Vol. 6: No. 2
February 15, 2017

Click here to download a printable bulletin Insert or 8.5x11 poster of this report

This team installed a new kitchen at the Keys OPC housing facility in Key West!

Can Your Church Use a Team?

... through love serve one another.
Gal. 5:13 (ESV)

Short-term missions do not have to involve overseas travel, passports, inoculations, or large commitments of time. Helping out another OP church right here in the USA is a great way to serve!

The S.T.O.R.M. Report can help your church find the help it needs to carry out something like a construction project, VBS, ministry, or local outreach. When your church makes these needs known, it provides opportunities for service for those who are eager to share their time and talents with their brothers and sisters in the OPC.

OPC'ers from Illinois, Alabama, and Florida recently traveled to Key West, Florida, to install a new kitchen at the Keys OPC facility that houses teams that come for evangelism training with Pastor Bill Welzien. (Scroll down to read "Team Work in Key West!")

Other examples you've read about in previous S.T.O.R.M. Reports include:

OPC'ers from California and Michigan formed Team Utah and met in Magna, Utah, to help refurbish the large OP church building inside and out.
OPC'ers from Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin formed Team Brick and traveled to Brick, New Jersey, to help the OP church there with ongoing reconstructive work following Hurricane Sandy.
OPC'ers from Pennsylvania traveled to Texas to help the OP church in San Antonio with Mission Tejas - VBS, maintenance projects, and local outreach.

We are commanded to use our gifts in serving one another! Is there something that your church could undertake if it had help from another OP church or presbytery?

Contact Us!

If you have a story to share about how another OP church helped your church out, or if you would like to make a request for a team to help you, please contact us at OPCShortTermMissions@opc.org or click below to complete a request form:

Request a Team!

News

Before

Work in Progress

Read the full story here:

Team Work in Key West!

Members of OP churches from three different states formed a team that met in Key West this month to work on a renovation project at Keys OPC. They turned a space that previously served as a kitchen/ eating/ sitting/ working/ storage area into a large, beautiful new kitchen!

Project organizer Bob Keys says, “What an improvement this was! Thanks to each member of the team that gave of their time and energy to make this major improvement for Keys Presbyterian Church and the ministry of KEM.”

Want to help?

There is still molding and 1,000 square feet of laminated flooring to be installed in Key West! If you can help, contact Bob Keys at bobkeys50@hotmail.com.

Boardwalk Chapel Featured at OPC.org

"The Boardwalk Chapel: Recap of 2016 and Plans for 2017"

Link to Feature Article

Click here to download a printable overview of STM opportunities in the OPC

Help Out Another OP Church

July 2017: Construction and Evangelism in Utah

Skilled volunteers are encouraged to apply to join a team that will continue the refurbishment of our OP church building in Magna, Utah. This will be the 3rd summer that Team Utah has traveled to Magna for this purpose. The team will also engage in evangelism training and outreach among Mormons with OP Pastor Jason Wallace!

Dates: July 22-31, 2017

Do You Cook? If the team is large enough, they may recruit a designated cook to join them!

Contact:
Courtney Habegger
87courtney@gmail.com

Get all the details here:

Join Team Utah!

Skilled Volunteers Needed in Kentucky

Neon Reformed Presbyterian Church, an OP church plant in Neon, Kentucky, would be blessed to receive the help of skilled volunteers to help them complete the refurbishment of the building that houses their church and manse. Laminated flooring needs to be installed, and a master bathroom rebuilt.

Contact:
Rev. Jay Bennett
neonopc@gmail.com

Learn more here:

Help Needed in Neon, KY

Summer 2017 Opportunities

Summer 2017: Join Team Haiti!

Team Haiti will conduct mini VBS programs based on Reformed catechetical instruction in the Creole language with the assistance of translators.

Dates: June 28-July 6, 2017
Click here to download an application form!
For further information, contact David Thibault at davidthibault@sbcglobal.net

Team Haiti 2016 on the road

Download a brochure:

Team Haiti Brochure

Summer 2017: Join Team Praha!

Team Praha will travel to the Czech Republic to help OP missionaries Marilyn and Jerry Farnik with 3 weeks of ministry to children, teens, and young adults!

Dates: July 24-Aug.14, 2017
Application Deadline: March 15, 2017
For further information or to request an online application form, contact David Crum at davecrum1@gmail.com

The city of Prague ("Praha")

Download a brochure:

Team Praha Brochure

2017 Openings at the Boardwalk Chapel

The Boardwalk Chapel in Wildwood, New Jersey, is looking for YOUNG MEN to come serve on the Evangelism and Music teams this summer!

There are TWO WEEKS open for church groups to come serve as Ministry Teams this summer!

Some weekends in May are open for SKILLED VOLUNTEERS who can come help prepare the Chapel buildings for the busy summer season!

Three weekends in September are available for YOUTH GROUPS to come enjoy fun, fellowship, and free concerts at the Chapel!

Some of the 2016 Volunteer Staff members

Contact:
Jim Zozzaro
Elizabeth Horst
boardwalkchapel@gmail.com

Further information on these and other openings at the Chapel:

2017 Openings at the Chapel

Year-Round Opportunities for Service

May 15-July 21, 2017:
ESL Teachers Needed in South Korea

Two volunteers are urgently needed to teach English as a Second Language (ESL) at the Missionary Training Institute in South Korea, May 15 - July 21, 2017!

Contact:
Ms. Mihyang Choi-Yoon
mihyangc@hotmail.com

Learn more here:

Teach ESL in South Korea

Missionary Associates Needed in Uruguay

The OP Mission in Montevideo, Uruguay, is currently seeking individuals to serve as Missionary Associates in the following capacities:

To assist with outreach, evangelism, and music in the worship services (must possess at least a Limited Working Proficiency in Spanish)
To assist with missionary childcare, cooking, and cleaning (must possess at least Elementary Proficiency in Spanish).

What is a Missionary Associate?

Click here to learn more about Missionary Associate service in the OPC

For full details on the opportunities in Uruguay, please contact:
Rev. Douglas Clawson
Associate General Secretary, Committee on Foreign Missions
douglas.clawson@opc.org

MA Needed in Uruguay

Missionary Associate Needed in Quebec

OP missionary Rev. Ben Westerveld is currently seeking a young man or woman who desires to assist in the outreach and discipleship ministries of St-Marc's Reformed Church in Quebec City, where Rev. Westerveld serves as Pastor.

Please consider applying if you:

are a professing believer of Reformed conviction
can speak French or desire to learn the language
can make a commitment of at least one year
are available to start in 2017 (or any year!)

What is a Missionary Associate?

Click here to learn more about Missionary Associate service in the OPC

For full details on the opportunity in Quebec, please contact:
Rev. Douglas Clawson
Associate General Secretary, Committee on Foreign Missions
douglas.clawson@opc.org

MA Needed in Quebec