Back to School Packs and School supplies are needed.  In the poverty areas of Appalachia, churches and ministry centers are already preparing the back to school events that will take place in late July and early August.  School supplies are needed.  One center sent out a request for 500 Back Packs.  Click here to learn about what is needed in the back packs and what school supplies are needed across the region.  For more information contact bbarker@arministry.org.

Home Repair: Volunteer Mission Teams are needed to assist with Home Repair projects in Huntington, WV.  The projects are being carried out by a new church start located next to the Marshall University Campus as a part of their outreach into the surrounding community.

Contact BJ Erps
Missio Dei Church
P.O. Box 811
Huntington, WV 25712
Phone: 304-730-5437

Email: williamerps@gmail.com

Website: www.missio.cc 

Multimedia Projector Needed: The Southern Baptist Church at Wayne (WV), a new mission church plant, is in need of a multimedia projector and screen. Contact Darrell Clark, church planter at 304.634.5765 or atrashman4life@hotmail.com  

15 Passenger van needed for growing ministry to children and youth. Model makes no difference, however, it needs to reasonably low mileage. Any church or individual that has one to donate or sale at a reduced price contact Rev. Stan Smith at 304-416-0113 or smithstan02@aol.com.  Riverwood Baptist Church, 3002 Shadyside Road, St. Albans, WV 25177.

New River Baptist Church (WV) needs a volunteer mission team for the week of July 5-12.  Volunteers are needed for nightly worship services and outreach ministries into the local community and resort areas.  For more information contact George Secrist, Pastor at 304-658-4281 or 304-574-0030 or newriverbaptist@verizon.net.  For more information online click here and turn to page 2.

Faith Baptist Church, a new church start in Athens, WV is in need of 35 padded chairs for their worship area.  For more information contact church planter/pastor Sam Cox at 304-384-3052 or slcox67@yahoo.com.  

First Baptist Church, Huntersville, WV has launched a children's clothing ministry.  They currently have an urgent need for boys and girls blue jeans, youth sizes 4 to 18.  The jeans should be new or gently worn.  For more information contact Pastor Jerry Moore at 304-651-0853 or jerbar44@frontiernet.net.

The hunger needs in Central Appalachia continue to grow and many of the ministry centers A.R.M. works with are struggling provide those they minister to with basic food, diapers, hygiene items, and cleaning products.  For more information on how you can help email bbarker@arministry.org. 

During the summer months several small churches and ministry centers in Central Appalachia try to provide at least one meal a day to needy children in their area.  It is estimated that close to 60% of the children in the rural areas do not received proper daily nourishment and over 20% of them go to bed hungry every night.  To learn how you can become involved in providing the needed resources to feed the children contact bbarker@arministry.org.

37 of the 100 poorest counties in the USA are located in Central Appalachia.  In Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus reminds us of the importance He places on helping the poor.  Should we not place equal importance on the things He considers important?

Volunteers are still needed in July and August at Cherokee Cove in Mountain City, TN.  Click here for more information.

Click here to view a news clip on a "hot chocolate" giveaway in Hazelton, PA using volunteers.  Notice what the news reporter calls the Baptist church.  The file is a wmv file.

Urgent church planting need in Struthers, Ohio

Click here for more information on how you can become involved personally or through your local church.

Worship Leader: Missionary Opportunity.  The Foundry is seeking a teammate who is an experienced music minister and contemporary worship leader. We are looking for an individual with a passion for impacting the next generation through the use of the arts.  We are a church plant with no full time staff. The individual would need to be bi-vocational or an MSC missionary. This is an opportunity to do something special in the Kingdom.

The Foundry is an cutting edge ministry which targets emerging adults ages 16-35 as its core people group. Our core ministries are
Campus/student ministry, The Arts, Children's/Family Programs, Social Justice issues: Literacy, Women's issues, Homeless, Abandonment.

The person would be responsible for helping develop our Sunday Morning worship, Discipling Artists, team building in the arts, participating on a team of artists to launch an outreach based Arts Academy to students. We currently have a volunteer team of dance, drama, fine art, film making, musicians. But we lack someone who has the ability to build worship teams and teach other musicians. This is a key area for our growth.

Our church DNA is to develop church planting teams. Identify target
areas, recruit church planters and place a team in support of the planter and launch new works targeting mosaic's and collegiate communities around the globe.

We plan to launch our first remote service in October with the desire to see it develop into a church plant. We are doing this with virtually no money. We have a 501c3 non-profit and are working to build partnerships which could provide future underwriting for ministry.

The individual needs to be a self starter, settled in the spiritual
giftedness, actively maturing on their faith journey, passionate about
using their gift to impact people. If you are a person who just wants to get up and perform don't apply. We seek a strong teammate who can minister to others who passionately serves.

Contact: Chuck Kieffer, Pastor
The Foundry
28 Walnut Rd
Wallingford, PA 19086
Email: chuckkieffer@comcast.net 
Phone: 610-986-3211 (cell) or 610-872-3344 (home office)
www.thefoundrypa.org or www.lifewerks.org