Planning Meetings May 21st
To date, there are 82 volunteers from around the nation registered (Kentucky, Georgia, Maryland, Alabama, and South Carolina)!
Lodging - 2 groups requested church housing (17 people). Kristy Carr will contact Trinity Baptist Church directly to set up housing at the church in Reedsburg. River of Life has agreed to handle any overflow.
Partnership - we want to provide our volunteers with info that will better prepare them, and that they can take home to their churches and more effectively share what they did and what the Dells is about. Kristy will be giving volunteers a CD of pictures from the week and Sherry and Truitt Eason will be putting together a volunteer booklet called "Lifeguard Handbook". The CBA will print 200 of them. We'll include: a history of the Dells and church planting efforts, stats and info about the area, specific prayer requests and needs, emergency phone numbers (clinics) and contact info, map (including all mission project locations), cultural indoctrination (for Dells and internationals), how to reach WI people (sharing your faith, why are you doing this, etc.), and block party basics. Every volunteer will also have a name tag with some contact numbers on the back. Maps - Jay Heesch is going to look into getting good maps for us.
Headquarters - we'll be using Jay Heesch's office space as headquarters that week. It is located in Sweeney's Dental by the high school in the Dells.
Pine Valley Church -
Websites: Pine Valley and Bridgepoint (site is down at the moment...can usually be found at www.pinevalleymc.org)
Pastor Jay Heesch
Jeff and Dianne Wood
Jordan and Alison Heesch
Orientation and Commissioning (use technology: powerpoint, DVD, and written form "Lifeguard Handbook"; include info on Pine Valley and River of Life)
Welcome - national, state, and association (Kristy Carr)
Welcome and prayer - Bob Turner
Orientation to Wisconsin (30 minutes) - Mark Millman lead out; Jay Heesch (Dells); Bob Turner (the lighter side and Evangelism trng...why are you doing this?)
Music (River Worship team)
Devotion and Prayerwalking Training (5 minutes) - Mark Millman
Commissioning - Bob Turner
Prayertime and chorus
Breakup into ministry teams for ministry orientation and prayertime (it is CRITICAL that local ministry leaders/representatives are present!)
Local Registration - Deadline is May 31st! Cost is $25/person (pay scale is on the registration forms with a family cap of $85) Fee covers t-shirt, meal, funding of ministry projects. Liability release forms are also needed and included in the registration process. The CBA will send $10 to the WMU for each t-shirt.
NAMB New Work Assistance Funds will contribute $200/block party. Total $800 (at the time we only had 4 parties scheduled...we now have 5. $800 is still the total...so plan on $160/party, and will need to supplement Sunday's party w/money from ministry project funds.) Anne Z. will be handling purchasing of food, refreshments, supplies for the block party. Jeanne W. will send a check directly to River of Life.
Schedule of Events (I'll be putting this in a spreadsheet and emailing it to anyone interested):
Saturday, July 18th at 4pm - Final planning meeting for the planning team
Sunday, July 19th
2-3:30pm - Orientation and Commissioning at Antiqua Bay (ALL volunteers need to attend!)
5pm - Set-up for Block party at Elementary School Park near Lake Delton
6-8pm - Block Party (stagger volunteers through in 3 groups; others will be prayerwalking); Mark Millman will investigate an inflatable TV to show videos/digitracts.
Prayerwalking - Mark Millman will set up 3 groups and designate 3 areas of the Dells for prayerwalking. Each group will be assigned one area on Sunday night, then challenged to prayerwalk the other areas during the week. During this time, we also want groups to be intentional about inviting people they see to Backyard Bible Clubs and Block parties.
7-10pm - International Ministries (3 groups of 5 volunteers) - at Chula Vista, American Motel, and Parkview Motel (will involve ministering to international students who work at the resorts...conversation clubs, servant evangelism, food)
Monday, July 20th
Morning - Advertise for Backyard Bible Clubs (BBCs) (Sherry will develop fliers, Caryn will develop a Hispanic translation, CBA will print, volunteers will distribute)
All day - First Responders Appreciation - teams at River and Trinity will bake and package goodies (need point people from each of these locations to purchase ingredients from ministry fund and designate locations of police, fire, ambulance, other?)
All day - Light Construction projects (River needs to provide a list; Kelly checking into social services needs in the Portage area; Anne and Jay checking into social services needs in the Dells; Jay - any way that the ministry to displaced women can benefit from this?)
9:30-11:30am - BBC at Ho Chunk Legion Hall; BBC at Downtown Broadway motel
4-6pm - Block party (possibly at Sweeney house in WI Dells - Jay checking on this)
6-8pm - BBC at Sweeney House; BBC at Mace House; BBC at Ridgewood Apts; ESL at Ridgewood Apts
7-10pm - International Ministries
Tuesday
All day - First Responders Appreciation - distribute goodies and ask to pray for responders in Dells and Portage areas.
All day - Light Construction projects
9:30-11:30am - BBC at Ho Chunk Legion Hall; BBC at Downtown Broadway motel
10am-2pm - Block party at Antiqua Bay
2-3pm - Elderly Visitation and Choir @ Golden Living Center
6-8pm - BBC at Sweeney House; BBC at Mace House; BBC at Ridgewood Apts; ESL at Ridgewood Apts
7-10pm - International Ministries
Wednesday
All day - Business Appreciation - package and distribute goodies to small businesses on Broadway (let them know we're here; ask for prayer requests); estimate 50-100 packages (small dollar store type items)
All day - Light Construction projects
9:30-11:30am - BBC at Ho Chunk Legion Hall; BBC at Downtown Broadway motel
1-2pm - Elderly Visitation and Choir @ Our House
2-3pm - Elderly Visitation and Choir @ Assisted Care
4-6pm - Block Party @ Ridgewood Apts vacant lot
6-8pm - BBC at Sweeney House; BBC at Mace House; BBC at Ridgewood Apts; ESL at Ridgewood Apts
7-10pm - International Ministries
Thursday
All day - Portage area survey/assessment
All day - Light Construction projects
9:30-11:30am - BBC at Ho Chunk Legion Hall; BBC at Downtown Broadway motel
11:30-1:30pm - Block party @ Ho Chunk Legion Hall
5-8pm - Celebration Dinner at River of Life Church
Other projects we're investigating:
Fair Set-Up (and ministering to others involved with set-up)
Card Ministry and gift basket - large banner card signed by all of us for the staff at Great Wolf Lodge - goody basket for their employee break room
Crystal Lake - in Columbia Country - there has been flooding problems; may be able to help with clean-up in the area
WI Dells Presence - whenever we are there, pray intentionally as we go, pick up garbage, help those in need of assistance, crossing streets, etc. See where God will lead...establish a presence!
Displaced Women Ministry - Jay, are there ways we can edify this ministry? BBC? Construction? Anything?
Be praying about youth ministries and sports camps also
ACTION ITEMS (beyond what is listed above):
Now that we know how much money we'll have overall, we need to start designating amounts for individual ministry projects!!!
Prayer - we have a list of volunteers; we need to start praying for each of them by name in addition to praying for the lost that we'll be ministering to in the Dells.
Local Registration - promoting heavily at River the next 2 weeks!
There is a ton of info here...if I missed anything, goofed anything, please let me know so I can fix it!
New Website & Facebook Group!
I have also created a Facebook group. You can find that by going to: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=101781543798&ref=ts
Feel free to check them both out and sign up!
Dells FamilyFest Meetings
Just a reminder that there are two Dells FamilyFest meetings taking place tomorrow with Kristy Carr.
The first:
10 AM @ Great Wolf Lodge (Gasser at HWY 12, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965)
Conference room: CUB # 1 (located next to sales and catering offices)
The Second:
7 PM @ River of Life Church
Hope to see you there!
What Do You Have Planned?
For example, Nikki Z. and I were thinking that holding ESL lessons for international adults near Lake Delton (Ridgewood Apts.) WHILE holding a backyard Bible club for their kids would be a great combo.
So, would you please share what you have planned?
For ESL Ministries (and these are only in wet cement right now;-):
M0n-Wed 4-6pm ESL in Ridgewood apt complex near Lake Delton
Mon-Wed 7-10pm Conversation Clubs/Servant Evangelism for International Students in Dells
Mon-Thurs 8-10am ESL in Dells (location TBD - the library is already booked up, so I don't know about this one yet...praying God will provide!)