December 2024
Each month, we spotlight missionaries and missions projects that we support as a church. The dollars you give as an offering to missions MATTER. Lives are being changed across the street and around the world.
Global Missionary
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Larry and Melodee Gruetzmacher are missionaries to the Latin America Caribbean region who are based in Mexico City.
They help develop leaders through training and mentorship, and support church planting efforts in cities all over the region.
They help develop leaders through training and mentorship, and support church planting efforts in cities all over the region.
Home Missionary
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Dick and Lisa Herman are Chi Alpha missionaries at Texas State University where they have served for 23 years. Their daughter, Emily, is 13 years old.
A message from the Herman ministry:
Dick and Lisa Herman serve as Chi Alpha missionaries at Texas State University. Dick also gives oversight to Chi Alpha ministries throughout the North Texas District. Our mission within Chi Alpha is to reconcile university students to Christ, equipping them through Spirit-filled communities of prayer, worship, fellowship, discipleship and mission to transform the university, the marketplace, and the world. On our campus of 41,000 students, we accomplish this each week through our Tuesday Night Live worship service, student-led small group Bible studies, 1 on 1 discipleship, plus numerous activities, outreaches, and mission trips. Jesus is moving in the hearts of our Bobcats! Pray for us as we reach and disciple the leaders of tomorrow. We are honored to have you on our support team! @XATXST
A message from the Herman ministry:
Dick and Lisa Herman serve as Chi Alpha missionaries at Texas State University. Dick also gives oversight to Chi Alpha ministries throughout the North Texas District. Our mission within Chi Alpha is to reconcile university students to Christ, equipping them through Spirit-filled communities of prayer, worship, fellowship, discipleship and mission to transform the university, the marketplace, and the world. On our campus of 41,000 students, we accomplish this each week through our Tuesday Night Live worship service, student-led small group Bible studies, 1 on 1 discipleship, plus numerous activities, outreaches, and mission trips. Jesus is moving in the hearts of our Bobcats! Pray for us as we reach and disciple the leaders of tomorrow. We are honored to have you on our support team! @XATXST
Missions Project
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Kidz Harbor is an emergency shelter for children in the foster care system along with a long term home for ones not adoptable for whatever reason.
A message from DC's Kidz Harbor outreach leader Karen Hyatt:
We have the unique privilege of being able to hold a Bible Club for all ages once a month. We include Bible lessons, verse memorization challenges, songs, games
and snacks. The goal of the club is to introduce these children to the love of Jesus and the fact that He is always with them.
Dominion Church has provided many volunteers that are dedicated to these kids and their spiritual growth. We have volunteers for all age groups including K-5th grades, Teenagers and our Spanish only. Some of the volunteers have started being a part of the Kidz Harbor Tutoring Team helping the kids in that tangible way.
Dominion Church is represented in all these areas and we have been able to place a Bible in each child's hand thanks to the church's support.
As these children leave Kidz Harbor we pray that Jesus' impact on their lives continues to grow.
A message from DC's Kidz Harbor outreach leader Karen Hyatt:
We have the unique privilege of being able to hold a Bible Club for all ages once a month. We include Bible lessons, verse memorization challenges, songs, games
and snacks. The goal of the club is to introduce these children to the love of Jesus and the fact that He is always with them.
Dominion Church has provided many volunteers that are dedicated to these kids and their spiritual growth. We have volunteers for all age groups including K-5th grades, Teenagers and our Spanish only. Some of the volunteers have started being a part of the Kidz Harbor Tutoring Team helping the kids in that tangible way.
Dominion Church is represented in all these areas and we have been able to place a Bible in each child's hand thanks to the church's support.
As these children leave Kidz Harbor we pray that Jesus' impact on their lives continues to grow.
November 2024
Each month, we spotlight missionaries and missions projects that we support as a church. The dollars you give as an offering to missions MATTER. Lives are being changed across the street and around the world.
Global Missionary
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Paul and Jocelyn Gracza are missionaries to Hungary, where they have been serving for 34 years.
A message from the Gracza ministry:
Paul serves as the President of the Pentecostal Theological College in Budapest, Hungary. We currently have 340 students studying at the college in a variety of BA, MA, and one year theological, ministry and practical study areas.
We also assist with church planting efforts as well as local church ministry.
Jocelyn has ministered extensively among children and women. She has coordinated children's camps, led local church children's ministry, serves as a teenager pastor, spoken throughout the country to local and national women's ministry groups and conferences, and meets regularly with a group of women for both social and spiritual service.
We rejoice in all that God is doing in Hungary and are very thankful for the ongoing support of churches throughout the United States that invest in the spiritual transformation of the Hungarian people.
A message from the Gracza ministry:
Paul serves as the President of the Pentecostal Theological College in Budapest, Hungary. We currently have 340 students studying at the college in a variety of BA, MA, and one year theological, ministry and practical study areas.
We also assist with church planting efforts as well as local church ministry.
Jocelyn has ministered extensively among children and women. She has coordinated children's camps, led local church children's ministry, serves as a teenager pastor, spoken throughout the country to local and national women's ministry groups and conferences, and meets regularly with a group of women for both social and spiritual service.
We rejoice in all that God is doing in Hungary and are very thankful for the ongoing support of churches throughout the United States that invest in the spiritual transformation of the Hungarian people.
Home Missionary
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Ken and Lisa Frisby lead "Something Beautiful, Inside and Out Prison Ministry" and have been involved in ministry to the incarcerated for 41 years.
A message from the Frisby ministry:
We have called Dominion Church our home for 10 years now. We want to express our thanks for the ongoing support- as we reach out and love those incarcerated with the love of Jesus.
--We share the Word of God in written form, face to face, one on one ministry.
--We write, schedule visits and purchase e-commerce through an electronic process.
--We are able to schedule online -1 hour visitation with each inmate, like a zoom call! We see as many as we can schedule on a Saturday and Sunday.
--Through e commerce store we are able to purchase basic hygiene to help supply needs to those that are indigent, and do not have family support.
We are the only family that some of these women have in their lives. We love them like daughters.
We appreciate the support and prayers for these that may seem forgotten. Hebrews 13:3 says remember those that are in bonds, as if you were there.
A message from the Frisby ministry:
We have called Dominion Church our home for 10 years now. We want to express our thanks for the ongoing support- as we reach out and love those incarcerated with the love of Jesus.
--We share the Word of God in written form, face to face, one on one ministry.
--We write, schedule visits and purchase e-commerce through an electronic process.
--We are able to schedule online -1 hour visitation with each inmate, like a zoom call! We see as many as we can schedule on a Saturday and Sunday.
--Through e commerce store we are able to purchase basic hygiene to help supply needs to those that are indigent, and do not have family support.
We are the only family that some of these women have in their lives. We love them like daughters.
We appreciate the support and prayers for these that may seem forgotten. Hebrews 13:3 says remember those that are in bonds, as if you were there.
Missions Project
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Convoy of Hope is a faith-based organization with a driving passion to feed the world through children's feeding initiatives, community outreach, and disaster response.
A message from Convoy of Hope:
This year marks Convoy of Hope's 30th year delivering hope around the world!
It started when Convoy's founder, Hal Donaldson, lost his father in a car crash at age 12, and one act of kindness gave him hope for the future. That one movement of kindness has multiplied and expanded.
Since 1994, we have officially served more than 250 million people, passed the $2.5-billion mark in relief distributed, and partnered with more than 1 million volunteers across the world.
We're just getting started. Join us and stay up to date about the latest at convoyofhope.org.
A message from Convoy of Hope:
This year marks Convoy of Hope's 30th year delivering hope around the world!
It started when Convoy's founder, Hal Donaldson, lost his father in a car crash at age 12, and one act of kindness gave him hope for the future. That one movement of kindness has multiplied and expanded.
Since 1994, we have officially served more than 250 million people, passed the $2.5-billion mark in relief distributed, and partnered with more than 1 million volunteers across the world.
We're just getting started. Join us and stay up to date about the latest at convoyofhope.org.
October 2024
Global Missionary
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Brad and Becky Schowengerdt are missionaries itinerating to go to the Solomon Islands.
A message from the Schowengerdt ministry:
The Solomon Islands is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Australia. Our nation consists of over 900 small islands. Isaiah 42:4 says, “The far-flung islands wait expectantly for His teaching.” We will be going to this nation with a goal of planting churches among the remote villages and tribal areas in the Solomon Islands, where there has never been a church of any kind. We will utilize healthcare outreach events as Becky is a Physician Assistant and we are told there are children in these remote villages that may live their entire lives with a low-grade fever or have an open wound on their legs that never heals. We hope to treat the physical needs in these villages in order to open the door to treat the deep spiritual need there as well. We are currently itinerating, or fundraising, for our first term. At this time, we have reached 12% of our monthly budget and have a goal to leave for the Solomon Islands by July 2025.
A message from the Schowengerdt ministry:
The Solomon Islands is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Australia. Our nation consists of over 900 small islands. Isaiah 42:4 says, “The far-flung islands wait expectantly for His teaching.” We will be going to this nation with a goal of planting churches among the remote villages and tribal areas in the Solomon Islands, where there has never been a church of any kind. We will utilize healthcare outreach events as Becky is a Physician Assistant and we are told there are children in these remote villages that may live their entire lives with a low-grade fever or have an open wound on their legs that never heals. We hope to treat the physical needs in these villages in order to open the door to treat the deep spiritual need there as well. We are currently itinerating, or fundraising, for our first term. At this time, we have reached 12% of our monthly budget and have a goal to leave for the Solomon Islands by July 2025.
Home Missionary
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Joshua and Erynn Beaty are reaching students at West Texas A&M University as Chi Alpha missionaries in Canyon, Texas. They are planting this Chi Alpha and just launched August of 2024!
A message from the Beaty ministry:
Chi Alpha exists to reconcile students to Christ. Our name, Chi Alpha, stands for the words Christs Ambassadors in 2 Corinthians 5:20.
“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.”
2 Corinthians 5:20 ESV
Thank you for supporting us as we represent Christ to university students. We know that people will be in Heaven as a result of our ministry, which wouldn’t be possible without Dominion church supporting us.
We are officially registered as a new Student Organization with our campus. We are hosting small groups and worship services on campus every week, and we spend week days meeting new students and sharing the Gospel. We are already connected with unbelievers on campus who are beginning to seek Jesus with us.
Thank you Dominion Church for helping to make our ministry possible! We can’t wait to share the testimonies of what the Lord does this year.
A message from the Beaty ministry:
Chi Alpha exists to reconcile students to Christ. Our name, Chi Alpha, stands for the words Christs Ambassadors in 2 Corinthians 5:20.
“Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.”
2 Corinthians 5:20 ESV
Thank you for supporting us as we represent Christ to university students. We know that people will be in Heaven as a result of our ministry, which wouldn’t be possible without Dominion church supporting us.
We are officially registered as a new Student Organization with our campus. We are hosting small groups and worship services on campus every week, and we spend week days meeting new students and sharing the Gospel. We are already connected with unbelievers on campus who are beginning to seek Jesus with us.
Thank you Dominion Church for helping to make our ministry possible! We can’t wait to share the testimonies of what the Lord does this year.
Missions Project
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Relief Network Ministries has a mission to help end the water crisis in West Africa and parts of South India. They help communities create sustainable water, sanitation, hygiene, and Christian witness programs in partnership with local churches.
A message from Relief Network Ministries:
The broad strategic mission of RNM is to work through specific faith based community-driven project efforts to meet the needs of impoverished communities particularly in developing countries, rural areas, and inner cities. This helps RNM target the socio-economic problems associated with the family & human sufferings, especially in 3rd world countries and our inner cities.
Our ultimate mission therefore is to touch lives for Christ & eternity. In addition, RNM aims to minister to urban drug addicts, alcohol abusers and battered women / teenage mothers who desire to be helped through RNM’s faith based approach.
The objectives of the organization focus on ways to alleviate the adverse consequences of poverty and illiteracy, such as poor hygienic standards and inadequate skills for gainful employment. Often the poor find themselves in places with unsanitary drinking water or portable domestic water, especially in Africa & the 3rd world.
In the process, we seek to mobilize community support for development initiatives such as drilling and maintaining water wells, providing skills acquisition such as tailoring & dress making for women; providing technology training sessions especially in computer technology, and deploying our diagnostic medical tool called TROPIX in rural Clinics and Health Care Centers.
A message from Relief Network Ministries:
The broad strategic mission of RNM is to work through specific faith based community-driven project efforts to meet the needs of impoverished communities particularly in developing countries, rural areas, and inner cities. This helps RNM target the socio-economic problems associated with the family & human sufferings, especially in 3rd world countries and our inner cities.
Our ultimate mission therefore is to touch lives for Christ & eternity. In addition, RNM aims to minister to urban drug addicts, alcohol abusers and battered women / teenage mothers who desire to be helped through RNM’s faith based approach.
The objectives of the organization focus on ways to alleviate the adverse consequences of poverty and illiteracy, such as poor hygienic standards and inadequate skills for gainful employment. Often the poor find themselves in places with unsanitary drinking water or portable domestic water, especially in Africa & the 3rd world.
In the process, we seek to mobilize community support for development initiatives such as drilling and maintaining water wells, providing skills acquisition such as tailoring & dress making for women; providing technology training sessions especially in computer technology, and deploying our diagnostic medical tool called TROPIX in rural Clinics and Health Care Centers.