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Our Missions
EXPLANATION OF PROJECTS:
LIVING LINK IS A PROGRAM OF MISSIONARY SUPPORT BY WHICH A CONGREGATION IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE PRAYERFULLY AND FINANCIALLY IN THE MINISTRY OF A MISSIONARY FAMILY OR AN INDIVIDUAL MISSIONARY. THROUGH LIVING LINK, THE MISSIONARY, THE COUNTRY WHERE HE/SHE IS SERVING, AND THE PEOPLE AMONG WHOM HE/SHE LIVES BECOME A PART OF THE CONGREGATION’S LIFE. LIVING LINK HELPS THE CONGREGATION TO LEARN ABOUT A NEW CULTURE AS MISSIONARIES SHARE THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE, PICTURES, VISITS, ETC.
Mission Trips: The church actively supports mission trips and work camps on individual and group basis. The adults have done work camps to Jamaica in 1995, and Santa Domingo in 1998 and 2000, Venezuela (2005), Costa Rica (2006), Nicaraqua (2008). The youth go to Mexico every two years for a week to build homes for the poor in boarder towns. In the past 10 years, our church youth have provided six mission teams to Renosa, Mexico.
Currently, our church supports the following work....
Gary & Gwen Bistritan - Missionaries in Guam & Micronesia
 Gary devotes much of his time to outreach ministry and related communications, overseeing various ministries and outreach events in the Micronesia area. Gwen oversees the worship services at both of the island's churches as well as local Bible study groups. Visit their web site at: www.bistritan.com, or e-mail them at: gary@bistritan.com
Tammie Tregellas – Missionary in Kenya, East Africa
 Tammie Tregellas serves in Kenya, East Africa. She is an instructor at Kima International School of Theology. She is filled with desire to tell people about the gospel and train local leaders.
Dave and Barbara Miller - Missionaries in Latin America
 As regional coordinators, the Millers' responsibilities include leadership and church development in cooperation with local Church of God assemblies, equiping Latin Americans for bivocational ministry and tentmaking missions, and professional guidance to Church of God missionaries and their families ministering in the region
Dave and Kathy Simpson - Missionaries in Bulgaria
 David an Kathy assist the Bulgarian church in developing and implementing strategies for outreach and growth. They also provide support and guidance to local pastors, and assist with teaching and leadership development. Communications and collaboration with German Church of God, which started the work in Bulgaria, is an important aspect of their ministry.
- COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP - A PROGRAM WHICH ATTEMPTS TO ENCOURAGE OUR CHURCH YOUTH TO PREPARE FOR THEIR CHRISTIAN VOCATION. THESE SCHOLARSHIP MONIES ARE RESERVED FOR THOSE YOUTH FROM OUR CHURCH WHO PLAN TO ATTEND A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE NEXT YEAR. OFTEN CHRISTIAN COLLEGES HAVE MATCHING FUNDS WHICH INCREASE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR OUR YOUTH. FOUR SCHOLARSHIPS OF $500.00 EACH ARE AWARDED TOWARD TUITION COSTS.
- THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER - A CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL NETWORK KNOWN AS "CARENET". THE CENTER OFFERS FREE PREGNANCY TESTING, REFERRAL SERVICES FOR MEDICAL CARE, LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES, EDUCATION ON PREGNANCY AND ABORTION ALTERNATIVES AND CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS FOR MOTHER AND BABY. THE CENTER OFFERS A CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO A CRISIS PREGNANCY. SEVERAL OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME AT THE CENTER. TWO MEMBERS HAVE COMPLETED TRAINING TO SERVE AS COUNSELORS. PASTOR FOZARD WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DIRECTORS OF THE CENTER’S BOARD.
2004 Effingham First Church of God
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