Community Ministry Grant Project (CMG)
Project: In cooperation with the Center for Congregations, to discern a mutual ministry in our community and to engage the people of CtK in that ministry.
Purpose: To continue CtK's intentionally missional movement of loving and serving the world beginning next door.
CMG team: Marie Blunt (project director), Pastor Caroline, Pastor Brad, Jill Harms, Bill Montgomery, and Tom Jordan.
Funding: The Center for Congregations will grant up to $30,000 in matching funds for a new community ministry. CtK will need to raise funds to match the grant requested plus any additional funds needed to start-up or continue the project.
In 2018, CtK was accepted into the Center for Congregations Community Ministry Grant (CMG) program. The goal is to create a mutual ministry within our community over the next couple of years.
When you hear mutual ministry think relationships, asset-based, and collaboration.
The journey started with an asset analysis and relational asset analysis community meeting.
The CMG team participated in community outreach to hear the communities needs and held a prayer walk that brought the team and congregation to a time of prayer and reflection around the community.
After months of reflection and prayer, the team identified social isolation as a community issue and concern. How can we bring people together for fellowship, support and grow friendships? The concept of an outdoor brick oven on the CtK property is developing as a potential key component.
Learn more about this wonderful opportunity for CtK and the community in the upcoming weeks. As the Body of Christ, we are called and sent to love and serve the world - Help us fulfill that promise.
Project: In cooperation with the Center for Congregations, to discern a mutual ministry in our community and to engage the people of CtK in that ministry.
Purpose: To continue CtK's intentionally missional movement of loving and serving the world beginning next door.
CMG team: Marie Blunt (project director), Pastor Caroline, Pastor Brad, Jill Harms, Bill Montgomery, and Tom Jordan.
Funding: The Center for Congregations will grant up to $30,000 in matching funds for a new community ministry. CtK will need to raise funds to match the grant requested plus any additional funds needed to start-up or continue the project.
In 2018, CtK was accepted into the Center for Congregations Community Ministry Grant (CMG) program. The goal is to create a mutual ministry within our community over the next couple of years.
When you hear mutual ministry think relationships, asset-based, and collaboration.
- Mutual ministries are relational—these ministries allow for friendships to be formed and will create a ministry to be done with people, not for people.
- Mutual ministries are asset-based—CtK will look at the passions and gifts of congregation members, assets of our congregation as a whole and assets of our community to create a ministry that combines these asset areas together.
- Mutual ministries are collaborative—it involved congregants, community members, and those they wish to serve working together to create and build a program to serve the community.
The journey started with an asset analysis and relational asset analysis community meeting.
The CMG team participated in community outreach to hear the communities needs and held a prayer walk that brought the team and congregation to a time of prayer and reflection around the community.
After months of reflection and prayer, the team identified social isolation as a community issue and concern. How can we bring people together for fellowship, support and grow friendships? The concept of an outdoor brick oven on the CtK property is developing as a potential key component.
Learn more about this wonderful opportunity for CtK and the community in the upcoming weeks. As the Body of Christ, we are called and sent to love and serve the world - Help us fulfill that promise.
