January Newsletter
SCC Missions
Welcome to 2020!
It's the new year, and as many of us delve into seeking new meaning, new purpose, and new adventures for our lives, we can rest assured in our unchanging, amazing God!
Upcoming serving opportunities in 2019 and 2020:
Gabriel House
SCC has the opportunity to help serve The Gabriel House, a ministry to severely handicapped children, in Alva on Saturday, January 11. We will be doing some driveway patching, sealing, and remodeling on the needed bedroom addition, and tree/bush trimming. The bus will leave at 8:00 am and return by 4:00 pm. Bring a lunch/water, gloves, and basic tools. All skills, ages/groups welcome. It will be a time to serve the Lord with gladness. For more info, call Dave Truelsen at (847) 305-9175.
Feed My Starving Children Mobile Food Pack
The 2nd Annual Sanibel Feed My Starving Children Mobile Food Pack will be held at SCC Fellowship Hall on Friday, January 31 and Saturday, February 1. Signup/Donate at give.fmsc.org/Sanibel for one or more 2 hour sessions and help make 200,000 meals for needy children around the world.
Sanibel Community Church is proud to be selected as an Official Host Church for the 2020 Night to Shine, Friday, February 7, sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation. Night to Shine is an unforgettable prom night experience for people with special needs, ages 14 and older, centered on God’s love and His plan for their lives. The event is hosted by an estimated 700 churches around the world simultaneously, Friday, February 7. Online registration for guests and volunteers is open at www.sanibelchurch.com. For more information about how you can volunteer, contact Tom Chambers at tomttf2019@gmail.com. For information about guest related dress and alteration needs and dates, contact Joan Gibble at 239-980 5517 or jgibble@gmail.com
Upcoming Missions Opportunities!
SCC will be making our first visit to our Sister Church in Formond, Haiti on Friday, March 6-Saturday, March 14, 2020. It will be a wonderful opportunity to serve, fellowship, encourage, and worship with our Haitian brothers and sisters in Christ and develop a long term relationship with them. For more info, contact Dave Truelsen at (847) 305-9175 or dave.truelsen@gmail.com
Brazil mission trips : June 5-16, 2020, August 14-25, 2020 ( see above info)
Israel: March 9-20, 2020 (see above info)
Cuba : April 14-21, 2020 - Cuba contact Sandra Spencer at morninglorysp@aol.com
Monthly Missions Highlights (waiting on Decembers end of month numbers)
Every month we feature one of our mission partners in our Monthly Missions Highlight (MMH). This is a way for us to expose some of the ministries that we regularly support and present an opportunity for the congregation to assist directly in helping us reach our financial commitments to the highlighted ministry. The totals below include the month the ministry was highlighted and any additional funds given since then.
January - Middle Ground Malnutrition Center - Haiti : $44,740 out of $60,000
February - One More Child Anti Trafficking - Florida : $28,809 out of $50,000
March- Venture - Asia : $23,150 out of $35,000
April - Feed the 5,000 Now: $56,695 of $55,00
May - Reciprocal Ministries International: $5,031 of $8,000
June - Renew, World Outreach: $4,251
July - Inca Link: $5,850
August- Verity Pregnancy Center: $18,184 of $40,000
September - Rick Bonfim Ministries: $3,060
October - One More Child Foster: $3,880
November - Give & Teach: $16,353
December - Fort Myers Rescue Missions: $13,152
General giving for this budget year thus far (October - December) :
$85,242
Church budget gave (October - December) :
$33,750
Total Missions Income for this budget year thus far :
$118,992
Want to contribute specifically to missions?
If giving by check, write "for missions" in your check memo.
Or
If giving online, enter amount into the Missions section.
STANDING ON MIDDLE GROUND
Somewhere on the path between barely surviving and thriving is where you find Middle Ground. For families in the trenches of malnutrition and poverty the journey from where they are to where they desire to be is filled with obstacles that seem impossible to overcome. It’s in this space that you find us. Deeply committed to walking with families during a brief, but life-changing season.
In the spring of 2008, our founder, Rhyan Buettner arrived in Haiti for the very first time. It was a trip that set fire to a passion that is still alive and growing to this day. Volunteer opportunities with several local orphanages filled up the majority of Rhyan’s first years in Haiti, and it was in those places that a new and powerful dream began to emerge. A dream to see parents and caregivers empowered to care for their children, to see children living in the homes of their birth, and to see whole families thriving together.
In 2010, Espwa Berlancia was founded and began the journey to where we are today. Initially a small program serving only a handful of children and their families, Espwa Berlancia slowly grew until 2016 when we opened our first inpatient malnutrition recovery center. Since then we have seen this passion explode – passion for healthy children growing up in strong families. Growing quickly but organically to include our 12 different programs, we have seen expansion that we never could have dreamed of. In 2018, we followed this expansion by transitioning from Espwa Berlancia into what is now Middle Ground.
Above all, we are motivated by the Gospel and the love of Jesus Christ. A perfect example of how to love others was shown by Jesus while he walked on earth and ultimately in His death on the cross. We seek to love generously and graciously as we walk alongside families on the road to recovery and sustainability.
SCC Missions Team's goal is to raise $60,000 in January to send to Middle Ground. Join us in this fight for life. Mark your checks Middle Ground in the remarks section.