Welcome to Building Hope in the City

101 Sessions | Individuals | Groups | Congregations

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Building Hope 101 Session

Need more information about urban mission opportunities that fit your interest and schedule? Want to learn more about Building Hope in the City? Then plan to attend our next "Building Hope: 101" class. It's a 1-hour introduction to our ministry. You'll have the opportunity to meet staff and board members, tour urban ministry sites and discover how and where God is calling you to the urban mission field.

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Individuals, couples and families

• Sign up to take part in one-day servant events like CitySERVE or Winter Blanket Drives.

• Get involved with ministry to urban children, such as tutoring, Kid's Church, Bible Clubs and outreach events.

• Step into cross-cultural mission by assisting with our Arab and African-refugee ministries, including ESL, citizenship and cooking classes, Bible studies and fellowship events.

• Help organize a new outreach opportunity at your congregation with Building Hope in the City's support.

• Put your gifts, skills and passions to use in new ways in the city. Are you a pro at home repairs? Passionate about art, music or a particular hobby? Are you a health professional, lawyer, mechanic, butcher, baker or candlestick maker? Whatever your ability, we've got ways for you to serve!

• Attend an upcoming Building Hope in City event to learn more about what we do.

• Make a financial gift to support urban mission.

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Small groups, Bible study groups and youth groups

• Design your own one-day Urban Mission Field Trip for your group with Building Hope in the City as your guide/coordinator.

• Sign up to provide meals for the homeless or for urban children through a local urban congregation.

• Work with a local urban church or school to organize an outreach event in the city for children and families.

• Organize an event at your congregation to support a specific Building Hope in the City ministry or missionary.

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Congregtaions

• Schedule a Building Hope 101 Session to be hosted at your congregation, giving your members and leaders more information about urban mission in your area.

• Invite a Building Hope in the City Missionary to give a presentation at your congregation.

• Organize an in-gathering for urban ministry, a collection of needed supplies for ministries such as tutoring, clothing, hunger, ESL, etc.

• Organize a service group from your organization to help for one day at an urban mission site.

• Partner your congregation with an urban congregation so that your whole church can get involved in seeing God work in the city.

• Support a specific missionary, mission with financial gifts.

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