The Church Ministry opportunity gives Tikvah Team volunteers the ability to engage the local church with The Friends of Israel's ministry, teaching, and mobilization. Below is a list of ways a Tikvah Team volunteer can fulfill church ministry opportunities:
CHURCH MINISTRIES
Friends of Israel (FOI) Literature
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Ask Your Pastor / Leadership if you Can Put Copies of FOI’s IMG (Israel My Glory) Magazine On a Table in the Narthex, Foyer, or Entryway of Your Church
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Give Your Pastor an FOI Book On Israel in Prophecy or Replacement Theology
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If Your Church has a Gospel Tract Table / Ministry, see if you can put out FOI’s Gospel Tracts for Jewish People.
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Advertise FOI’s Special Programs and Online Classes With an FOI Resources Pack
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Find Out if You Can Set Up and Manage a Whole Literature Table With All FOI Material
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See if Your Church Leadership Would Be Willing to Use Their Outside Signage to Write a Message of Support for the Jewish Community or a Jewish Holiday Greeting
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Use Your Personal Experience
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See If You can Share About Your Bridges Internship, Your Encounter Experience, Your ORIGINS / Hesed Trip, or Your Equip Classes
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Do a Jewish Evangelism Lesson
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Share a Story About Your Involvement in the Jewish Community
1. With a Sunday School Class
2. With a Bible Study Group
3. With a Youth Group
4. With Your Church’s Mission Board -
5. In the Mid-Week Service
6. With Your Pastor
Find Out If People In Your Church Have Jewish Friend
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Ask if They Will Introduce You To Their Jewish Friends
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Offer Help in How to Witness To Their Jewish Friends
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Offer FOI’s Hanukkah Basket Outreach
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Make up Holiday Baskets of your own For Them
1. Purim
2. Rosh HashanahSunday School Classes & AWANA
• Offer To Teach a Class on Jewish Customs & Culture • Offer To Teach on a Feast of Israel
• Offer To Host a Hanukkah Party
• Offer To Host a Passover Seder
• Offer To Host a Purim Party
Special Events
• Ask Your Pastor About Your Church Hosting FOI Special Events 1. (PUC) Prophecy Up Close
2. (DIPW) Day In the Prophetic Word
3. (TGFI) Thank God For Israel Night
4. Passover Seder
NOTE: Many of these opportunities you can research, initiate, and do on your own training and experience. Several of them however, will require help, information, and coordination with FOI. Contact your volunteer coordinator for FOI material, start-up advice, or scheduling an FOI event and / or speaker.
Linda Craft
lcraft@foi.org 702-274-2040
