Ministry to Muscatine
In Scripture, we repeatedly see that God is a God of abundance. He has a giving nature and is generous in all he does. We believe God calls us to be generous as well as we reflect who He is to our community. One of our founders, John Wimber, has said "We get to give, to get to give, to get to give." We believe we cannot outgive God. We look for opportunities to serve.
We also believe we don't have to reinvent the wheel. For that reason, we find groups in our community that are already serving one another and walk alongside those groups bringing Jesus into each situation.
We support the following area ministries and outreaches:
We also believe we don't have to reinvent the wheel. For that reason, we find groups in our community that are already serving one another and walk alongside those groups bringing Jesus into each situation.
We support the following area ministries and outreaches:
- Monthly financial support for feeding the hungry at Jesus Mission since 2010.
- We take a special offering for the Salvation Army Red Kettle at Christmastime
- Collections of laundry items, coffee, snacks for the Domestic Violence Shelter
- Feeding the hungry at the area homeless shelter
- Encourage our local teachers and paraeducators through donations to their break room and a card letting them know we pray for them for safekeeping and creativity throughout the school year (new for 2022-23 school year)
- Encourage our Fire Department and Police departments through pizza meals for all shifts provided to show support and appreciation
- Encourage our First Responders by taking snacks to the Safety building with notes of appreciation
- Our blessings box outside our main entrance is filled with books, food and paper products for people to take as needed
- We take trays of cookies and treats with a note of appreciation to those who work in the hospital and safety building on Christmas Eve.
- Muscatine High School's Muskie Locker providing snacks, meals and personal hygiene products to kids in need
- We present "Music on the Green" next door at City Hall during one of the Farmer's Market events each summer. Free donuts and water are given away. We had stopped this during COVID-19, but are resuming in 2022.O
- Pastor Ray is a chaplain at the local jail across the street from our facility. He provides emotional and prayer support as needed for area inmates
- We helped support the Muscatine School lunch program to help meet the need to eradicate student school lunch debt
- We coordinate a Sportsmen's Fellowship Banquet and offer a meal, prizes and entertainment as well as a speaker who shares the love of Jesus with our group. Prayer support and encouragement are vital to the relationships in a church setting.
Ministry Outside of our Community
- Pregnancy Resources of the Quad Cities providing help and support to women who have to make the most difficult of life's choices
- La Vina Churches of Mexico -- we help plant Vineyard churches across Mexico
- We have taken five trips to Mexico to help with the building of schools, a clinic, and churches. We help with the feeding program at area colonias
- Convoy of Hope outreach supplying food and water to the Ukraine, Haiti, and for hurricane relief to our southern states
- We partnered with the Salvation Army outreach twice with gifts of money for food, clothing, and personal needs following the Cedar Rapids derecho
