Church Engagement
Together, we’re joining God in his plan to bring lasting change to our world.
We would love to have a conversation about what partnership could look like for your church.
Schedule a Conversation with Heritage Munyakuri, our Church Mobilizer.
How can you inspire your congregants to ‘Be The Church’ seven days a week? To go out into all the world as disciples? And how do you, as a leader, follow your call to move your church?
These are questions many of us grapple with daily. And finding the answers can often be incredibly challenging.
But here’s the good news. We understand, and we can help.
Upcoming Church Engagement Events
Sunday, October 1st: Perinton Presbyterian Church & El Shaddai Free Methodist Church combined service. Held at Perinton Presbyterian
Sunday, October 8th: Preaching and information table at Free Church, 1775 East Ave. During their 11:00am service.
Sunday, October 8th: Information table at Churchville United Methodist Church. During their service at 9:30am.
Wednesday, November 15th: Good Neighbor Team information session at Calvary Assembly. Following their 11:00am service.
Sunday, November 5th: Panel discussion at Browncroft Community Church. Following their 10:30am service.
Tuesday, November 21st: Good Neighbor Team information session at Perinton Presbyterian Church
Start, Rise, Stand
Together, we can expand your congregation’s understanding of what it means to love, serve and learn from immigrants and refugees, as well as guide your church through a process we call START, RISE, and STAND.
START exploring what it might look like for your church to serve refugees and immigrants. Discuss ways to help your congregation learn and launch into a ministry of welcome.
RISE stands for Refugee and Immigrant Sunday Emphasis. Design and deliver an event or program that will help your congregation understand God’s heart for refugees and immigrants.
STAND with refugees and immigrants by taking what you’ve learned from your RISE event and putting it into action to welcome refugees and immigrants in the community.
7 Reasons We Believe The Church Can Change The World
We believe that when the church is mobilized to achieve its full potential, it has the power to change our world. We believe this because:
1. The local church is God’s plan to reveal his mercy, compassion and truth to people around the world.
2. The local church is the largest social network on the planet and has the ability, authority and permanency to do far more than any government institution or non-profit organization could.
3. The local church is led by local, trusted community leaders — those with an inside voice and understanding that no outside organization can bring.
4. The local church has the influence and moral authority to shape behaviors rooted in biblical values of love, compassion and justice.
5. The local church offers the greatest hope of reconciliation between classes, tribes, ethnicities and political parties, unifying people under a common identity in Christ.
6. The local church can restore dignity and bring hope to the suffering, forgotten and marginalized by reaching out to the most vulnerable in its community and answering God’s call to love.
7. The local church is empowered by the Holy Spirit to do more than human wisdom and efforts could ever possibly accomplish alone.
Schedule a Conversation
We would love to have a conversation about what partnership could look like for your church.
"For WE are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." Ephesians 2:10