Want to Get Involved with Heartland Missions?
Educate, Equip, Engage! But first…know this…
The Heartland Extension Ministry Initiative (HEMI) is the missions ministry of Heartland Community Church in Overland Park, KS. It is dedicated to nurturing a missional heart in people by educating and equipping them so they can engage with what God is doing in the world. One of the main pathways for this to occur is through Heartland’s local and global mission alliances.
Educate
Here are some suggested resources: Browsing this website is a good start! We encourage you to talk with someone who has missions experience. Don’t know anyone? Give us a call and we’ll put you in contact with someone. Also, there are many great books to read…
• 2020 Vision: Amazing Stories of What God is Doing Around the World by Bill and Amy Stearns • Loving the Church…Blessing the Nations: Pursuing the Role of Local Churches in Global Missions by George Miley • God’s Heart for the Nations by Jeff Lewis • Don’t Waste Your Life by John Piper • Your People Shall Be My People by Don Finto
Or, go to one of the following websites:
•www.joshuaproject.net •www.operationworld.org •www.takeitglobal.org
Are you a Facebook user? If so, join our HEMI group.
Equip
Take the Perspectives Course! www.perspectives.org. This will stretch your understanding of who God is and what He is doing in the world. In the Spring of 2009, a Perspectives course will be hosted at Olathe Bible Church. You can register early and save $30. Click here to view the Perspectives video. Or, join the HEMI Small Group Ministry, including a study of the book of Acts. In addition to this, you’ll receive training specific to the nature of your trips when you decide to go and serve one of our mission alliances.
Engage
Pray – form a group or spend time on your own praying that the gospel will reach the ends of the earth. You may want to focus your prayers on one of our mission alliances, or on the Heartland missions ministry overall. Do you feel uncomfortable praying and/or need a place of solitude? Then check out Pray168! This is a week of non-stop prayer that happens a couple of times each year at Heartland. The next Pray168 event will take place in the Spring of 2009.
Give – make a financial contribution to the HEMI Fund, which will help us keep the Heartland missions ministry going strong (ask us about how to do this). Also, most Heartlanders need to raise money in order to go on trips – donate money toward one of their trips! Or, give directly to one of our mission alliances.
Go – we offer serving opportunities in the Kansas City area, and short-term mission trips in 3 other categories: global unreached, mission exposure, and other. Check out the mission alliances page to learn more. If you are interested in mid- to long-term missionary service, call the HEMI office to schedule a consultation and we’ll do our best to coach and direct you toward organizations that have thriving long-term missions programs.
E-mail us at: cynthiap@heartlandchurch.org
