Heartland Ministry
Ordinary people can help change lives and eternal destinies. Let's come alongside those who have walked farther down the highway of life. We will all walk this path. None of us wants to walk it alone. We must be the sent ones. They cannot come to us. The harvest is plentiful; the workers are few.
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the starving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because, some day in life, you will have been all of these." -George Washington Carver.
Mission
Reaching out and standing alongside the elderly, the brokenhearted, the poor, the marginalized, and the forgotten, from conception until natural death; with a heart like Jesus'; Offering the good news of the Gospel, with encouragement, comfort, prayer, and worship, all with the anoiting of the Holy Spirit.
When:
Leave the church at 1:30
(may want to bring brownbag lunch)
Meet at Heartland at 2:00
2nd Sunday of each month
Where:
Heartland Health Care Center
2001 Forest Ridge
Bedford, TX 76021
Take 360 north to 183 west. Exit at Forest Ridge.
Turn right onto Forest Ridge.
The Health care center will be on the left after a few blocks.
Who:
Anyone with gifts of encouragement, mercy, compassion, healing, helps, evangelism, and/or worship. This is an opportunity to let your light shine, to be a letter from Christ and display God's love in a tangible.
Why:
When Jesus was touched deeply by the painful circumstances of another, He was moved to action. Because of who He is and what He done, we can reach out in confidence, expressing God's unfailing love and faithfulness to others. We can bring hope and healing in the power of the Holy Spirit. When Jesus felt waves of compassion, God the Father did extraordinary things: healing the leper; feeding the 5,00; opening blind eyes;raising the widow's son. He calls us to imitate Christ and reach out in His name being moved with compassion.
What:
Our ministry will be three-pronged:
Word
Worship
Prayer
Our Goals:
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To connect with the residents and offer them a taste of Christ delighting in them. They are precious in his sight.
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To help residents grasp how tenderly and totally committed to God is to their well-being.
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To bring their needs to the throne of grace.
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To bring words of encouragement, comfort, and strengthen them.
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To present the gospel.
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To nourish the life God has given.
How:
Monthly:
Visitation room-to-room; offering fellowship, prayer for their specific needs; sing over them and with them. (Psalm 148:5, Zephaniah 3:17, Leviticus 19:32)
Quarterly:
March, June, September, and December - Worship, Word, and Praise Gathering.
-Provide an opportunity for corporate worship. (Hebrews 10:25)
-Sharing scripture and offering prayer for each resident.
Joan Blinn
817.468.2452