SWOT Analysis and Course Evaluation

SWOT Analysis: Community Service Day

S (Strengths)

• Community is cleaner
• Well-organized
• Send good message
• Good PR for school
• Enjoyable
• Gets us out of the "Christian cocoon" and into the community

W (Weaknesses)

• Not enough work to do
• Not enough equipment

O (Opportunities)

• Develop Additional Projects
• Building
• Graffiti
• Schools
• Additional Communities
• Senior Home
• Develop more partners

T (Threats)

• Self-serving?
• Communicate the heart
• Routine...just another program
• Weather
• Safety

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R.W.M.C.

What went RIGHT?

• Ideas were practical and useful
• Group Think
• Book Reviews
• Variety
• Homework
• Discussion
• Mock board meetings
• Interviewed pastors/coaches/mentors/etc.
• Realistic expression of their outreach successes and failures, life highs and lows
• Technology welcomed

What went WRONG?

• Rotate board positions
• More interactive classes
• Tech Skype
• Drawn out classes when no speakers
• More intentional outreach questions, less "life-story"

What was MISSING?

• Off-campus ministry
• Service learning
• Business-minded interviewers in parachurch or business world
• Develop a class outreach
• Maybe do a mock outreach. Plan the outreach as a class throughout the semester (does not necessarily have to be executed,) but would be useful to see the steps and entire process of outreach planning.

What was  CONFUSING?

• Difference between the three different organizations in Community Interviews

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Other Class Notes

• The Art of Persuasion
• R.O.I. = Return-On-Investment ... (are the results worth the effort?)
  

Community Organization #2: Camp Calvary

Camp Calvary, an 11 week summer camp, of Wayne, New Jersey is a ministry of Calvary Temple International. While it is a ministry within the Children's Ministry of the church, it is open to the entire community. Before anything else, it is meant as an outreach program to love the children of the community and teach them of Christ's love for them. I have worked at Camp for the past six summers and I absolutely love it. Camp was established 20 years ago by the Children's Ministry pastors at the time, and is currently run by Children’s pastor, Rev. Matthew Battista. He and his wife, Holly, live and breathe this ministry, and their passion for it is evident. They work tirelessly preparing events and making sure that each day of Camp is special for its campers. "The past few years have been explosive," Pastor Matt said. "We have really begun to see fruit." You know that your Camp is gaining critical acclaim from the community when your attendance increases from 200 to 500 campers per summer in a few short years. "Families really appreciate what we are doing, and they are noticing the differences compared to other camps in the community . . . they have started to send their kids here because they know that the counselors care about their child's well-being." Every staff member is a born-again Christian and a regular attendee of either Calvary Temple or another local church. Each day at camp presents an opportunity for outreach. Starting each morning, counselors lead their classes in a time of devotion, allowing opportunity for each camper to understand who Christ is and respond to a call to salvation. This is not Sunday school or kid’s church, however, considering most campers are not from Christian backgrounds. “We’ve started to get Muslim children, Hindu children, children from non-religious households . . . these families are willing to send their children to a Christian Camp because they know that their kids will be loved and taken care of.” Through this ministry, children and their families have had their lives changed, and to me, that makes it all worth it. Having a camp of only Christians defeats the purpose of the program, and I sincerely hope that it continues to grow and gain notoriety in the community. With God’s hand over this organization, there is no telling what might become of it!

Lee Rogers Interview

• Lee Rogers
• Grew up in Carlisle, PA
• came to Christ in 9th grade…God became real…took ownership of his faith
• went to VFCC
• started working at a Church in Philadelphia called the Worship Center during his junior year in 1999, and continued until 2004
• outreaches as youth pastor:
• easter egg hunt
• participate in the 4th of july parade
• festival day in Roxborough section
• survey interview of other students in streets
• asked: do you believe God exists? what is he like?
• staff as youth pastor at Bethel in Carlisle, PA
• would go into the square of Carlisle outside of courthouse…talk to people and do surveys…"if you died today, do you know where you'd go?"
• enjoys relational connections, but didn't find surveys as a door for relationships…didn't necessarily enjoy it because it was not natural
• at Bethel they have various chaplain ministries:
• "police chaplains"…they suit up with bulletproof vests and drive in cars with police officers
• allowed them to know police officers, criminals, victims, emergency calls
• "bar chaplains"…go into bars, talk with those who come in and need to speak to someone
• "emergency medical chaplains"…ride in back of ambulance, these are their most successful chaplains…mostly salvations of EMTs
• cross outreach
• pastor is missional
• church constructed cross for every soldier killed in iraq and Afghanistan in 2006
• kept adding names of soldiers killed on a board
• front of church is full of crosses…turned into memorial
• "Without remembering there is no sacrifice."
• campus outreach
• The Seven Project
• multimedia school assembly program
• students know the needs, 7 project will partner with you to address those needs
• exists to build students hope
• will speak on school's top 7 issues during assembly
• designed to impact students at their core
• high quality, high impact, low price by partnering with people/churches/businesses in the community
• no mention of faith during daytime assemblies…but at nighttime assemblies (optional) faith is incorporated
• develop God's mission of students
• 6 issues with 7 solutions
• comprehensive evangelism
• build students' hopes
• youth from all denominations meet for 7 weeks prior to assemblies
• components:
• school assembly
• night event where they present the Gospel
• missional experience for the students in youth ministries and church in general
• designed as a 7 week missions trip for youth groups
• discipleship
• 7 student action plan
• aim to create a movement on campus
• process is more powerful than the presentation
• 7 Project strengthens:
• youth ministry
• network
• school
• cost: $3,000-$6,000
• "The process is more powerful than the presentation."
• "Jesus challenged people to accept a life of sacrifice and commitment, not to accept a get out of jail free card."
• currently a Youth Alive missionary
• Youth Alive
• "Work towards mission and community will be the product."
• believes every student can be missionary on their campus.
• 5 practical applications:
• pray
• live
• tell
• serve
• give

Body-Mapping: URBAN COMMUNITY

• WHO?
• URBAN
• welfare
• crime
• injustice
• loved ones in prison
• homeless
• poverty
• HIV/AIDS
• drug addiction
• uneducated/poorly educated
• girls who are taken advantage of (prostitution)
• unemployment
• abused (sexual, physical, emotional, kids, parents, domestic)
• NEED?
• someone to come along side them
• encouragemtn
• justice
• compassion
• to know their resources (educated on clinics/places to go for help)
• LOVE
• to know they are not forgotten
• health services
• education
• job training
• someone to advocate for them/come alongside them
• childcare resources (daycare, supplies, clothing, etc)
• HOW?
• women's ministry specifically for women and their children
• prison ministry
• food pantry
• dinner fellowship
• health information Sunday (abuse, HIV, pregnancy, etc)
• adult tutoring
• homeless bus ministry
• job fairs
• WHO TO PARTNER WITH?
• local business
• crisis pregnancy center
• food bank
• summer camp
• other local churches
• prisons
• supermarkets for leftover food
• homeless shelter
• health center
• tutoring services
• businesspeople to teach about business/do job training
• local childcare

Community Organization Interview #3

     For my Community Organization Interview #3, I decided to interview my aunt, Barbara Escalante, about her job as a case worker at World Relief in Asheville, North Carolina. World Relief is an international NGO that "takes a stand for the vulnerable" (WorldRelief).
     My aunt, a former missionary to the Philippines, has been stateside for almost 30 years. During her time in the United States, she has been involved in the church, but has not been in full-time ministry since her departure from the Philippines. Her heart beats for missions, however, and has been wanting to get back into compassion ministries since she left to get married and start a family in the 80s. From the 80s until January of this year, she has worked as a full-time mother, and part-time employer at local jobs such as supermarkets and banks, but her desires have finally come true. Upon hearing of a job opening at a World Relief office in her city, she spontaneously decided to apply (for fun, assuming that she would never get the job without a college degree.) "I still can't believe I got the job! It was a miracle." Not even 24 hours after applying, she was offered a full-time job and told that she would be able to start immediately. "I love it! The refugees have melted my heart," my aunt exclaimed. "The Asheville office specifically works with refugee families from Africa and Iraq. They help them move into homes and connect them to services to help them find jobs." While they are focusing on refugee families now, they are looking to start a human trafficking branch that would rescue and help victims. As far as the hiring process goes, they look for those that are willing to serve and love, but most of all show compassion for those who are vulnerable.

Works Cited

"World Relief | What We Stand for." World Relief | What We Stand for. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2013.

Engel Scale

The Engel Scale of Evangelism

"Dads, Dogs, and Digs Outreach" By: Ricky Echeona

"Dads, Dogs, and Digs Outreach" By: Ricky Echeona

• Outreach's Target Audience: husbands, fathers, and adult males with influence in their family.
• Purpose: to build relationships between men in the community.
• This will be a pilot outreach, eventually leading to meetings more often.
• What will the outreach look like? Goal of the outreach: 
• Men would meet for a volleyball tournament….but the overall goal is to coach men on building relationship and get to know them.
• How would men hear about it?
• Would like men from the church to reach out to unsaved friends
• Engage the community through community advertisements.
• "Meet, Greet, Repeat"
• Come to event, sign up for a team, greet with male leaders from the church who are team captains, play, and meet again in future.
• Ultimate goal is to involve the men who participate again in the future. Would like to meet for a movie night at the church to see "Courageous" and encourage men to be strong men of God in their families.
• Cost:
• Food (estimating around 30 men in attendance) - $250
• Park rental fee - $400
• Advertisement (flyers and newspaper) - $250
• Volleyball equipment - $100