, 231-947-3780, www.nmcaa.net
• Love in the Name of Christ, 231-941-5683, www.loveinctraverse.org
• Father Fred, 231-947-2055, www.fatherfred.org
• Salvation Army, 231-946-4644, www.salvationarmyusa.org
• Department of Human Services, 1-855-275-6424, www.michigan.gov/dhs
• HelpLink, 231-946-6278
Food Pantries and Community Meals
• Love in the Name of Christ, (for a complete directory)
231-941-5683, www.loveinctraverse.org
Housing Assistance (*Home Ownership Programs)
• NWMCAA, 231-947-3780, www.nmcaa.net
• Habitat for Humanity, 231-941-4663, www.habitatgtr.org
• Home Stretch, 231-947-6001, www.homestretchhousing.org
• Goodwill Inn, 231-922-4890, www.goodwillnmi.org
• TC Housing Commission, 231-922-4915, www.nwmhousingsearch.org
• MSHDA, 517-373-8370, www.michigan.gov/mshda
Legal Assistance
• Legal Aid Clinic, 231-922-4800, www.michiganlegalaid.org
• Legal Services of N. Michigan, 231-941-0771, www.lsnm.org
• Traverse Attorney Referral Service, 231-922-4713, www.gtlaba.org
Assistance for Migrant Workers
• Telamon Corporation, 231-941-5300, www.Telamon.org
Pregnancy Resources
• Pregnancy Care Center, 231-929-3488, www.know4sure.org
• Doula Teen Program, 231-947-0067
• GT Co. Health Dept (WIC), 231-922-2720, www.co.grand-traverse.mi.us
Help for Runaway Teens
• Third Level Crisis Intervention, 231-922-4800, www.thirdlevel.org
Area Shelters
• Goodwill Inn, 231-922-4890, www.goodwillnmi.org
• Safe Harbor (contact Love INC for schedule), 231-941-5683, www.gtsafeharbor.org
• Women’s Resource Center, 231-941-1210, www.grwrc.org
Substance Abuse Treatment
• Catholic Human Services, 231-947-8110, www.catholichumanservices.org
• Munson Behavioral Health, 231-935-6382, www.munsonhealthcare.org
• Dakoske-Pheonix Addiction Treatment Services, 231-922-4810, www.addictiontreatmentservices.org
• Alcoholics Anonymous, 231-946-8823, www.district11-aa.org
• Narcotics Anonymous, 231-941-9062,www.michigan-na.org
Help for Veterans
• Veterans Affairs, 231-922-4690, http://www.va.gov/
• Outpatient Counseling, 231-922-4810, www.addictiontreatmentservices.org
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
Samaritan’s Purse is a nondenominational Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Through the Operation Christmas Child program, Bay Pointers bring joy and hope to needy children around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of God’s love.
• Did You Know… that Bay Pointers donated at total of 691 shoe boxes in November? Thank you to ALL who participated! Because of you, children all over the world will have something special to open Christmas morning!
Bright Hope International is a needs driven ministry serving communities where people earn less than $1 per day. Each of the communities Bright Hope serves is uniquely different, so Bright Hope partners with indigenous local Christian leaders and churches who understand their community and it works to change lives in a holistic way – spiritual, practical, physical, educational and financial. Bright Hope serves orphans and vulnerable children, adults dealing with HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, at risk women and communities in crisis.
• Give Gifts with a Purpose! This Christmas season, Bright Hope needs your help to unlock the doors to smiles and surprises for desperately needy families around the world. Through their annual Season of Hope gift giving catalog, you can help deliver practical help to a family living in extreme poverty. Gift options include bibles, micro loans, livestock, gardens, etc. For each gift you sponsor, you will receive a card to give to the person in whose name you donated. Give a gift that will provide hope to those who are hurting: hope for today, tomorrow, and eternity! Click HERE to visit Bright Hope’s online catalog.
Big Life is a church planting ministry dedicated to bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the 10/40 Window. The 10/40 Window is a rectangular-shaped area extending from West Africa to East Asia, from 10 degrees to 40 degrees north of the equator. This specific region encompasses the majority of the world’s Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists. Two people die every second in the 10/40 Window without ever hearing the saving name of Jesus Christ.
Human trafficking and poverty feed India’s sex trade, where women and children are forced into prostitution, face a life without choices, marginalized by society. Freeset is a bag and t-shirt manufacturing business whose purpose is to provide these women with a way out of prostitution. Freeset offers you the opportunity to buy quality products that change lives. All purchases contribute directly to women’s ongoing freedom fro the sex trade in Kolkata, India.
The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40
For more information about our how you can get involved, please contact Julie Greene, Director of Compassion Ministries, at jgreene@bponline.org or call the Bay Pointe offices, 231.922.9882.
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