An Urban Hope Thanksgiving

For just $8, you can allow Urban Hope to bring a Thanksgiving meal to one person. And for just $40 an entire family can be served. This outreach for Urban Hope at Thanksgiving is an incredible opportunity. Will you help? Read more...

MAP Teams--A Chance to Serve

Are you interested in serving on a ministry team this spring? MAP Teams may be just the opportunity for you. MAP (which stands for Momentum APplied) Teams were introduced at Momentum 2007, and plans are coming together for several teams serving in Mississippi, New York/Philadelphia, San Francisco, Goshen, Indiana, and Africa.

If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about these week-long ministry trips to different areas of the world, fill out our MAP Team Interest Form and mail it to CE National. Each of these teams are designed for young people or adults who want to get a first-hand experience in making a difference in someone else's life.

Mississippi Work Teams to Pearlington to help build homes, led by Adam Johnson, youth pastor at Meyersdale Grace Brethren Church in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania.. Approximate cost is $300, not including transportation to and from the Pittsburgh airport.

Metropolitan Tour to New York and Philadelphia, led by Ron Shank. Approximate cost is $250, not including transportation to the East Coast.

Outreach Training/Sports Evangelism in Indiana, led by Rich Yauger, youth pastor of Grace Community Church in Goshen, Indiana. The Goshen church will serve as host for this weekend ministry. Participants will learn to use basketball, dodge ball, or other sports as outreach opportunities. Approximate cost is $200.

San Francisco Ministry to AIDS victims, homeless, or others in need of special mercy, led by Michael Saldivar, associate pastor of LaLoma Grace Brethren Church in Modesto, California. Students will be housed in downtown San Francisco in the YWAM facilities. Approximate cost would be $350, not including transportation to and from San Francisco.

Partnering with Convoy of Hope in Africa, led by Doug Kegarise, the youth pastor at Grace Church in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The team will distribute nutritional foods, health- related medicines, shoes, eye glasses, and more. The estimated cost from the East Coast will be $2,500. Participants in this program will need to secure a passport and have the necessary inoculations.

See the United States on Operation Barnabas 2008

Operation Barnabas teams will begin their ministry tour on the West Coast and will travel across the Great Plains and Midwest, ending at Momentum youth conference in Cedarville, Ohio, on July 29. They will also participate in Momentum West, which will take place in June. As a result, the students will minister in churches all across the country. What an opportunity to serve while seeing the country!

The tentative location for Operation Barnabas International 2008 is a country on the continent of Africa. OBI is a great opportunity for high school seniors or older students to experience cross-cultural ministry. Ministry in France will also be part of the trip. The training for OBI will take place in Winona Lake, Indiana, at the Russell Center. The OBI team will be back in the US in time for Momentum East in Cedarville, Ohio.

The deadline to apply for OB and OBI 2008 is November 14, 2007. Go to www.OperationBarnabas.net to find out more.

Weekly Sunday Morning Services Begin at Urban Hope

Jason Interviews Mary

Last Sunday, October 14, was the beginning of weekly Sunday services at the Urban Hope Training Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Jason Holt, Director of Church Development, describes the Celebration Service.

We are praising God for His faithfulness over the years since Urban Hope Training Center began as a ministry. As a church plant we have been meeting in house churches for the past several years. The Celebration Service is a time where the house churches at Urban Hope and others from our community join together to be challenged through God’s Word, exalt Him through worship, and celebrate what He is doing in our church body through testimonies.   Read more...

First Ever OB Alumni 2007 Ministry Reunion

The first ever Operation Barnabas ministry reunion will take place at the Urban Hope Training Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2-4, 2007. Read more...

Cathy's Corner: Spiritual Guidance for Women

The Spirit of Loveliness: Bringing Beauty, Creativity, and Order to Your Life
By Emilie Barnes

Out of Control and Loving It!: Are You Tired of Your Chaotic, Frenzied and Stressful Life? Giving God Complete Control of Your Life
By Lisa Bevere

Second Calling: Finding Passion and Purpose for the Rest of Your Life
By Dale Hanson Bourke

Vision Weekends--Developing a Strategy for Church Growth

Developing a workable strategy for evangelism and discipleship is the goal of the Fort Wayne (IN) Grace Brethren Church.

Bob Arenobine, Senior Pastor at Ft. Wayne GBC, will be bringing his leadership team to CE National’s Philemon Center in Winona Lake. Under the facilitation of Andy Wirt, Ohio Church Planter, the group will spend time in prayer and analysis of their current disciple-making strategy and ministries. The team will also have personal and group time in the Word studying Great Commandment/Great Commission concepts and will see a creative and fun outreach exercise along with a time of strategy development and vision implementation discussions. Read more...