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IntroductionIntroductionJohn 6:1-13; Matthew 25:34-45; Mark 12:41-44; 1 John 6:1-13; Matthew 25:34-45; Mark 12:41-44; 1 Kings 17:5-24 Kings 17:5-24

The CallThe Call

How should we walk with the widows, the How should we walk with the widows, the orphans, the husbandless, and the orphans, the husbandless, and the fatherless?fatherless?

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IntroductionIntroduction

Today we will introduce you to Gather and Today we will introduce you to Gather and Care whose purpose is to advance your Care whose purpose is to advance your church’s vision of how to minister to church’s vision of how to minister to widows and orphans.widows and orphans.

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Preview of today’s agenda:Preview of today’s agenda:

We begin by sharing with each other your We begin by sharing with each other your churches vision and proposals to minister to churches vision and proposals to minister to widows and orphans.widows and orphans.

Who is Gather and Care?Who is Gather and Care? How does a Gather and Care partnership help How does a Gather and Care partnership help

advance your church’s ministry to widows and advance your church’s ministry to widows and orphans?orphans?

How can you participate?How can you participate?

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Each church shares it’s vision and proposals Each church shares it’s vision and proposals to ministry to widows and orphans.to ministry to widows and orphans.

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Purpose:Purpose:

Today we will introduce you to Gather and Care Today we will introduce you to Gather and Care whose purpose is to advance your church’s vision whose purpose is to advance your church’s vision of how to minister to widows and orphans. of how to minister to widows and orphans.

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Who is Gather and Care?Who is Gather and Care?

Our Vision:Our Vision: Gather and Care Ministries seek to be led by the Holy Gather and Care Ministries seek to be led by the Holy

Spirit:Spirit:

to Encourage, Equip, and Enable local churches;to Encourage, Equip, and Enable local churches;

to increase their capacity and potential for ministry to to increase their capacity and potential for ministry to widows and orphans;widows and orphans;

so that the ministries utilize people’s assets: their so that the ministries utilize people’s assets: their gifts, abilities, and resources, become sustainable by gifts, abilities, and resources, become sustainable by the local church, and are life transforming.the local church, and are life transforming.

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What are the Guiding Principles of Gather and What are the Guiding Principles of Gather and Care?Care?

--utilizing people’s assets: their gifts, abilities, utilizing people’s assets: their gifts, abilities, and resourcesand resources

-increasing capacity and potential for ministry-increasing capacity and potential for ministry

-becoming sustainable by the local church -becoming sustainable by the local church

-life transforming-life transforming

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These Guiding Principles are illustrated These Guiding Principles are illustrated in 2 Kings 4:1-7:in 2 Kings 4:1-7:

A Widow in need comes to ElishaA Widow in need comes to Elisha

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““How can I help you?How can I help you?Tell me, what do you have in your house?” vs. 2Tell me, what do you have in your house?” vs. 2

Principle: What gifts, abilities, and resources do Principle: What gifts, abilities, and resources do you already have? What can God do with what you already have? What can God do with what you have?you have?

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““Go around and ask your neighbors for emptyGo around and ask your neighbors for empty

jars.” vs. 3jars.” vs. 3

Principle: What can help increase your capacity Principle: What can help increase your capacity and potential?and potential?

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Guiding Principles applied to ministry:Guiding Principles applied to ministry:

What gifts, abilities, and resources do you What gifts, abilities, and resources do you already have?already have?

What can help increase your capacity and What can help increase your capacity and potential for ministry?potential for ministry?

How can your ministry become sustainable by How can your ministry become sustainable by the local church?the local church?

What makes a ministry life transforming?What makes a ministry life transforming?

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What is Gather and Care’s role? How can we advance your What is Gather and Care’s role? How can we advance your ministry to widows and orphans?ministry to widows and orphans?

We are your neighbor’s with jars for your oil.We are your neighbor’s with jars for your oil.We come together to We come together to increase your capacityincrease your capacity and advance and advance

your potential in ministry to widows and orphans.your potential in ministry to widows and orphans.

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Our Vision:Our Vision: Gather and Care Ministries seek to be led by the Holy Gather and Care Ministries seek to be led by the Holy

Spirit:Spirit:

to Encourage, Equip, and Enable local churches;to Encourage, Equip, and Enable local churches;

to increase their capacity and potential for ministry to to increase their capacity and potential for ministry to widows and orphans;widows and orphans;

so that the ministries utilize people’s assets: their so that the ministries utilize people’s assets: their gifts, abilities, and resources, become sustainable by gifts, abilities, and resources, become sustainable by the local church, and are life transforming.the local church, and are life transforming.

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We increase a local churches capacity and potential for We increase a local churches capacity and potential for ministry as we:ministry as we:

Encourage: Through sharing your vision.Encourage: Through sharing your vision. Equip: Through best practices and biblical training.Equip: Through best practices and biblical training. Enable: Through contributing 1/3 of the resources.Enable: Through contributing 1/3 of the resources.

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We partner with you to develop ministry that:We partner with you to develop ministry that:

Utilizes people’s assets: their God given gifts, Utilizes people’s assets: their God given gifts, abilities, and resources.abilities, and resources.

Becomes sustainable by the local church.Becomes sustainable by the local church. Is life transforming.Is life transforming.

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What does partnership look like?What does partnership look like?

““The body is a unit, though it is made up of The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body.” many, they form one body.” I Corinthians 12:12-26I Corinthians 12:12-26

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Partnership StrategyPartnership Strategy

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ReportShare StoriesSpiritual foundation1/3 Resources

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Support team -Prayer -Vision trips -Expertise1/3 ResourcesLearn & share

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Support team -Prayer -Vision trips -Expertise1/3 ResourcesLearn & share

Utilizes gifts, abilities, and resourcesBecomes sustainable by the local churchIs life transforming

ReportShare storiesSpiritual foundation1/3 Resources

VisionEquippingCoordinatingCoaching1/3 Resources

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How can you participate?How can you participate?

Apply to become a partner, complete theApply to become a partner, complete the

Church Partnership Application.Church Partnership Application. Attend the Gather and Care conference.Attend the Gather and Care conference. Embrace the vision of Gather and Care.Embrace the vision of Gather and Care. Develop your Develop your Vision and ProposalsVision and Proposals. . Implement the ministry.Implement the ministry.

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Gather and Care Ministries Partnerships and Country Representatives are serving in:

ARMENIABULGARIAROMANIARUSSIA

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What should you expect to happen if we What should you expect to happen if we partner?partner?

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The ministry and the ministry team become The ministry and the ministry team become sustainable.sustainable.

The number of ministry volunteers from your The number of ministry volunteers from your church grows.church grows.

The financial giving to the church and the The financial giving to the church and the ministry increases.ministry increases.

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The widows and orphans are The widows and orphans are transformed and become part of the transformed and become part of the church family.church family. Orphans are cared for by the church Orphans are cared for by the church

foster family.foster family. Orphans learn vocational and life skills.Orphans learn vocational and life skills. Orphans are serving in ministries of the Orphans are serving in ministries of the

church.church. Orphans are baptized and adopted into a Orphans are baptized and adopted into a

church family.church family.

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Widows put their skills into Widows put their skills into productive use and care for productive use and care for themselves and their dependents.themselves and their dependents.Widows are serving children and Widows are serving children and mothers of the church.mothers of the church.Widows teach and mentor the needy.Widows teach and mentor the needy.