Event’s Narrative Arc

Problem: Many urban youths today are dealing with so much that they don’t have the chance to hear the message of the gospel clearly, especially from the adults in their lives.   

Solution(s): We offer a place away from distraction in their daily life, where they can encounter Jesus in an authentic way, in community with their peers, with support of caring counselors, all while having fun 

Outcomes: More kids make decisions for Christ and are strengthened in their faith. Kids are equipped with age-appropriate spiritual formation that they take back into their daily lives. Finally, they’ve build relationships and bonds with their counselors which set the stage for conversation and life-change.  

Invitation / Projected Event Goals: When you give tonight, you are providing scholarships to camp for our local urban youth, which will create opportunities for more kids to build healthy relationships and hear the gospel.  

Possible Next Steps

Serving

• Write a letter of encouragement to a camper for each day of a camper’s experience 
• Help prepare the grounds for arriving summer campers 

Learning

• Read the camp blog to learn more about the power camp has in the lives of kids and adults 
• Attend a volunteer training to learn about the unique challenges urban youth are facing today 

Sharing

• Share our camp video on your social media 
• Host a “Camp Supply Backpack” packing party 

Praying

• Pray for a counselor during the week of camp 
• Pray for a specific child during the week of camp 

Giving

• Donate supplies for camp 
• Become a monthly giving partner 

Notes from a Recent Event

• Décor included tents, table were decorated with bright checkered table clothes, center pieces were miniature, flameless campfires 
• Food included: elevated mess-hall meal served on cafeteria trays and s’mores 
• Camp counselors were servers and shared stories of their experiences as they worked the room.  They wore a bright colored shirt identifying them as a counselor. 
• Two testimonial videos from past scholarship recipients sharing how camp changed their lives 
• Opened and closed the event with camp-fire worship songs. Lyrics printed in program 
• Table hosts lead an interactive camp competition between tables  

Event’s Narrative Arc

Problem: Many trained missionaries are stopped from serving on the field due to the crushing debt obtained to pursue an occupation that would allow them into a closed country.  

Solution(s): Provide debt repayment programs for approved missionaries 

Outcomes: More missionaries are able to go, and stay, on the field which means that more people are being reached with the Good News, their lives and villages are being radically transformed. 

Invitation / Projected Event Goals: When you give, it relieves missionaries of the burden of debt, allowing them to fully immerse themselves in their work proclaiming the gospel and bringing the Good News to unreached people groups.  

Possible Next Steps

Serving

• Write letters of encouragement to a missionary 
• Host a missionary for dinner while they are home on furlough  

Learning

• Read a blog about the significant requirements placed on missionaries 
• Attend a documentary screening to learn about an unreached people group 

Sharing

• Share what you learned at the dinner what you learned with a friend 
• Repost a social media message  
• Host a “Fill a Heart” party with your friends 

Praying

• Attend our monthly prayer zoom call 
• Pick a missionary in our program and commit to praying for them weekly by name 

Giving

• Make a gift to our debt-repayment pool 
• Become a monthly partner and help cover a specific missionary’s debt 

Notes from a Recent Event

• The dinner was held at an airplane hangar, emphasizing that missionaries are sent all over the world.  
• Testimonials were from current/past missionaries. 
• Keynote speaker was a woman who had heard the gospel through a missionary, describing how her life had been transformed as a result.  
• In the entry way were interactive exhibit showing the various occupations missionaries use as a means to reach people with the Gospel. They shared examples of real-life conversations and prompted guests to consider how they could share their own faith stories in their jobs and lives.  
• Behind the speakers on the stage is a world map, again emphasizing that this cause is indeed global. 
• The event ended with a time of worship 

Event’s Narrative Arc

Problem: Kids in foster care often don’t have supplies when they arrive at a new home. They feel lost, scared, and uncertain.  

Solution(s): Provide foster families with support items   

Outcomes: Kids feel seen and cared for, foster parents are supported 

Invitation / Projected Event Goals: When you give, it provides support items, mentoring and training for parents which makes for healthier foster families.  

Possible Next Steps 

Serving

• Volunteer at a Parent’s Night Out event 
• Become a mentor 

Learning

• Read our blog about the reality of the foster system.  
• Attend a “Learn More about Mentoring” night 

Sharing

• Share what you learned at the dinner what you learned with a friend 
• Repost a social media message  
• Host a “Fill a Heart” party with your friends 

Praying

• Attend our monthly prayer zoom call 
• Pick a family in our program and commit to praying for them weekly by name 

Giving

• Donate a gift card for Parents Night Out event 
• Become a monthly partner so that there are stable resources to budget against as we expand.  

Notes from a Recent Event:

• The menu was an adult take on child-hood favorite foods.  
• Testimonials were from current/past foster families.  
• Keynote speaker was a former foster child.  
• There were stations around the room that illustrated various elements of their programs.  
• The guests took the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) inventory to better understand the kinds of trauma that children in foster care regularly face, and how preventing early trauma can improve long-term health.