Monday, October 04, 2010

What do I do here?

Ever curious what in the world it is I do here? Sometimes I wonder myself. Ha! :-) Below is my recent "report" of the ministry of Scripture Union in Gulu.

MINISTRY HIGHLIGHTS: Sept 2010

* In August, visited 6 churches to encourage partnership with SU. Use SU literature resources, mobilize volunteers in schools, send students to camps and conferences and potential Sunday School Teachers Training.
* Gulu Bible Community Church ordered variety of SU literature; totally 59,000 UGX. Waiting for payment confirmation before delivering materials.
* Gulu High School ordered 100 Come and Worship books. Books were delivered to SU Patron on 16/09/10. Awaiting payment.
* Partnership with the Christian Union at Gulu University to do school ministry.
- Over 20 campus students participated in visiting 11 different schools over the week of Sep 12-19. The secondary students really enjoyed the time with the university students.
- Encouraged the campus students to continue to visit these schools through out the term and to continue volunteering with SU.
* At all school visits, we talked about SU Lira Camp and encouraged students to seriously consider attending. Especially for students that might live in Lira. We challenged each school to send at least 2-3 representatives to camp!
* Received commitment from community member to donate 100,000 UGX for Gulu HS students to attend SU Lira Camp in December.
* Sacred Heart has requested Bible Study leader training for their student leaders. Working with Patron to first have official meeting with school Reverend to create good working relationships with SU and Catholic-based school!
* Sep 27-28 hosted Kid Stand team (from USA) in Gulu. http://www.kidstand.org/ They were in Uganda as part of the Kampala Love Festival and visited schools around Kampala. I helped them with the connections for local schools and ministries here in Gulu for them to visit. We visited: Gulu Hospital, St. Joseph's Children's Home and School, Laroo Boarding School, Zion Project, and Third Hope Uganda.
* Coordinating with community member who has experience in Life Skills programs at schools in Kampala. Hope to start doing program in Gulu schools in mid-Oct.

WAY FORWARD (for Oct-Dec 2010):

* Really trying to raise up and train committed (potential long-term) volunteers for SU Gulu. Big challenge!!!!
* Camp mobilization with schools and local churches
- Encouraging schools to request local OB's and OG's in community to sponsor students to go to Lira Camp.
* Working on Camp Worship activity called "Weave" for both Lira and Gayaza!

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