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What Your Church Can Do In This Time Of Recession

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Pink Slip Care
Assemble practical care packages for the newly laid off – workers’ rights laws for your state; recent help-wanted ads with Post-it notes and a pen; a grocery gift card; a directory of government services; mortgage renegotiation programs and local relief organizations; and a resumé checklist, paper, envelopes and stamps. Encourage church members to give the packages to anyone they know who has just lost a job.

Job Pool
Ask church members to fill out a card indicating available jobs they know of or jobs they’re seeking. Use your church Web site and information boards at coin-operated laundry facilities, coffee shops and grocery stores to disperse the information to your community. (Tip: Delegate this ministry to an unemployed church member and compensate him or her – even if only a little – for their time.)

Weekly Gathering
Reach out to the unemployed in both the church and your community through a weekly gathering at the church, a coffeehouse or other community hangout. Offer a time of sharing and, at the end, give people an opportunity to pray and be prayed for. Ask people to submit written prayer requests and let them know a team of people will be praying for them throughout the week.

Resumé Tune-Ups
Host a free resumé workshop at your church. Recruit or compensate local personnel directors, career counselors (and maybe even an English teacher!), etc., to give a brief resumé dos and don’ts seminar, followed by some hands-on assistance for attendees.

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New Videos from Western Penn District

A version of the popular "Mac vs. PC" commercials has made its way into The Wesleyan Church.

The Church Multiplication Task Force (CMTF), made up of pastors on the Western Pennsylvania District, seeks to equip pastors in leadership and empower local Wesleyan churches.

"Our goal was to equip and empower local Wesleyan churches to fulfill the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment, and the videos are one way that we are seeking to do that," says Shawn Cossin, senior pastor at Sandy Lake Wesleyan Church in Sandy Lake Pa., and chairman of CMTF. "We wanted to creatively address common misconceptions and concerns that could keep churches from joining the Mission Multiplication Movement (multiplying disciples, leaders, and churches)."

A few of the one-minute videos were originally performed as a live skit at the recent Western Pennsylvania district conference. To view the videos, visit www.theydidwewill.org.

M³ Video

E&CG now has a video available for District Leaders to help visually show our M³ slogan of Missional Multiplication Movement. To view it, please click the video to the right.