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1 ! Information Meeting

2 ! Vision, Purpose & Values Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Matthew 5:16 Vision: Bring honor to the name of Jesus by meeting the needs of the community. Purpose: To unite Christ-following churches, organizations and individuals for practical acts of service and prayer, making the St. Louis region a better place to live. Values: Unity: Join together churches, faith-based organizations, and Christians throughout the St. Louis region to show God s love through acts of kindness in the name of Jesus Christ who is fully God and fully man. Action: Offer serving opportunities that: build relationships meet community needs are appropriate for all ages and stages of life bless people, families, neighborhoods, and our community have lasting impact Excellence: Demonstrate our care through excellence in our preparation, service and communication. Faithfulness: Integrate the value of serving our community into our daily lives and church cultures. Momentum: Orchestrate our efforts to create greater momentum for the life-transforming work of Jesus in the St. Louis region. To be Holy Spirit led and empowered. Cooperation: Encourage cooperation and love between churches while avoiding competition. Movement: Facilitate a decentralized movement of churches, faith-based organizations, and people, not an organization. Training: Equip the saints for works of service (Eph 4:12) through effective training of Christian congregations, organizations, companies and those serving.

3 Host Church Roles & Responsibilities Pray: Pray for Serve St. Louis participants, churches, organizations, companies, and all those who will be touched by our actions throughout the time leading up to and following event weekend on October Develop a Project: Develop one or more service projects lasting for 2-8 hours work for 5-50 volunteers. Invite Others to Serve: Host churches will encourage their congregants to participate in Serve St. Louis, whether at their own projects or in conjunction with another Serve St. Louis project site. Host churches will also prepare enough spaces in their project sites to accommodate volunteers from around the St. Louis region who will respond to the call to serve. We ask that each project build-in workspace for an additional 20% of the expected turnout of the church to accommodate outside volunteers. For example: A church expecting 100 congregants to participate in their Serve project(s) will create a project to accommodate 120 participants, which allows 20 people (or 20%) from throughout the St. Louis region the opportunity to serve. Execute a Well-Organized Service Event: Serve St. Louis values excellence and understands that servants who experience a well-organized, carefully planned project are more likely to serve again and feel comfortable building an ongoing relationship with that church/organization. Aside from small incidentals which can be provided by volunteers (gloves, rakes, paintbrushes, etc.), Host Churches will provide all materials needed to complete the project(s) they develop.

4 Serve St. Louis Roles & Responsibilities Provide structure and organization for the region-wide effort: The Serve St. Louis Steering Team is comprised of representatives from First Evangelical Free Church, Southgate Church, Element Church, Halls Ferry Christian Church, and Send Me St. Louis. These representatives guide the overall structures and goals of Serve St. Louis and provide support to Anchor, Host, and Promoting churches and organizations. Promote Serve St. Louis: Joy FM will promote Serve St. Louis with its listener base and direct interested parties to the Serve St. Louis website, Facebook page, and appropriate contact persons. Serve St. Louis also has a Facebook page and Twitter account and uses this to share information and build excitement. Act as Communications Hub: Serve St. Louis will maintain a website, Facebook page, Twitter and address to serve as a central location for information pertaining to Serve St. Louis Provide Volunteer Registration Portal: All projects will be listed in a centralized on-line database on the Serve St. Louis website. Volunteers will use the simple on-line tool to register for a project. Host Churches/Organizations will have access to volunteer registration information for their project. Support Leadership Teams: Serve St. Louis will provide ongoing support for those leading Serve efforts in their church by remaining available for one-on-one contact by phone at or by at [email protected]. Evaluate Results: Serve St. Louis will administer and analyze surveys to collect data concerning the efforts put forth on October 10-11, 2015 and utilize those results to inform, direct, and strengthen future Serve St. Louis events.

5 Please check the appropriate box: Registration and Commitment Form Event Dates: Saturday/Sunday, October 10-11, 2015 We are a: Host Church Host Organization Promoting Church / Organization Name: Address: City/State/Zip code: Phone Number: Website: Primary Contact Name and Title Primary Contact Phone: For Host Churches / Organizations: Anticipated number of projects our church / organization will host *: Anticipated number of volunteers these project(s) could accommodate *: Anticipated number of volunteers from our church / organization *: For Promoting Churches / Organizations: Anticipated number of volunteers from our promoting church / organization *: * These numbers are not binding. It will help the Serve St. Louis Steering Team with planning efforts. Host Church / Host Organization Commitment Form As Senior Pastor / Executive Director, I will personally support Serve St. Louis in prayer and lead my organization to do likewise. Our church / organization will commit to making Serve St. Louis a priority and will support it as such. Our church / organization will designate someone to serve as the primary liaison with Serve St. Louis and will participate in all appropriate trainings. Our church / organization will commit to participate in Serve St. Louis by hosting a service project(s) on the designated date(s). Host Church Senior Pastor / Host Organization Executive Director Please read the above, sign and date. Date Promoting Church/Organization Commitment Form As Top Leader, I will personally support Serve St. Louis in prayer and lead my organization to do likewise. Our church/organization will designate someone to serve as the primary liaison with Serve St. Louis. Our church/organization will commit to participate in Serve St. Louis by promoting a service project(s) with our congregants/staff/volunteers. Top Leader Date Please read the above, sign, and date. Please Return by June 1, 2015: FAX: [email protected] MAIL: Bob Timken, Serve St. Louis, 1375 Carman Rd, Manchester, MO For questions, phone:

6 2015 Timetable Serve Date: Saturday/Sunday, October 10/11, 2015 March-May Churches sign on to be a part of Serve St. Louis April Serve St. Louis Information Sessions June 1 Host Church/Organization Participation Deadline; Registration-Church Commitment Form due to Serve St. Louis Steering Team Locate community outreach projects Recruit Project Leaders Send teaser promotions to congregation (Save the Date, etc) Project Leader Training July 1- August 12 Enter project information into Serve St. Louis website Finalize project details August 1 Begin promoting more heavily Starting August 30 Starting September 13 October 8 October Registration live for Host members General public will be able to sign up online Drop-dead volunteer registration deadline ends at 11:59 pm. Serve St. Louis Weekend