Churches join forces … to drywall
LIHU’E – Over a dozen Protestant Kaua’i churches are joining forces with almost
four dozen volunteers from Georgia this week for a week of evangelism and
construction.
Plans call for three nights of meetings that began last night
at the War Memorial Convention Center, followed by a dramatic presentation on
Sunday night – all put on by members of Outreach America, a ministry of an
Atlanta-based church.
The visitors arrived on Wednesday and brought their
work clothes along and plan to drywall the interior of the new Aloha Church
ministry center in Lihu’e.
A drama titled “The Pretenders” on Sunday
night June 18 at 6:00 p.m. at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall.
“The
theme of the play is people who are pretending to be one thing, but are
actually another, and is aimed by churchgoers and the world in general,” said
Pastor Troy Shaw of Celebration Church in Atlanta, the founder and leader of
Outreach America.
Shaw is the senior pastor of the multi-racial
congregation of 285 members, and has made six ministry trips to Kaua’i over the
past four years.
Shaw said his attraction to Kaua’i came through a call for
help, rather than through a picturesque travel photo of the Island.
“I
called the Assembly of God headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, and they said
it was hard to get teams to come to Hawai’i because of its tourism image,” Shaw
said.
His team is one of hundreds traveling out to churches across the
United States who each year help other churches with construction projects, do
short-term relief work in poverty areas, do street evangelism and other “good
works.”
“It’s hard to recruit teams to come to Hawai’i because of vacation
image,” Shaw said, “that’s why we keep coming. We get some ridicule back in
Atlanta, because of this.”
He said the visit took nine months to plan, and
includes a choir of skilled musicians and singers, a “Celebration Station” kids
team who will put on a vacation Bible school at the Aloha Church, and a unique
puppetry team that uses a black-light puppet.
“All things considered I
believe that our visit will be quite profitable for the local folks of Kaua’i,”
Shaw said.
Members pay their own way on the self-supporting missions.
Shaw said his Kaua’i team has each paid over $1,200 for air tickets and
accommodations. They’ll buy food and other items while on island with their own
pocket money.
“Tradesmen paid their own way and are taking their own
vacation time,” he said. “We have two or three general contractors, and other
skilled technicians. The focus is the drywall work, a key phase in the ongoing
project.”
Joining Outreach America in putting on the four nights of
ministry and drama at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall are: Church of
the First Born, Kapaa Assembly of God, Kauai International Christian
Fellowship, Kilauea Christian Fellowship, Kauai Island Ministries, ‘Ele’ele
Baptist Church, Kapaa Missionary Church, Kauai Bible Church, Lihue Christian
Church, The Way of Salvation Church, Garden Island Church of the Nazarene,
Garden Isle Church of God, Koloa Missionary Church, Thy Word Ministries, Kapaa
Baptist Church, King’s Chapel Assembly of God, Lift Jesus Higher, and Hope
Chapel.
Shaw said the Sunday night drama team is part of what his church
calls “Sunday Night Live.” He said the church runs about 15 ministries in their
community on a regular basis.
“We’ve changed the whole outlook of church
ministries, we want to go out and touch people, empty the sanctuary, hit the
streets,” Shaw said.
He said his church has seen 800 conversions since New
Year’s through their outreach ministries.
“Sunday night attendance has
tripled from 40-50 to just under 200,” he said. “We credit that to ministries.”
“That’s the purpose behind the evangelism conference,” he said. “It’s not
to tell you what to do, but to tell you this is what’s working for us. It’s got
nothing to do with denominational affiliation, but everything to do with
fulfilling the Great Commission, that’s where the beauty is in having 19
churches to come together. It’s a time for all the churches to come together
and work for the common cause.”
By CHRIS COOK
New Media
Manager
LIHU’E — Over a dozen Protestant Kaua’i churches are joining
forces with almost four dozen volunteers from Georgia this week for a week of
evangelism and construction.
Plans call for three nights of meetings that
began last night at the War Memorial Convention Center, followed by a dramatic
presentation on Sunday night – all put on by members of Outreach America, a
ministry of an Atlanta-based church.
The visitors arrived on Wednesday and
brought their work clothes along and plan to drywall the interior of the new
Aloha Church ministry center in Lihu’e.
A drama titled “The
Pretenders” on Sunday night June 18 at 6:00 p.m. at the Kauai War Memorial
Convention Hall.
“The theme of the play is people who are pretending to be
one thing, but are actually another, and is aimed by churchgoers and the world
in general,” said Pastor Troy Shaw of Celebration Church in Atlanta, the
founder and leader of Outreach America.
Shaw is the senior pastor of the
multi-racial congregation of 285 members, and has made six ministry trips to
Kaua’i over the past four years.
Shaw said his attraction to Kaua’i came
through a call for help, rather than through a picturesque travel photo of the
Island.
“I called the Assembly of God headquarters in Springfield,
Missouri, and they said it was hard to get teams to come to Hawai’i because of
its tourism image,” Shaw said.
His team is one of hundreds traveling out to
churches across the United States who each year help other churches with
construction projects, do short-term relief work in poverty areas, do street
evangelism and other “good works.”
“It’s hard to recruit teams to come to
Hawai’i because of vacation image,” Shaw said, “that’s why we keep coming. We
get some ridicule back in Atlanta, because of this.”
He said the visit took
nine months to plan, and includes a choir of skilled musicians and singers, a
“Celebration Station” kids team who will put on a vacation Bible school at the
Aloha Church, and a unique puppetry team that uses a black-light
puppet.
“All things considered I believe that our visit will be quite
profitable for the local folks of Kaua’i,” Shaw said.
Members pay their own
way on the self-supporting missions.
Shaw said his Kaua’i team has each
paid over $1,200 for air tickets and accommodations. They’ll buy food and other
items while on island with their own pocket money.
“Tradesmen paid their
own way and are taking their own vacation time,” he said. “We have two or three
general contractors, and other skilled technicians. The focus is the drywall
work, a key phase in the ongoing project.”
Joining Outreach America in
putting on the four nights of ministry and drama at the Kauai War Memorial
Convention Hall are: Church of the First Born, Kapaa Assembly of God, Kauai
International Christian Fellowship, Kilauea Christian Fellowship, Kauai Island
Ministries, ‘Ele’ele Baptist Church, Kapaa Missionary Church, Kauai Bible
Church, Lihue Christian Church, The Way of Salvation Church, Garden Island
Church of the Nazarene, Garden Isle Church of God, Koloa Missionary Church, Thy
Word Ministries, Kapaa Baptist Church, King’s Chapel Assembly of God, Lift
Jesus Higher, and Hope Chapel.
Shaw said the Sunday night drama team is
part of what his church calls “Sunday Night Live.” He said the church runs
about 15 ministries in their community on a regular basis.
“We’ve changed
the whole outlook of church ministries, we want to go out and touch people,
empty the sanctuary, hit the streets,” Shaw said.
He said his church has
seen 800 conversions since New Year’s through their outreach ministries.
“Sunday night attendance has tripled from 40-50 to just under 200,” he
said. “We credit that to ministries.”
“That’s the purpose behind the
evangelism conference,” he said. “It’s not to tell you what to do, but to tell
you this is what’s working for us. It’s got nothing to do with denominational
affiliation, but everything to do with fulfilling the Great Commission, that’s
where the beauty is in having 19 churches to come together. It’s a time for all
the churches to come together and work for the common cause.”
By CHRIS
COOK
New Media Manager
LIHU’E — Over a dozen Protestant Kaua’i
churches are joining forces with almost four dozen volunteers from Georgia this
week for a week of evangelism and construction.
Plans call for three nights
of meetings that began last night at the War Memorial Convention Center,
followed by a dramatic presentation on Sunday night – all put on by members of
Outreach America, a ministry of an Atlanta-based church.
The visitors
arrived on Wednesday and brought their work clothes along and plan to drywall
the interior of the new Aloha Church ministry center in Lihu’e.
A drama
titled “The Pretenders” on Sunday night June 18 at 6:00 p.m. at the Kauai War
Memorial Convention Hall.
“The theme of the play is people who are
pretending to be one thing, but are actually another, and is aimed by
churchgoers and the world in general,” said Pastor Troy Shaw of Celebration
Church in Atlanta, the founder and leader of Outreach America.
Shaw is the
senior pastor of the multi-racial congregation of 285 members, and has made six
ministry trips to Kaua’i over the past four years.
Shaw said his attraction
to Kaua’i came through a call for help, rather than through a picturesque
travel photo of the Island.
“I called the Assembly of God headquarters in
Springfield, Missouri, and they said it was hard to get teams to come to
Hawai’i because of its tourism image,” Shaw said.
His team is one of
hundreds traveling out to churches across the United States who each year help
other churches with construction projects, do short-term relief work in poverty
areas, do street evangelism and other “good works.”
“It’s hard to recruit
teams to come to Hawai’i because of vacation image,” Shaw said, “that’s why we
keep coming. We get some ridicule back in Atlanta, because of this.”
He
said the visit took nine months to plan, and includes a choir of skilled
musicians and singers, a “Celebration Station” kids team who will put on a
vacation Bible school at the Aloha Church, and a unique puppetry team that uses
a black-light puppet.
“All things considered I believe that our visit will
be quite profitable for the local folks of Kaua’i,” Shaw said.
Members pay
their own way on the self-supporting missions.
Shaw said his Kaua’i team
has each paid over $1,200 for air tickets and accommodations. They’ll buy food
and other items while on island with their own pocket money.
“Tradesmen
paid their own way and are taking their own vacation time,” he said. “We have
two or three general contractors, and other skilled technicians. The focus is
the drywall work, a key phase in the ongoing project.”
Joining Outreach
America in putting on the four nights of ministry and drama at the Kauai War
Memorial Convention Hall are: Church of the First Born, Kapaa Assembly of God,
Kauai International Christian Fellowship, Kilauea Christian Fellowship, Kauai
Island Ministries, ‘Ele’ele Baptist Church, Kapaa Missionary Church, Kauai
Bible Church, Lihue Christian Church, The Way of Salvation Church, Garden
Island Church of the Nazarene, Garden Isle Church of God, Koloa Missionary
Church, Thy Word Ministries, Kapaa Baptist Church, King’s Chapel Assembly of
God, Lift Jesus Higher, and Hope Chapel.
Shaw said the Sunday night drama
team is part of what his church calls “Sunday Night Live.” He said the church
runs about 15 ministries in their community on a regular basis.
“We’ve
changed the whole outlook of church ministries, we want to go out and touch
people, empty the sanctuary, hit the streets,” Shaw said.
He said his
church has seen 800 conversions since New Year’s through their outreach
ministries.
“Sunday night attendance has tripled from 40-50 to just under
200,” he said. “We credit that to ministries.”
“That’s the purpose behind
the evangelism conference,” he said. “It’s not to tell you what to do, but to
tell you this is what’s working for us. It’s got nothing to do with
denominational affiliation, but everything to do with fulfilling the Great
Commission, that’s where the beauty is in having 19 churches to come together.
It’s a time for all the churches to come together and work for the common
cause.”
By CHRIS COOK
New Media Manager
LIHU’E — Over a dozen
Protestant Kaua’i churches are joining forces with almost four dozen volunteers
from Georgia this week for a week of evangelism and construction.
Plans
call for three nights of meetings that began last night at the War Memorial
Convention Center, followed by a dramatic presentation on Sunday night – all
put on by members of Outreach America, a ministry of an Atlanta-based
church.
The visitors arrived on Wednesday and brought their work clothes
along and plan to drywall the interior of the new Aloha Church ministry center
in Lihu’e.
A drama titled “The Pretenders” on Sunday night June 18 at
6:00 p.m. at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall.
“The theme of the play
is people who are pretending to be one thing, but are actually another, and is
aimed by churchgoers and the world in general,” said Pastor Troy Shaw of
Celebration Church in Atlanta, the founder and leader of Outreach
America.
Shaw is the senior pastor of the multi-racial congregation of 285
members, and has made six ministry trips to Kaua’i over the past four
years.
Shaw said his attraction to Kaua’i came through a call for help,
rather than through a picturesque travel photo of the Island.
“I called the
Assembly of God headquarters in Springfield, Missouri, and they said it was
hard to get teams to come to Hawai’i because of its tourism image,” Shaw
said.
His team is one of hundreds traveling out to churches across the
United States who each year help other churches with construction projects, do
short-term relief work in poverty areas, do street evangelism and other “good
works.”
“It’s hard to recruit teams to come to Hawai’i because of vacation
image,” Shaw said, “that’s why we keep coming. We get some ridicule back in
Atlanta, because of this.”
He said the visit took nine months to plan, and
includes a choir of skilled musicians and singers, a “Celebration Station” kids
team who will put on a vacation Bible school at the Aloha Church, and a unique
puppetry team that uses a black-light puppet.
“All things considered I
believe that our visit will be quite profitable for the local folks of Kaua’i,”
Shaw said.
Members pay their own way on the self-supporting missions.
Shaw said his Kaua’i team has each paid over $1,200 for air tickets and
accommodations. They’ll buy food and other items while on island with their own
pocket money.
“Tradesmen paid their own way and are taking their own
vacation time,” he said. “We have two or three general contractors, and other
skilled technicians. The focus is the drywall work, a key phase in the ongoing
project.”
Joining Outreach America in putting on the four nights of
ministry and drama at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall are: Church of
the First Born, Kapaa Assembly of God, Kauai International Christian
Fellowship, Kilauea Christian Fellowship, Kauai Island Ministries, ‘Ele’ele
Baptist Church, Kapaa Missionary Church, Kauai Bible Church, Lihue Christian
Church, The Way of Salvation Church, Garden Island Church of the Nazarene,
Garden Isle Church of God, Koloa Missionary Church, Thy Word Ministries, Kapaa
Baptist Church, King’s Chapel Assembly of God, Lift Jesus Higher, and Hope
Chapel.
Shaw said the Sunday night drama team is part of what his church
calls “Sunday Night Live.” He said the church runs about 15 ministries in their
community on a regular basis.
“We’ve changed the whole outlook of church
ministries, we want to go out and touch people, empty the sanctuary, hit the
streets,” Shaw said.
He said his church has seen 800 conversions since New
Year’s through their outreach ministries.
“Sunday night attendance has
tripled from 40-50 to just under 200,” he said. “We credit that to ministries.”
“That’s the purpose behind the evangelism conference,” he said. “It’s not
to tell you what to do, but to tell you this is what’s working for us. It’s got
nothing to do with denominational affiliation, but everything to do with
fulfilling the Great Commission, that’s where the beauty is in having 19
churches to come together. It’s a time for all the churches to come together
and work for the common cause.”
