Lifeline Outreach is excited to be reaching out to our community this December with two separate outreaches. We are asking for your prayers and offering you the opportunity to help.
The first outreach will be Friday, December 6th at the Teen Challenge Center here in Elkhart, IN. Teen Challenge is a residential Christian recovery program that is geared towards life recovery for men eighteen years and older who have struggled with addictions- drugs and alcohol being the predominate vice.
The TC Center houses twenty to twenty five men for a period of twelve to eighteen months. During this time these men are discipled and taught the word of God. We praise God to be connected with TC, and we so appreciate the staff led by director, Andy Collins.
This will be our second annual Teen Challenge Lifeline Christmas Chapel. We had a great time last year and we are expecting another incredible time this year.
We will start out the evening by blessing the guys with a pizza meal. (Everyone always loves that.) Then we will lead the chapel time with pre-service prayer taking us right into worship as we start the chapel. We are happy to announce that the band “Out of the Dust” will be with us leading the worship time. This is the band that was part of the South Bend Work Release Outreach Concert we had in July. We just love these brothers, their passion, and their hearts to serve and shine Christ, so we are excited to have them with us!
After Worship, I will deliver a word from the Lord to the guys trusting the Lord to do a searching work. Amen.
After the Chapel service, we will spend time
fellowshipping with all the guys. Our
plan is to bless every one of the Teen Challenge residents with a Christmas gift bag. This is a real
highlight for us, to reach out and make it special for these guys; to give them
their own gift bag. For many of these guys this might be the only gift they get
for Christmas. We love doing this. We believe that as love is extended in a
tangible way, hearts soften and the Living Christ can bring healing and
restoration. This is our prayer, and this is why we love to reach out.
Please pray about being part of this outreach.
If you live close by, please come and be a part of it. If you desire to contribute
some items for the Christmas gift bags that would be awesome. If you would like
to give financially toward this that is good too, but by all means, please pray
for the Lord to do a life changing work in this Christmas Chapel.
Please see the list below of items to donate in
the Teen Challenge Gift bags.
We will be targeting some very needy people in the Elkhart area and hand delivering these Christmas Boxes right into their homes. These will be prearranged appointments-so the people will know we are coming, and they will be waiting for us. The ministry opportunities for an outreach like this are incredible! We will literally be in the homes of people to love on them, bless them, testify to them, and offer prayer as we build relationships with them sharing the life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is going to be incredible! I am excited!
These Christmas Boxes will be stuffed full as our aim is to have enough food in them for these families to make a holiday meal. We are including a 5lb ham and all the trimmings to make this happen. We also plan on blessing these families’ children and teenagers with a Christmas gift, doing what we can to make an impact for Christ! Every Christmas box will also include a band new Bible and other items.
We will not only be blessing these families with food and gifts to make their Christmas more enjoyable, but our goal is also to so love on them that they will want to know our Jesus! The Bible says that love never fails and the goodness of God leads men to repentance (1 Cor. 13:8, Romans 2:4). This is our heart for the outreach- to so love people and shine Jesus that they desire to know Jesus, themselves. Please pray that lives will be radically changed by God!
We are estimating that each Christmas box will cost around $20.00. If anyone would like to donate food items toward this outreach please see the list below. Those of you who would like to contribute financially to this outreach or the Teen challenge outreach, you can donate two ways:
#1 Through PayPal.
If you go to the the upper right hand corner of this blog page you will see a
“PayPal Donate” button. Just click and you may donate securely on-line.
#2
Through postal mail.
*Please make checks payable to "Lifeline Outreach
Ministries" & send to:
Lifeline Outreach Ministries
23060 Scottswood Ct.
Elkhart, IN 46514
Blow is the list of items if anyone in my local area would
like to donate anything specific.
List of items for Teen
Challenge Christmas Gift Bags:
Soap, deodorant, shampoo,
toothpaste, toothbrush, floss, towels, wash clothes, cologne, pencils, paper,
notebooks, highlighters, erasers, stamps, envelopes, etc.
List of Items for Christmas
Box Outreach:
5Lb Ham, canned vegetables, canned
sweet potatoes, crackers, boxes noodles canned soup, canned yams, bag of candy,
boxed potatoes, boxed stuffing, toys, coloring books, stuffed animals, crayons,
new Bibles.
Thanks for reading this, and thanks for your prayers.
Steve Ignowski
574-612-0555
Lifeline Outreach Ministries
23060
Scottswood Ct.
Elkhart,
IN 46514
