1 Conference Presentation: Use slides One-to-One presentation: Use slides 8-35.

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3 Introduction John 6:1-13; Matthew 25:34-45; Mark 12:41-44; 1 Kings 17:5-24 The Call How should we walk with the widows, the orphans, the husbandless, and the fatherless?

4 Introduction Today we will introduce you to Gather and Care whose purpose is to advance your church’s vision of how to minister to widows and orphans.

5 Preview of today’s agenda:  We begin by sharing with each other your churches vision and proposals to minister to widows and orphans.  Who is Gather and Care?  How does a Gather and Care partnership help advance your church’s ministry to widows and orphans?  How can you participate?

6 Each church shares it’s vision and proposals to ministry to widows and orphans.

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9 Purpose: Today we will introduce you to Gather and Care whose purpose is to advance your church’s vision of how to minister to widows and orphans.

10 Who is Gather and Care? Our Vision:  Gather and Care Ministries seek to be led by the Holy Spirit:  to Encourage, Equip, and Enable local churches;  to increase their capacity and potential for ministry to widows and orphans;  so that the ministries utilize people’s assets: their gifts, abilities, and resources, become sustainable by the local church, and are life transforming.

11 What are the Guiding Principles of Gather and Care? -utilizing people’s assets: their gifts, abilities, and resources -increasing capacity and potential for ministry -becoming sustainable by the local church -life transforming

12 These Guiding Principles are illustrated in 2 Kings 4:1-7: A Widow in need comes to Elisha

13 “How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” vs. 2 Principle: What gifts, abilities, and resources do you already have? What can God do with what you have?

14 “Go around and ask your neighbors for empty jars.” vs. 3 jars.” vs. 3 Principle: What can help increase your capacity and potential?

15 Guiding Principles applied to ministry:  What gifts, abilities, and resources do you already have?  What can help increase your capacity and potential for ministry?  How can your ministry become sustainable by the local church?  What makes a ministry life transforming?

16 What is Gather and Care’s role? How can we advance your ministry to widows and orphans? We are your neighbor’s with jars for your oil. We come together to increase your capacity and advance your potential in ministry to widows and orphans.

17 Our Vision:  Gather and Care Ministries seek to be led by the Holy Spirit:  to Encourage, Equip, and Enable local churches;  to increase their capacity and potential for ministry to widows and orphans;  so that the ministries utilize people’s assets: their gifts, abilities, and resources, become sustainable by the local church, and are life transforming.

18 We increase a local churches capacity and potential for ministry as we:  Encourage: Through sharing your vision.  Equip: Through best practices and biblical training.  Enable: Through contributing 1/3 of the resources.

19 We partner with you to develop ministry that:  Utilizes people’s assets: their God given gifts, abilities, and resources.  Becomes sustainable by the local church.  Is life transforming.

20 What does partnership look like? “The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body.” I Corinthians 12:12-26

21 Partnership Strategy Gather and Care

22 Gather and Care Implementing Church Partnership Strategy

23 Gather and Care Implementing Church Widows and Orphans Partnership Strategy

24 Gather and Care Sister Church Implementing Church Widows and Orphans Partnership Strategy

25 Partnership Strategy Gather and Care Vision Equipping Coordinating Coaching 1/3 Resources

26 Partnership Strategy Gather and Care Implementing Church Vision Team Plan Implement Report Share Stories Spiritual foundation 1/3 Resources

27 Partnership Strategy Gather and Care Sister Church Implementing Church Support team -Prayer -Vision trips -Expertise 1/3 Resources Learn & share

28 Partnership Strategy Gather and Care Sister Church Implementing Church Widows And Orphans Church based Team effort Showing the love of Christ Utilizes gifts, abilities, and resources Becomes sustainable by the local church Is life transforming

29 Partnership Strategy Gather and Care Sister Church Implementing Church Widows And Orphans Church based Team effort Showing the love of Christ Vision Team Plan Implement Support team -Prayer -Vision trips -Expertise 1/3 Resources Learn & share Utilizes gifts, abilities, and resources Becomes sustainable by the local church Is life transforming Report Share stories Spiritual foundation 1/3 Resources Vision Equipping Coordinating Coaching 1/3 Resources

30 How can you participate?  Apply to become a partner, complete the Church Partnership Application.  Attend the Gather and Care conference.  Embrace the vision of Gather and Care.  Develop your Vision and Proposals.  Implement the ministry.

31 Gather and Care Ministries Partnerships and Country Representatives are serving in: ARMENIA BULGARIA ROMANIA RUSSIA

32 What should you expect to happen if we partner?

33  The ministry and the ministry team become sustainable.  The number of ministry volunteers from your church grows.  The financial giving to the church and the ministry increases.

34  The widows and orphans are transformed and become part of the church family.  Orphans are cared for by the church foster family.  Orphans learn vocational and life skills.  Orphans are serving in ministries of the church.  Orphans are baptized and adopted into a church family.

35  Widows put their skills into productive use and care for themselves and their dependents.  Widows are serving children and mothers of the church.  Widows teach and mentor the needy.