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THE ON MISSION CHURCH NETWORK CHURCH-WIDE EVENTS
Special events targeted to the entire church family
for the purpose of raising the level of mission
awareness. We want to help lead church leaders in
discovering existing opportunities for church-wide
mission awareness within a variety of settings.
Existing opportunities include worship, fellowships,
recreation and sporting events, camps and retreats,
seasonal emphases, internet, promotion of existing
printed mission awareness materials, and other
opportunities as they relate to age levels participating
in total or segments of church life.
Missionary Prayer
Trail
Create an outdoor or indoor prayer trail to help members
pray for missionaries and to raise awareness of national
and international missions. Incorporate a Prayer Trail
into a regular church program (a Wednesday night
activity, for example) or into a special camp outing.
The possibilities are endless. Suggested ideas:
- Select stops along a
hiking trail for Prayer stops
- Select stops in and/or
around your church for Prayer Stops
- During a mission fair,
include Prayer trail booths/stops around the room
Click
Here for 2 Sample Missionary Trail Missionary Profiles
(Create your own missionary profiles by clicking
here for NAMB missionaries or clicking
here for IMB missionaries.)
Click
Here for a Prayer Trail Holder Blueprint (This is
a wooden house-shaped unit to hold your Missionary
Profiles.)
Mission Walk Around
Click
Here for a printable PDF page with all the details.
What is a Global Walk Around?
In a fun and festive atmosphere, a Missions Walk
Around enables participants to experience a small,
however important, part of the on mission enterprise.
It's that simple, and it's that complex. A
missions Walk Around meets the needs of those who learn
in small bits. Some people learn more easily in
short-term information including how Southern Baptists
partner in being on mission throughout the world.
(If there are members in your church who do not
participate in mission education programs, this is a
prime opportunity to provide information that they may
be missing.)
The main elements of a Missions Walk Around
include:
- Stops with displays and opportunities for
dialogue with missionaries, mission volunteers
serving locally, within your state, internationally,
and North America.
- Interactive learning experiences at each
stop.
- Showcasing opportunities for participants
to be on mission through volunteerism, and
other partnering.
- Festive Decorations
- Foods and fun representing different
cultures.
Copyright 2000 North American
Mission Board, SBC
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