SERVE OPPORTUNITIES

• Inviting interns out for a meal
• Get to know our interns and provide encouragement

• Pray for students and faculty and staff at Belhaven and for the guidance of the Spirit as students are selected for FPCOS summer internship positions serving our youth

• Volunteer weekly or monthly, any day and time of the day between 8 AM and 10 PM (excluding lunch hours from 11-1). The chaplain helps schedule these classes and/or devotions at the Pascagoula jail
• Be a grader for the Good News Bible Study correspondence course work for prisoners
• Attend the annual fundraising event to hear inspirational messages from those who were reached by the gospel

• Transition support as prisoners leave jail

BE A HOST TO A NEIGHBOR IN NEED

• Meet before worship and sit together in worship
• Lead them to the Commons and Faith Foundations classes

JOIN THE TEAM

• Meet with neighbor in need after they have attended worship
• Listen to their story, share and pray with them
• Follow up with them to reassure them of Christ’s love, and also help to hold them accountable to goals and commitments

• Doctors, nurses and dentists willing to receive Home of Grace clients

WOMEN’S CAMPUS

• Leading one-hour 7 PM devotionals (6 PM on Saturdays) – giving your testimony, leading a Bible study, preaching, providing music
• Giving a 15-minute Friday 10 AM graduation message or just attending to encourage graduates and their families
• Help maintain landscaping
• Driving clients to area doctor and dentist visits or the Pascagoula Adult Learning Center for GED or Workskills testing
• Occasionally organize activity for an open two hours on Saturday mornings for something different (i.e. painting, pottery, crafts, outdoor or indoor games, etc.)
• Becoming a regular daytime instructor in order for Home of Grace to offer even more class options for the clients on topics such as conflict resolution, marriage, etc.

• The first two to three weeks are usually the most difficult for Home of Grace clients. Pray they will acclimate to the structure of their new schedule, persevere through withdrawals, and open their hearts and minds to receive God’s love, grace and salvation.
• Each client hears the gospel on a regular basis throughout their time at Home of Grace – pray for the gospel fruit in each life. Counselors use the gospel as a foundation of their counseling sessions; instructors share the gospel during classes (Basic Christianity and Making Disciples); most hear the gospel in the chapel services by area pastors and lay pastors; and many of the nightly devotional leaders share the gospel during the time with the clients.

FPCOS supports The Lord Is My Help by providing approximately 30 volunteers per week, every six weeks, throughout the year. There are also two volunteer opportunities each day at The Lord Is My Help, and volunteers must be 13 years of age or older.

• Meals on Wheels (9:15-10 AM): 3-4 volunteers are needed to assist with plating meals to be delivered to those in need throughout the Ocean Springs community.
• Serving Meals (11:15 AM – 12 PM): 3-4 volunteers are needed to assist with serving meals in the dining room to hungry neighbors in our Ocean Springs community.

• Pray for the folks who receive services through The Lord Is My Help. Many of these folks are homeless, on drugs, impoverished, have mental illness or a disability, or are elderly. They are not in an easy situation.

• Sign up to receive her newsletter, send encouragement and pray faithfully for her. Learn more by contacting her Key Contact Rebecca Castleman here.

• For wisdom and direction as Allie seeks out a teaching job in Jacksonville post-internship
• For the remainder of her financial support to come in
• For a new intern to come to RUF at UNF in the fall
• For continued gospel conversations with the freshman girls – and for closure as she ends her intern relationship with them in May
• For endurance for herself and Tommy (campus minister)
• For their students to continue building community with each other and finding community in the local church
• That Allie may never forget the beauty and wonder of the Lord at work in this season

• Please pray for our youth and leaders for their RYM high school trip to Colorado and RYM middle school trip to Florida in June.

• Drivers
• Yard work
• General maintenance
• House touch-ups
• Adopt-a-room
• Mentors and friends
• Bookkeeping
• People to host small get-togethers where they can share information about their programs

• For the clients we serve and the staff
• For funding to meet community needs
• For affordable housing to become available
• As the staff and volunteers share the gospel daily during prayers at meals and small discussions throughout the day, may those served at Sue’s Home increase in their faith that God is watching over and caring for them in many ways

• Sign up to receive her newsletter, send encouragement and pray faithfully for her. Learn more by contacting her Key Contact Jerrod Partridge here.

• For new 2023 monthly Noches De Las Artes (Arts Nights). Bri is organizing evenings for artists of all genres and backgrounds to come together and share their art – singing, dancing, writing poems/short stories, drawing/painting, theatre, etc. These nights are open for anyone and everyone to come in and share their gifts. Bri is collaborating with a local visual artist for this so she has great hope for the nights’ success.
• God’s continued blessing upon Bri as she continues teaching Latin dance classes and serving with Be Church – connecting with local artists in one of the dance schools in Spain, making significant friendships within Be Church, and mentoring some of the amazing young ladies.
• As she leads a small group within the church. She feels honored to have been asked to lead this year.

• Adult volunteer leaders for clubs and group Bible studies who would like to serve in this mission with us – introducing adolescents at Ocean Springs and Pascagoula middle and high schools to Christ and helping them grow in their faith

• For new leaders as they build friendships with kids and for the Lord to open doors for them to share Christ
• For kids’ hearts to be open to the Gospel and to the Lord’s love
• For summer camp trips for 2023 – for both the high school and middle school trips, as sign up deadlines are approaching, for the Lord to make a way for all the kids that are meant to be there to sign up
• For the kids who sign up for summer camp – that they get to clearly hear and experience the Gospel for the first time, or maybe in a new way