Annuals 2017 Annual Book | Page 46

ACTS 1:8 Missionaries But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Act 1:8 2017 MICHIGAN AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH Jerusalem (Local) • Took WMU Magazines & crackers to Dr. Office • Baby Bottle Project - New Hope Pregnancy Center • Gift Bags - New Hope Pregnancy Center • Gift Bags - Taken to Tenova Hospital • Monetary donation and supplies for Ocoee Outreach • Jail Ministry - Christmas Cards, socks, and candy • Helping Hands - donated food and gifts for 2 families at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter Judea (State) • Golden State Offering Samaria (National) • Annie Armstrong Offering • Sent cards to St. Jude Ranch • Sent soup labels and money to St. Joseph Indian School • Sent yarn to church in GA to make hats for cancer patients Uttermost Parts of the Earth (International) • Shoe boxes for Samaritan's Purse • Shoes and socks for Orphaned Souls • Baby items for "Heart for Africa" • Sold Christmas ornaments for "Heart for Africa" (orphanage) • Christmas cards for church members (members donate postage cost) money goes to Lottie Moon Offering • • • • NORTH CLEVELAND BAPTIST CHURCH Jerusalem (Local) • Church • Church Participated in Ocoee Outreach Home Construction Projects • Supported Walk for Life for New Hope Pregnancy Center • Partners with Family Promise — once a quarter NCBC • provides a place for families that are a part of the Family Promise program providing a place to eat and • sleep for one week every three months. At least 30 people from our church have been involved in this mission. • NCBC contributes financially to local groups: Baptist • Collegiate Ministries, Christian Women's Job Corps, Cleveland Community Shelter, Court Appointed Special Advocates, Family Cornerstones, Family Promise, Jackie Leggett-Stanley Family, New Hope Pregnancy Center, Ocoee Middle School, One Heart Africa, Rick Mitchell Sports and Rec Plus, Tennessee 46 Baptist Children's Home, The Caring Place, and The Rocket Program at Cleveland Middle School. Ocoee Middle School Church Partners • We are "Church Partners" with Ocoee Middle School and the childcare at our church, North Cleveland Baptist Child Development Center with approximately 140 teachers and staff We have provided meals and small gifts of encouragement. Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes • Our church began a new way for more people to get involved in the Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes. The daughter of a deceased secretary of our church, who loved collecting and preparing shoeboxes, started a year-long project of collecting for the boxes. It was named "Shirley's Boxes." This has involved just about everyone in our church. Hopefully, we will have over 815 boxes to send this year. Cleveland's Downtown Block Party • Each year our church has a booth at the Downtown Block Party and makes pictures of people participating in the Block Party with a back-drop of a church and the year on it. The pictures are on our website for participants to download. Each person is contacted after the Block Party and invited to special services. Children's Ministry • For one of our Ministry Nights, the Preschool & Children's Department put together baskets full of supplies for New Hope Pregnancy Center. Approximately 100 people were involved in this ministry. The Preschool & Children's Department were involved in VBS providing Bible stories, crafts, and snacks for the children of the church, community and NCBC Child Development Center. There were 300 workers and children involved. Trunk or Treat was a community event with games, slides, food, horse rides, music and more. There were approximately 250 people involved, Another community event is Easter Fest. We provide games, slides, and Hot Dogs being provided. GAs • The girls were involved in the New Hope Pregnancy Walk for Life and raised over $500. RAs • The boys collected toiletries, small toys and testaments for Christmas in August Youth • Several of our youth were involved in Ministry Night assisting with the Operation Christmas Child Boxes. In February, our church sponsored DiscipleNow, Twenty- nine of our youth participated one week during the summer with Ocoee Outreach. They built a ramp, painted an old house and did Children's Ministry at the