In LUKE 4:18-19 Jesus shares with us the way of life He calls us to as His followers. At 2nd Street we refer to these verses as The Manifesto of Jesus Christ.
18 THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, 19 TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD.
Jesus was on a mission, and He challenges us as His followers to live "missionally" in this world … to live with hearts bent toward understanding how we're to live out The Manifesto of Jesus Christ in ways big and obvious, as well as in ways small and barely noticeable.
Here are some of the many ways 2nd Street is chasing the Jesus-way priorities of compassionately seeking first the Kingdom of God … in our community, and in the world.
LOCAL AREA OUTREACH...
Celebrate Recovery (connecting Jesus Christ to the hurts, habits, and hang-ups of people … regardless of whether or not they attend 2nd Street ... www.celebraterecovery.com)
LocalS ... Hunter Daggett, 2nd Street's Student Ministries Director, and our own LocalS Middle School and High School students and a group of adult sponsors (Connecting with the needs all around us … working with the elderly, the poor, and Newberg School District)
Morningstar Missionary Baptist Church (partnering with them after their fire ... www.morningstarportland.org/welcome.html )
INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH...
David and Tricia Howell / raising support to be full-time missionaries in Ireland ( www.friendsmission.com/candidates.htm#howell )
The Missionaries of NWYM around the world (www.nwfriends.org/ministries/global-ministries )
Mexico Work and Witness in Tecate, Mexico (2nd Streeters building houses in the name of Jesus Christ)
Thailand … Amy Ocker and others from Westside Christian High School in Lake Oswego (working with Grace Ministries and their outreach to children 12-18 ... http://www.graceministriesthailand.com)
Russia … Lisby Rogers (June 2008 Newberg High School graduate) was part of a team of NWYM High Schoolers who spent a month in the summer of 2007 partnering with NWYM church planting efforts in Elektrostol.
Operation Shoebox (for children in Honduras ... www.operationshoebox.org/history.htm). 2nd Streeter's David and Mary Jane Krier head up this ministry.
Cuba ... Gregg Lamm will be leading a 12-day trip to Cuba to work with Cuban Friends in the summer of 2008. This will be his fifth trip to Cuba ( www.fum.org/worldmissions/cuba.htm)
Rwanda ... Ransom Portis-Cathers and his sister Sky and brother-in-law Matt will spend two months in the summer of 2008 in Rwanda, Africa ministering with the survivors of the mid-1990's genocide there.
India ... Kelsey VandenHoek (June 2009 Newberg High School graduate) will minister in the summer of 2008 with a family in India who is raising over 60 young women who are the daughters of Hindu temple prostitutes.
Thailand ... Reese Wilson (April 2008 George Fox University graduate) will minister in May of 2008 in Thailand with two ministries reaching out and rescuing children from the sex-slave industry.
JUST IN NEWBERG OUTREACH...
Love INC., (the State-side helping hands ministry of World Vision, International … 22 Ministry Teams in Newberg … we are in charge of The Kitchen Cupboard ... www.loveinc.org) … Sandi Olmstead is 2nd Street's ministry leader for this work
Faith In Action / Family and Friends Programming (Linking volunteers with the needs of senior citizens and families with special needs in Newberg ... www.faithinactionnewberg.org/) … 2nd Streeter Deana VandenHoek works for Faith in Action.
Newberg Crisis Pregnancy Center (a branch office of the McMinnville Crisis Pregnancy Center … providing abortion alternatives to women faced with unplanned pregnancies ... www.lifecall.org/cpc/or.html)
FISH (Newberg) and Promise Pantry (Dundee) … local Food Banks ( www.oregonfoodbank.org/ofb_services/statewide_services/regional_food_ban... ... The Feed The Need committee: Kathy Rasberry, Regina Shapiro, Gary Murdoch, Kandi Parkinson, Deborah Cathers-Seymour, and Tim and Sandi Olmstead).
Child Evangelism Fellowship (utilizing the Release-Time-For-Religious-Education laws in Oregon to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with grade-schoolers at three grade schools here in Newberg ... www.cefonline.com). 2nd Streeters involved in this ministry are Debbie Dingman, Faye Pruitt, and David Pritchard.
Feed The Need Food Drive (each October ... working with other Newberg/Dundee churches, George Fox students, Joan Austin Elementary School, Providence Hospital, etc…)
Men's Ministry service projects (beginning next month … 3-4 times a year … partnering with Love, Inc., and Faith In Action ministries in Newberg)
Angel Tree Christmas Giving (for the young people at Chehalem Youth And Family Services ... www.cyfs.net). 2nd Streeters involved with CYFS are Deborah Cathers-Seymour, director, Bruce Alford, board chairperson, and Barb Palmer, board member.
REACHING OUT BEYOND NEWBERG...
Montana … 2nd Streeter Karl Harn working annually with a rural church that's in need of partners.
Peace Trees Vietnam. 2nd Streeter Fred Gregory working with Peace Trees Vietnam (www.peacetreesvietnam.org)
Wycliffe Bible Translators ( www.wycliffe.org) 2nd Streeter Harold Magee work with Wycliffe … using his electrical engineering expertise to repair equipment ranging from oscilloscopes to airplane instrumentation.
Lisa Bachman / YD Adventures (a Christ-based Outward-Bound type ministry that shares the person of Jesus Christ with students in outdoor adventure-type settings ... www.yd.org/adventures/)
