January 15, 2013
Interview with Rebekah Reese
Notes:
· 2009 VFCC grad, Christian Min. major
· Holy Hands is a branch of First Fruits Evangelistic
Association
· Holy Hands Director
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Missions trips in
US, northeast (DC up to Maine)
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Goals of Holy
Hands:
§ Train and evangelize US, reach lost through one-on-one
convos
§ Train for 3 days in kids ministry, how to start convo
on Jesus/apologetics
· Be normal.
· Build relationships
· Start convo, get into a common interest zone
· Reach values/morals of their life
· Then talk about God. It takes time.
· Heart for evangelism
· Evangelism has to be a lifestyle, not just done at
your job or at outreaches.
· Trained 150 students, about 12 different teams last
summer.
· Work with Global passion missions organization in
Cali.
· Trips are 7 days, $232 not including transportation
there
· Summer trips:
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Christiana, PA
· Trip planning:
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First 2 days are
training days
§ Update training materials
§ Innovative/interactive with students
§ Go through classes throughout day
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Next 2 days:
outreaches
§ Mega-sports Camp
· Interactive/sports VBS
· Link Bible stories with sports stories that are
similar to keep kids interested
§ Free for church to host Megasports Camp
· Only children pay participation fee
§ Excursions
· 2-4 days teams go to churches and help with
outreaches, community service
· Budget:
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Raise their
personal budgets
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Make sponsorship
packets
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Yearly budget
goal: $1,500 per month
· Discipleship process after evangelism:
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Connected with
local church
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Involve local
church at place of outreach
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Direct people to
the local church
· Present options to church to choose:
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Outreaches, block
parties, movie nights, community service
· Helped with Sandy Disaster Relief
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Worked with 270/400
damaged homes in Staten Island
· Holy Hands was started by a student, Jason, while
attending VFCC
· Focus on new church plants when fundraising because
they haven’t set their missions budget yet.
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