GBA Children’s Missions Day Initiative
Purpose:
Give children/families an opportunity to serve outside of their local church to promote missions.
Promote the missions (the act of service) through activities designed for learning about
areas of service as well as performing acts of service hands on.
Who:
Students ages 6-12 years old (up to age 14 allowed) and adult sponsors (must be 18+)
What:
Children’s Mission Day is a day of hands-on learning and serving for the students, and an
opportunity to let our local communities know that Jesus loves them.
Time Frame:
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Registration, handing out mission assignments and directions to work sites (coffee and donuts served for adult sponsors and workers)
9:00 – 9:45 a.m. Opening Celebration Kick Off
9:45 – 10:00 a.m. Travel to mission work sites
10:00 – 12:00p.m. Serving/working on location
(11:30 a.m. Host church provides meal transportation to work sites)
12:00 p.m. Lunch served on location (at individual work sites)
3:00 p.m. Projects completed/end of workday/go home
Registration Information:
To register email admin@gatewayba.org or call (618) 254-3953
Registration Deadline: * about two weeks before mission date (Monday, March 13, 2023)
Types of Possible Serving Opportunities/Projects:
-Cleaning with local parks and recreation departments, farms, smaller churches
-Washing police cars or fire department vehicles
-Assisting with mass mailings, cleaning, organizing for local community ministries
-Play games with residents of local nursing homes or assisted living facilities
-Puppet ministry at local nursing homes
-Assisting in organizing at local library
Extra Possible Projects at Host Church:
-Cleaning inside, clearing landscaping outside, organizing
-Salvation rocks (painting) or bracelets
-Make Easter cards for local nursing homes
Host Church Expectations:
-Locate service opportunity locations (6-8) and send information to GBA office (preferably 2-3 months out)
-Locate a nurse (if possible) to be at the host church the full day of the event
-Have a team of lunch runners available between 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. the day of the event (at least one for each work site) to take lunch to the working teams
-Have 1-2 Volunteers for the registration table (need two tables for this)
-Have 1-2 Volunteers to work the t-shirt table (shirts will already be organized by church attending)
-Have 1 money collector for registration table
-Have 1-2 Volunteers to work the Coffee/Donut area for Adult Sponsors/Workers
-Have Volunteers to oversee any projects that will be done on site at the host church (number needed will depend on projects to be completed) *Note, some groups may return to the host church to work on extra projects if they complete their main tasks before the end of the day
-Plan the opening celebration service music (can be a worship team from another church if needed)
-Host church can plan lunch arrangements, or the GBA office can coordinate
