Ministry Needs List:

Hey friends,

As ministry grows and evolves, sometimes there are needs that arise. I'd love to have you partner with me to help us reach some of these needs. Below, I’m including various needs that my ministries have or supplies that could be very helpful to us.  

If you have any questions about the needs below, feel free to contact me.  

1.   Portable Speaker (Behringer Europort MPA 40BT-PRO):  Included in Amazon link

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EMDNLKC/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I1RRIHVQLIEKSS&colid=3VP1CE2LVHXR0

We’ve been hoping and trying to plan another prison church service. The prisoners are pretty excited and have started organizing who would lead worship, who would preach, and who would do special music.  The service would take place in the courtyard with everyone outside.  Having this speaker would be very helpful so that everyone can hear and participate. It isn’t often that they are allowed to have church together so this would be a huge deal and a big opportunity to worship together. I’ve chosen this speaker because it is rechargeable so we don’t have to worry about a power source. It also has the ability for microphone and an instrument to be plugged into it.

a.      Besides the church service, our youth group is looking to do more outreach events and we would utilize this speaker for those events. Whether that be movie nights, soccer matches, concerts…

2. Pool (see Amazon link).  Baptisms can be a complicated thing to organize here. If you’ve traveled to our community, you know that the beachfront isn’t necessarily the cleanest spot. If there’s bad weather, high tide, the river is dirty, or the ocean is rough, baptizes can’t happen and the people have to wait. Sometimes, the church has to wait a few months and have a large group get baptized together so it is more logistically feasible. By having a pool, they could do the baptisms at the church.  We would also use this for when Pastor St. Verty does baptisms at the prison.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000L8EEPS/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=I3F6XKE7LMMZ11&colid=3VP1CE2LVHXR0

3. Youth group functions:  $200

a.      The youth group is planning to host a big Christmas function during the week that school is on vacation. They are planning to have a week of worship services leading up to Christmas. The costs would be for the guest speaker, materials needed for the services, drinks and snacks to serve those who attend.

b. They have also planned a few outreach events over the next two months and are looking forward to being able to reach their peers.

4.  Prison ministry expenses/supplies:

a.      Every Thursday, I travel to the prison to do Bible study with the women, men, and teenagers that are incarcerated.  The prison is a rough place, with insufficient resources to handle the amount of people they house.  From time to time, we try to bless the prisoners with soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, or other hygiene products. They do not receive anything besides one meal a day. We also try to insure that they have access to the gospel in each cell.  Two years ago, we bought every prisoner a new Bible. But with the turnover, many of those with Bibles have left. We’d love to be able to purchase song books and Bibles so that each cell has a copy and can continue to do their Bible study/devotion times.

If you would like to purchase an item or help contribute, you can donate online at nwhcm.org. Please note Caitlin Smith and whichever ministry you want to contribute towards.